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‎Aug 22, 2007
10:29 AM
How to record third party application dialog information??
Hello,
I've a InstallScript project and want to do a silent install. Therefore I recorded all user activities (The information taken from the Dialogs) using [FONT="Courier New"]setup.exe /r /f1"c:\setup.iss"[/FONT]
during my Installation also the .NET Framework 3.0 shall be installed. Therefore I use [FONT="Courier New"]LaunchAppAndWait(dotnetfx3.exe, ...)[/FONT]. Calling the .NET Framework installation works fine, but the user dialog interactions will not be recorded.
I know that it is possible to record dialog information of (InstallShield) custom Dialogs. But that's not my problem.
Is it possible to record user dialog interaction of a third party application (like .NET Framework or SQL server)???
Quick help would be great!!!
Thanx
I've a InstallScript project and want to do a silent install. Therefore I recorded all user activities (The information taken from the Dialogs) using [FONT="Courier New"]setup.exe /r /f1"c:\setup.iss"[/FONT]
during my Installation also the .NET Framework 3.0 shall be installed. Therefore I use [FONT="Courier New"]LaunchAppAndWait(dotnetfx3.exe, ...)[/FONT]. Calling the .NET Framework installation works fine, but the user dialog interactions will not be recorded.
I know that it is possible to record dialog information of (InstallShield) custom Dialogs. But that's not my problem.
Is it possible to record user dialog interaction of a third party application (like .NET Framework or SQL server)???
Quick help would be great!!!
Thanx
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‎Aug 22, 2007
10:39 AM
The ability to do so will depend on the third party installation being launched. Might it be sufficient, at least for redistributables like .NET which offer few if any install-time configuration options, to conditionally launch them silently when your install is running in silent (playback) mode?
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‎Aug 22, 2007
11:22 AM
Thanx for the quick answer.
My problem is not to launch the .NET Framwork installation in silent mode. My problem is to get a recording file ([FONT="Courier New"]setup.iss[/FONT]), which contains the user interaction that was made during a "normal" installation. This ONE file shall contain all interactions of my own setup.exe AND of the dotnetfx3.exe (that will be called from setup.exe).
May be it could be possible to record a dotnetfx3.iss (or an other recording format) which is used for calling dotnetfx3.exe in silent mode, if setup.exe is called in silent mode (using: MODE == SILENTMODE) ??!! If this works, all user interaction data could be storred!?
My problem is not to launch the .NET Framwork installation in silent mode. My problem is to get a recording file ([FONT="Courier New"]setup.iss[/FONT]), which contains the user interaction that was made during a "normal" installation. This ONE file shall contain all interactions of my own setup.exe AND of the dotnetfx3.exe (that will be called from setup.exe).
May be it could be possible to record a dotnetfx3.iss (or an other recording format) which is used for calling dotnetfx3.exe in silent mode, if setup.exe is called in silent mode (using: MODE == SILENTMODE) ??!! If this works, all user interaction data could be storred!?
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