cannot completely Uninstall USB Driver(pnp) in Windows 7
Hello, I have an InstallShield project that installs and uninstalls a driver for an USB device that communicates with the PC trough a COM port. The *.inf and *.com driver components are marked as...
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I'd like to register a window service by Action "Register Window Service", For the "Executable to Register as window service", for example, if I set it as $USER_INSTALL_DIR$\xyz.exe, the service can be...
View ArticleInstallscript post uninstallation code
Hi, I have an installscript project. When I uninstall the app I'd like it to go and delete some lingering log files. Do I add the event function OnUninstall() and add DeleteDir to that ? Thanks
View ArticleAskYesNo box always shows up behind main installer
So I have the following code and anytime it is called it appears behind everything else. Does anybody have any idea of how I can make sure this prompt shows up at the front every time? sPromptA =...
View Articlehow should i call Http Servlet in installer using Installscript?
Hello If anybody encountered the situation where a Http servlet call needs to be placed thru installer Or using installscript language Or Any suggestion in this direction.. Pls let me know.. -Thanks...
View ArticleCan't run MSI Debugger
Hello, I'm a newbie to IS and I'm trying to debug a release I have built. The documents specify that the MSI debugger will not run if there is a .EXE file in the release, but no matter what I do the...
View ArticleReceiving ISDEV warning -6248 after upgrading to InstallShield 2013
I have an installer project that builds correctly using InstallShield 2011. I have upgraded the project to InstallShield 2013, and now when I build a release, I receive a slew of -6248 errors, such as:...
View ArticleHow to map in an LMX license for Flexera reporting?
Since Altair changed their licensing to LM-X with the v12 release, flexnet is not being used. I knwo there is a way to customize this into Flexera so reports can still be generated, but I can not find...
View ArticleCOM Extract at Build not working if DLL is not registered on build server
Hi there, I am working on a Basic MSI project with IS 2012 Spring. Our installation package must install a COM DLL on the target PC and register it. So until recently I only set the "COM Extract at...
View ArticleChained msi with single UI question
I have several setups chained together. When the setup starts each separate setup has their own little interface with a progress bar that runs, and when it is complete the small dialog closes and a new...
View ArticleSet ProductVersion through isCmdBld.exe
I know how to set it but it doesn't appear to be working. I call isCmdBld through an ant script. I pass it both ways; -y "version" and -z ProductVersion=(version). I thought maybe blanking out that...
View ArticleError 1310 Error writing to file
I was packaging Microsoft InfoPath 2010 and I am now recieving Error 1310. Error writing to file: C:\Windows\winsxs\Catalogs\(long string).cat. Verify that you have access to that directory. Does...
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LaunchCondition: How to localized the description message?
Hi! I've successfully created a launch condition for my MSI Basic setup which checks some stuff before the setup can be executed. The problem that I have now is that I somehow cannot localize the...
View ArticleChecking selected features
How can I check which features are selected to be installed? (Basic MSI project). Strangely, IS allows me to link SQL Scripts and files to specific features, but not custom actions and IIS components...
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IA reports erro when building from command line, but builds fine with GUI
Hi, The error I get varies with configuration: E,g when I try building "windows_only" target command line %IA%\build.exe my.iap_xml windows_only I have: The -i build option MUST be followed by a valid...
View ArticleSuite Project file type requests
I've started creating projects with the Suite project type, and I thought of a couple enhancements I feel could further improve the product. 1. Have the option to use different suite GUIDs for each...
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Wed Service Deployment
In installShiled I see how to create an App pool and web sites. The issue that I am having is that the features ARE the web sites, so only want to create the web sites for the features that the user...
View ArticleHow to run setup.exe as a 64 bit process
I need to call a dll custom action from Basic msi project.I have converted the Basic msi project to support 64 bit installation, but the setup.exe is running as 32 bit process. Now that the dll project...
View ArticleHow are dependencies resolved when InstallShield scans for dependencies
I have a new project that I am putting together. I have the scan for dependencies enabled for now because I want it for debugging for a little while. I am curious though, it seems as if the scan cannot...
View ArticleInstallShield 2010 Professional - Previous ISM file open error!
Hi, I am using InstallShield 2010 professional Edition. All my previous installsheild project ism files cannot be open suddenly! I already re-installed/re-started the software few times and the error...
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