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May 30, 2008
03:20 PM
execute exe using installscript
I am trying to read whether an exe that we had deployed and is running on a client machine is 32bit or 64bit exe. To do this i am planning to write a PE header application. I want to be able to run the pe header exe during install, read in the deployed exe and generate a text file output that i can then read and get the necessary information from it. I was planning to do this using isntallscript
I read thru the threads and didnt find a way to do this.
I read thru the threads and didnt find a way to do this.
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May 30, 2008
06:00 PM
Yes, you can launch executables with LaunchApplication and the like, though there's not a simple way to capture text output (number return codes are fine). A batch file might be appropriate in that case.
However, if you're writing the code yourself, perhaps packaging it as a DLL might be more useful, where your InstallScript code can pass variables back and forth to capture the information you want...
However, if you're writing the code yourself, perhaps packaging it as a DLL might be more useful, where your InstallScript code can pass variables back and forth to capture the information you want...
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