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‎May 24, 2012
03:30 PM
Another dumb question about Adobe Flash Player MST
Hello everyone,
I’ve tried to read the ‘manual’ but I’m too ignorant with InstallShield. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.
I am creating a MST for Flash Player.
The first thing I want to do is run the Uninstall_Flash_Player_32bit.exe. I put this into [INSTALLDIR], and I see it in the CAB file. When I install I see the file copied into [INSTALLDIR]. I made a CustomAction to run this after InstallFiles. I believe this is the correct place? When I run the install it does run the uninstaller then the installer. However if the product is already installed it merely exits and does nothing. How can I change this behavior to run the entire sequence? The conditions I see are only for OS Version and AdminUser.
I've spent 2 days working on the first part before I got it all right I'm embarrassed to say.. with dozens of interruptions of course. 🙂
I’ve tried to read the ‘manual’ but I’m too ignorant with InstallShield. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.
I am creating a MST for Flash Player.
The first thing I want to do is run the Uninstall_Flash_Player_32bit.exe. I put this into [INSTALLDIR], and I see it in the CAB file. When I install I see the file copied into [INSTALLDIR]. I made a CustomAction to run this after InstallFiles. I believe this is the correct place? When I run the install it does run the uninstaller then the installer. However if the product is already installed it merely exits and does nothing. How can I change this behavior to run the entire sequence? The conditions I see are only for OS Version and AdminUser.
I've spent 2 days working on the first part before I got it all right I'm embarrassed to say.. with dozens of interruptions of course. 🙂
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‎May 24, 2012
04:00 PM
take this as example:
//================================================
// On End
// execute AutoRun after UnInstalled or Installed
//================================================
#include "ifx.h"
#define SOURCE_FILE1 SRCDIR
#define AUTORUN SRCDIR^"AutoRun.exe"
function OnEnd()
begin;
//Launch setup AutoRun after complete setup uninstalling files of MyAppName
LaunchApp (AUTORUN, SOURCE_FILE1);
end;
//================================================
// On End
// execute AutoRun after UnInstalled or Installed
//================================================
#include "ifx.h"
#define SOURCE_FILE1 SRCDIR
#define AUTORUN SRCDIR^"AutoRun.exe"
function OnEnd()
begin;
//Launch setup AutoRun after complete setup uninstalling files of MyAppName
LaunchApp (AUTORUN, SOURCE_FILE1);
end;
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‎May 29, 2012
01:59 PM
Thank you for the reply.
If I understand correctly this would require I use an InstallShield Script instead of a traditional MSI/MST, right?
I'm wondering if anyone is aware of why it would skip my code for an 'upgrade' but would not skip my code for a 'new install' and maybe I could set the correct behaviour in the MST.
If I understand correctly this would require I use an InstallShield Script instead of a traditional MSI/MST, right?
I'm wondering if anyone is aware of why it would skip my code for an 'upgrade' but would not skip my code for a 'new install' and maybe I could set the correct behaviour in the MST.
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