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Macromedia Studio MX

CChong
By Level 11 Flexeran
Level 11 Flexeran
When trying to build an MSI from the ISM file for studio MX I get the following unspecified error...

Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:14:01AM
Starting conversion
Creating Developer project: C:\Packages\macromedia\Shockwave Flash.ism
Reading repackager output file
Loading registry entries
An unknown error occurred
Conversion completed with 0 warning(s).
Output file:
Log file created: C:\Packages\macromedia\Build Log.txt


Any ideas :confused: :rolleyes:
(4) Replies
To get more debug level log do the following:

Create a registry key as follows:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\InstallShield]
"DebugFile"="C:\\Inc2msi.log"
"DebugRepackager"="5"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\InstallShield\AdminStudio]
"DebugLogLevel"="3"

The Inc2msi.log will tell you the where it failed.
if you like I can send you my project.ism for this


My email is rronan@calamos.com
Since the conversion from INC to ISM/MSI failed the ism will be not have the information as to why it failed. You can send me the log file at praveenl@installshield.com
MX studio is already in a MSI format from Macromedia

this is what i did to make it work. Using Repackager will not work


1- I first ran a standard setup from the cd-rom so that the source files would be extracted to a sub-directory in my %Temp% directory. While running this install, I also used RegMon from SysInternals to get where the Dreamweaver registration information was being written in the registry. I exported this registry info for later reference
2- Prior to canceling the setup, I copied the source files from the %Temp% directory to my server share
3- I canceled setup.
4- I created a setup.iss file by running setup -r at the server share location where the extracted install source files were copied in step 2
5- I copied the setup.iss file from the %Winnt% directory to where my source files are located.
6- I created a vbs script to use for the deployment so that I can kill my anti virus software or whatever else needs to be done prior to iniating the software install.
7- I added code in the script to create the HKLM\Macromedia\Dreamweaver\6\Registration structure. I created and populated the following string items with the info I exported during step 1:
First Name, Last Name, Organization, Register, Serial Number, Validation
8-After creating the registration information in the registry setup -s runs totally silent.