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‎Jan 22, 2010
01:26 PM
DoInstall: child install doesn't get focus
When launching child installs from main installs the child install goes to the background of the main install while the main waits for the child to finish.
In previous versions of installshield this was never an issue. I've tried passing all manner of cmdline switches and nothing seems to work.
Any ideas would be great. The risk of upgrading...."breaking your installs"!!!....this is the last hurdle in migrating to 2010, I sure hope it's the last!
Jennifer
addendum: The only way around this I have found is to use DOINSTALL_OPTION_NOHIDEPROGRESS which is kind of gross because now the progress bar for each child install gets displayed and the install doesn't look as seamless.
In previous versions of installshield this was never an issue. I've tried passing all manner of cmdline switches and nothing seems to work.
Any ideas would be great. The risk of upgrading...."breaking your installs"!!!....this is the last hurdle in migrating to 2010, I sure hope it's the last!
Jennifer
addendum: The only way around this I have found is to use DOINSTALL_OPTION_NOHIDEPROGRESS which is kind of gross because now the progress bar for each child install gets displayed and the install doesn't look as seamless.
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‎May 17, 2010
04:09 AM
Hi! We also have this same issue and we would like to get a proper solution for this. Do you have invented one?
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Sakari
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‎May 30, 2010
07:04 PM
An icky solution....in the parameters for DoInstall we include :
DOINSTALL_OPTION_NOHIDEPROGRESS
this gives the focus to the child installation but it also shows the progress bar AGAIN....
DOINSTALL_OPTION_NOHIDEPROGRESS
this gives the focus to the child installation but it also shows the progress bar AGAIN....
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