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slimbyte
Level 2
‎Jul 02, 2008 03:04 AM

Installing prerequisites after a user choice just before setup starting to copy files

Hi there,

Using InstallShield 2008
I just wonder, there is a way to install a prerequisite based a user choice?
By example, installing a SQL Server based application!
During install the user may choose to use and SQL Server available on network (using SQLServerSelectLogin Dialog to setup connection) or may choose to install a fresh copy of SQL Server 2005 Express on local computer(silently install with default instance).

… something like defining a custom prerequisites dialog !!!

Thanks!
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MichaelU
Level 12 Flexeran
Level 12 Flexeran
‎Jul 02, 2008 10:53 AM

In IS2008 there's no great way to do this. You might be able to hack it with a custom bootstrap which sets registry keys your prerequisite can key off of, or even just mark the prerequisite optional and hope the user will do the right thing (and disable the corresponding feature in the install if SQL Server isn't there).

In IS2009 we introduced Feature Prerequisites which should address this need much more cleanly. If upgrading to IS2009 is an option, I'd suggest you download the evaluation and see if you can benefit from this new functionality.
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