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vve_77
Level 3
‎Jan 18, 2008 05:02 AM

InstallShield 2008 does not set multi-string values correctly

I've found out that IS 2008 does not set multi-string values correctly. If you view the registry values after installing, they appear to be empty, but if you inspect them binary, you can see the first 2 bytes are 00. When these two bytes are removed, the result is as it should be.

IS incorrectly adds a string terminator at the start.

It's an InstallScript-only project.
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RobertDickau
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‎Jan 18, 2008 10:06 AM

Could you post some code that illustrates the issue?
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vve_77
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‎Jan 22, 2008 02:54 AM

Thanks for reading my post.

Although it's an InstallScript project, I use the standard "System Configuration/Registry" approach. After some fiddling, I saw something strange: the multi-string string field is shown as "[~]string". When I open one and just click OK, it is shown as "string[~]". After running the installer again the reguistry values are correct.

I now now what causes it: "Import REG file", this function adds the incorrect leading zeros. The source REG file does not contain them. It can be reproduced every time.
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