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evermeulen
Level 2

Newbie - Opening a file after installation

I have created a basic .msi installer and have also included a customised .hta file that drops with the installer package. I wish to call and display this .hta to the user once the .msi installer has finished installing. I have tried calling it from the "Installation interview" section but it seems as though it cannot call .hta files? :confused: can you confirm how I can call a .hta screen once the installation has finished.

Second prize would be to call a vbs file (also included in the .msi installer) and the vbs file would call the .hta file on the local machine...if possible.
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Holger_G
Level 10

I would recommend to create a InstallScript custom action to open the .hta file.
You can make use of the ShellExecute function (Shell32.dll API) and the 'open' operation parameter.
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evermeulen
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excuse my ignorance, but how do you do this? im quite new to installhield and like most people that use it want to do some advance stuff...(like opening a hta after install :D)

Please help.
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Holger_G
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