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‎Feb 08, 2011
08:19 AM
Script that calls other scripts
Hello all,
I would like to make an InstallAnywhere script that calls other InstallAnywhere child scripts. Each child script would build a different software component. That way I can mix and match different components using different parent scripts. Reading the documentation, I had originally thought that merge modules would accomplish this. However, it appears that merge modules only allow you to import files into a parent script that were already archived into the module at an earlier time. I would like a method to call child scripts that import files at the time they are called. Am I misunderstanding how merge modules work? If not, is there a way I can do this?
Thanks
I would like to make an InstallAnywhere script that calls other InstallAnywhere child scripts. Each child script would build a different software component. That way I can mix and match different components using different parent scripts. Reading the documentation, I had originally thought that merge modules would accomplish this. However, it appears that merge modules only allow you to import files into a parent script that were already archived into the module at an earlier time. I would like a method to call child scripts that import files at the time they are called. Am I misunderstanding how merge modules work? If not, is there a way I can do this?
Thanks
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‎Feb 08, 2011
08:58 AM
You can develop separate installers and have them called at will (but again you would need the child installers when you run the parent installer).
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‎Feb 08, 2011
09:15 AM
Thanks. Would you mind explaining how I might go about doing this? I see how I could run an already built installer from within another installer, by incorporating it like a file and then running an execute command on it. But I can't at present see how I can have one script call another at build time.
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‎Feb 08, 2011
10:31 AM
At build time the only thing I know are the merge modules.
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