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‎Oct 07, 2009
05:41 PM
How do i enable logging on InstallShield 2009?
Hi,
I have WindowsInstaller 3.0 and InstallShield 2009 professional and trying to build a MSI.
I goto Build--> Settings --> MSI Log File and provide command line arguments as: /Lvm c:\temp\install.log
and build the project install and install the product, I see no logs generated.
I do have "MsiLogging" property set as 'voicewarmup'.
But yet I see no log generated. What else should I be doing?
Thanks,
Chethan.
I have WindowsInstaller 3.0 and InstallShield 2009 professional and trying to build a MSI.
I goto Build--> Settings --> MSI Log File and provide command line arguments as: /Lvm c:\temp\install.log
and build the project install and install the product, I see no logs generated.
I do have "MsiLogging" property set as 'voicewarmup'.
But yet I see no log generated. What else should I be doing?
Thanks,
Chethan.
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‎Oct 07, 2009
07:00 PM
I believe that setting applies only when you launch the MSI from the InstallShield environment. With MSI 4+, there are properties that create MSI log files no matter what, but with earlier versions you'll need to trigger with setup.exe settings or command-line switches.
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‎Oct 07, 2009
07:11 PM
So in short, it's impossible to log a msi installation when on InstallShield 2009 and on windows installer version= 3.0 . Is that right?
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‎Oct 07, 2009
07:35 PM
With just the MSI, there's no way to initiate logging with Windows Installer before version 4.0. You can, of course, tell the setup.exe to pass the command-line arguments to perform logging in the release settings, but that requires the user to launch setup.exe and not the MSI database.
There's also a Windows Installer policy setting you can use that logs every Windows Installer installation, but that's not practical on an end user's system, only a development or testing system.
There's also a Windows Installer policy setting you can use that logs every Windows Installer installation, but that's not practical on an end user's system, only a development or testing system.
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‎Oct 07, 2009
09:05 PM
Thanks a lot Robert. Things are much clearer.
Note to self: Smart 'googling' has it's limitations. Clarification rules.
Note to self: Smart 'googling' has it's limitations. Clarification rules.
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