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Aug 31, 2017
04:22 AM
Prevent Simultaneous installation of 2 different installshield installers
Hi,
I have 2 installshield setups abcSetup.exe and xyzSetup.exe. When abcSetup.exe is run it auto install xyzSetup.exe as well.
But if I try to run both setups simultaneously, it runs and didn't stop or prevent each other from running. I want that when 1 setup is running , it shouldn't allow other to launch/run.
Is there any built in function or actions available which can be used. Please not that I am working with InstallScript and InstallScriptMSI projects.
Thanks & regards,
Pratik
I have 2 installshield setups abcSetup.exe and xyzSetup.exe. When abcSetup.exe is run it auto install xyzSetup.exe as well.
But if I try to run both setups simultaneously, it runs and didn't stop or prevent each other from running. I want that when 1 setup is running , it shouldn't allow other to launch/run.
Is there any built in function or actions available which can be used. Please not that I am working with InstallScript and InstallScriptMSI projects.
Thanks & regards,
Pratik
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Sep 02, 2017
12:50 AM
There's no built in function in InstallScript for it, but you could write create a Mutex if one doesn't already exist during OnBegin using Windows API.
Check out this thread:
https://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?217331-call-Winapi-OpenMutex-from-InstallScript-problem
Check out this thread:
https://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?217331-call-Winapi-OpenMutex-from-InstallScript-problem
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