Listing command line help parameters using Setup.exe (Basic project)
I am using a Basic Setup.exe project and would like to display (custom) help information using a command line entry similar to:
Setup.exe /HELP or Setup.exe /? or Setup.exe -HELP
Currently I have implemented a CA within the project that will display the custom help text based on a public property being set to the value of "1" i.e:
Setup.exe /v"HELP=1" I would like releive the user from having to type this command line string. Is there a way to get this property set directly from the Setup.exe?
The InstallShield help states that there is no Setup.ini file generated for Basic projects that create Setup.exe. Is there a different support file available for Basic Setup.exe files?
Have you tried entering something like HELP=1 in the MSI Command-Line Arguments setting? To access this setting, open the Releases view, click the release that you are building, and click the Setup.exe tab. That setting lets you specify command-line parameters that you want to pass from Setup.exe to the .msi package.
Thank you Debbie for your quick response, however using the releases view to set the public property only initializes it to a preset value at runtime.
What I would like to do is have the user invoke the help information from the commandline when needed i.e. Setup.exe -HELP or Setup.exe /HELP or even Setup.exe HELP=1. If not only for the asthetic appeal but also to remain consistient with the traditional way of retrieving help info.
Just trying to avoid having the user type: Setup.exe /v"HELP=1" if possible.
