Frequent Daemon down
Hi everyone I really do not know how to title my question as I do not know what has happened. The scenario is that I am using lmadmin to manage the license for an application known as FlexSim. The...
View ArticleUninstalling a Merge Module in a new Patch
Hi everyone, New to InstallShield and BasicMSIs. We have a base installation that includes a merge module (licensing software) We are now releasing a patch to update some of our software including a...
View ArticleVerify input from Get User Input - Advanced Panel
I have a "Get User Input - Advanced Panel" in which i get an email address and a password from the user. When the user clicks next I want to verify that information before sending them to the next...
View ArticleMultiple Releases with Different Redistributables
I want to include two releases in a single project, one that includes the .NET 4.0 framework and one that doesn't. Is that possible? If it is then how do you do it?
View ArticleWill IS 2011 Professional work with Visual Studio 2012 and TFS 2012?
This is a simple question that I've had a hard time finding an answer to. Could someone please give me some insight as how this is normally handled? Is an upgrade required each time Visual Studio and...
View ArticleIsRegSpy.exe and RegSpyUI.exe
Hi, I'm looking at migrating our build machine from an Windows XP OS to a Windows 7 32-bit OS. I've noticed though that running our projects appear to stop our product executable from running at all....
View ArticleHow to change MSI silent switch in Installshield Suite project
Hi All, InstallShield Suite project taking /Q as silent switch for silent install of MSI. But, how can i change it to /QR. I tried giving /QR in MSI Silent Command Line, but no use. Can anyone help me...
View ArticleInstallscript Custom Dialog not getting displayed
Hi, I am working on an installscript project in which i need to display messages on a multi line edit box. The messages will be sent from installscript code. I have created a custom dialog...
View ArticleInstallShield error on build
We are getting the below error while building the .ism file in an InstallShield environment ISDEV : fatal error -6016: Could not copy the template Upgrade completed with 1 errors, 0 warnings Any...
View ArticleInstaller not removing all files on upgrade
I have an older version of an installer. It installs and uninstalls fine. I have a newer version which also alone installs and uninstalls fine. On upgrade the newer installer works as expected except...
View ArticleInstallscript Setup does not install a prerequisite
Hi, I have an Installscript setup that works great 95% of the time, but the other 5% it seems to not install one of the prerequisites (.NET 4 Client Profile). There are no errors and everything seems...
View ArticleCustom action fails in safe mode
I am using InstallShield 2013 express. I have a project that uses a custom action to install a second program, silently. It works fine on all version of windows except in safe mode in windows 7. It...
View ArticleInstalling PnP Driver through DiFx
Hi, I need to install a PnP device driver using DiFx. In pure Installscript Project, I had kept the driver and related files in Support Folder and used DIFxDriverPackageInstall() to install the driver....
View ArticleVisual Studio integration
I have both VS2008 and VS2012 on my machine. I just installed IS2011, and after a reboot, tried to make a new InstallShield project from Visual Studio. The only option I have is IS Limited. Shouldn't...
View ArticleRequiring End Users to Scroll Through the EULA with Installscript
Hello everyone, We need that end user scrolls to end of EULA in license agrement dialog. We are using SdLicense2Ex dialog. There is a way to do it in Basic MSI projects...
View ArticleHow to get the installation information during Uninstall?
Hello all, I am developing the Basic UI MSI package in InstallShield 2012 Spring. The installer package contains some SQL operations during install or remove. The curious thing is that when I install...
View ArticleRequiring End Users to Scroll Through the EULA in InstallScript
Hi everyone, One of our requirements it that end users have to scroll to the end of EULA before they can continue. Is there any way to do that in a InstallScript MSI project? It seems that it is...
View ArticleMSI with DIMs fails to recognise x64
I have a Basic MSI built with DIM modules and I have specified 'x64' in the Template Summary. When I try to install it on Windows 7 x64 it fails saying the hardware is incompatible. I have successfully...
View ArticleWhy did it STOP installing the .net redistributable????
I have a simple install. All I need is .net 4.5 to be installed along with my app. I selected the .net redistributable and made it a requirement. The first few times I tested the install installshield...
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