Does InstallShield 2010 execute .NET Custom Actions natively to the current operating system? I have a DLL written in C# .NET that is compiled targeting "Any CPU" which means it runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit installations. The catch is it references a DLL stored in the GAC that could be 32-bit or 64-bit depending on the current operating system. InstallShield 2009 would blow up because it explicity runs my DLL in 32-bit mode thus it isn't able to find the DLL in the GAC on 64-bit installations. Does InstallShield 2010 fix this issue? I see under the General Information for an IS Project the Template Summary but there is no version for "Any CPU". Just [Intel|Intel64||x64|Alpha] which doesn't neccessarily target every architecture. Thanks ... View more

I have a problem that a component is being installed even though the user or person installing the program didn't select the component to install. Why would this happen? Complete Install Type Feature 1: Component 1 - Required Component 2 - Required Component 3 - Required Component 4 - Installed Custom Install Type Feature 2: Component 1 - Required Component 2 - Required Component 3 - Required Component 4 - Optional (User my uncheck) No matter which install type they install, they always get component 4. It is not required and I have it marked that way. I give them the option to install it but it always exists. Why? InstallScript MSI Project is what I am using. ... View more

When I install an application using InstallShield, a InstallScript MSI Project, I want to disable the ability to "Modify" and "Repair" the installation. When I go to Project Properties > Enable Maintenance > False I get the following error: The setup has detected that no version of [Program] is installed. The specified command-line options require that the application be installed to continue. The setup will now terminate. Why? How does someone disable those two options. I want remove only. Thanks ... View more

This thing seems to update the dialog for the user. Is there another type of object that can be used that does the same thing except it doesn't return a value or wait for user input? ... View more

Hey there, I've tried searching but nobody is doing what I need. Basically I want to use the progress bar within Installshield but I don't care about text. I just want to update the progress bar based off of a dynamic number. I've seen several examples but none of them explain anything well nor use a text-less approach. function CA_Progress(hInstall) // increment the progress bar NUMBER iResult; HWND hRec, hProgressRec; NUMBER nvBufferSize; begin hRec = MsiCreateRecord(3); hProgressRec = MsiCreateRecord(3); // Tell the installer to use explicit progress messages. MsiRecordSetInteger(hRec, 1, 1); MsiRecordSetInteger(hRec, 2, 1); MsiRecordSetInteger(hRec, 3, 0); iResult = MsiProcessMessage(hInstall, INSTALLMESSAGE_PROGRESS, hRec); //Specify that an update of the progress bar's position in //this case means to move it forward by one increment. MsiRecordSetInteger(hProgressRec, 1, 2); MsiRecordSetInteger(hProgressRec, 2, szSizeTickIncrement); MsiRecordSetInteger(hProgressRec, 3, 0); // The following tells the installer to send a message to update // the progress bar. iResult = MsiProcessMessage(hInstall, INSTALLMESSAGE_PROGRESS, hProgressRec); MsiCloseHandle(hRec); MsiCloseHandle(hProgressRec); end; For the above example. What the heck is "hInstall"? If I plan to only use the progress bar can I reduce the code to this? function CA_Progress(hInstall) // increment the progress bar NUMBER iResult; HWND hProgressRec; begin hProgressRec = MsiCreateRecord(3); //Specify that an update of the progress bar's position in //this case means to move it forward by one increment. MsiRecordSetInteger(hProgressRec, 1, 2); MsiRecordSetInteger(hProgressRec, 2, szSizeTickIncrement); MsiRecordSetInteger(hProgressRec, 3, 0); // The following tells the installer to send a message to update // the progress bar. iResult = MsiProcessMessage(hInstall, INSTALLMESSAGE_PROGRESS, hProgressRec); MsiCloseHandle(hProgressRec); end; Don't I need to pass the control ID for the progress bar somewhere? This whole thing to use a progress bar seems whack. There aren't any straight answers anywhere. I'm looking for exact steps please. Thanks. ... View more

Hey there, Try this out, let me know how it works for you. InstallScript MSI Project Create a List, within the list add several string values with different lengths on a dialog. Example: Administrator Guest Within the code behind I add a call to C#. I pass the strings on by and evaluate the data. If I picked "Administrator" first, I get these results: Administrator - With the length of 1024 because it is padded with nulls. That is fine, I account for it. I made a method which replaces \0 with string.Empty. After I strip it, I get these results: Administrator - As the length of 13. Good it works. Back to the dialog, now choose Guest. Pass that value over and you get the following data. Guest - With the length of 1024 because it is padded with nulls. After I strip it of nulls, I get this result: Guestistrator It happens on EVERY CASE. Meaning, the longest string seems to be always present while any shorter string gets appended to the difference of any string that was chosen previously. This has to be a bug. I am doing nothing but a simple Systems.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(InstallShieldData) in C#. Nothing is customized. As a temporary solution, I created a different method to strip nulls from InstallShield. I use a substring from the start to the first instance of a null, I pull the string I want out. It works. Or maybe I'm doing something wrong. Any insight would be great! Edit: private string TrimNulls(string s) { if(s == null) { return string.Empty; } if(s.IndexOf("\0") != -1) { return s.Substring(0, s.IndexOf("\0")); } else { return s; } } ... View more