In Wise, there were items called operations that could be set in the IDE's Files view. For instance, if the application creates logs that should be deleted on uninstall, you could place a Remove File operation in the appropriate directory and set it to occur on Uninstall.
Is there any capability similar to this in IS '10 or do I just have to create Custom Actions?
So, if a log is created, let's say myapp.log, I can just make entries in that table and for the component entry I could use maybe the component of the .exe that created the .log.
In other words what would the Remove File table entry look like for the myapp.log that is installed to the same directory as myapp.exe?
Actually, you might first look into the MoveFile and DuplicateFile tables (the Windows Installer help has more information) to avoid the need for a custom action.
See, I believe there is some major cleanup that is needed in our installs. I just got back to this job after a layoff and the individual, not really knowing any better, added a bunch of various custom actions to get jobs done.
Although the install seems to work as intended, it's cluttered and is becoming a maintenance.
No better time to switch products than when you need a complete rebuild.
Thanks so much for the quick responses. I haven't really gone through this build exercise with the other product we are evaluating, but I'm liking InstallShield all over again!!
