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Use 64-bit custom actions. Go through the IS help file for the topics on 64-bit custom actions. ... View more

It means some function is not getting called by any custom action and that particular action is not executed. ... View more

The msiexec elevates itself during the uninstallation, but i think the custom action tries to change the registry before the elevation of msiexec.exe. So you need to change the sequence of your custom action. or a common work around for this issue is to right click the shortcut and select run as administrator. ... View more

Actually i have checked that in the silent mode with anwer file the setup is not able to detect the selected features. It always consider that all the features are selected, and all the code will execute. So, if some dialogs or aprt of code is related to a specific feature, that code will execute during the silent mode even if the specific feature is not selected. May be thats an issue of IS. So better you can debug your setup using ISDbg.exe during sielnt installation using answer file and check where its terminating. This happens if any custom dialog is added in the setup. May be This link will help you. Let me know if you feel any more issue. ... View more

Try the following to uninstall your product: LaunchAppAndWait("Msiexec.exe", "/x { }", LAAW_OPTION_WAIT); Hope this will help. ... View more

I am attaching you a piece of code which is working for me. This piece of code gets executed during uninstall of the product. Actually installscript does not have the FOREACH function, and only due to that i need to use the C++ dll to remove the websites/Virtual directories from the IIS which are linked to a particular physical folder only. You can call these functions in your custom actions also. Choose the option "Run the installscript code" in the custom action wizard, and then select the function name. The function name will apppear here only if the function prototype is defined with the export keyword. export prototype Foo(); Hope this will help you. ... View more

Copy your VC++ dll to SupportFIles/Billboards ->SupportFiles ->Language Independent. It will copy your file to the tempfolder during installation. Then you can use this dll to diiferent functions of installscript. But first you need to load this dll before using it. Also you need to unload it after using. e.g. function load() STRING dllPath; begin dllPath = SUPPORTDIR ^ "Test.dll"; if ( 0 != UseDLL(dllPath) ) then MessageBox("Failed to load dependency file", SEVERE); abort; endif; end; Let me know if need any more help. ... View more

you can run using the enbuilt function LaunchAppAndWait(). ... View more

May be your setup is copying some files to user specific location or creating any registry key in current user location, which is used by the application during run time. ... View more

you can use the LaunchAppAndWait() function of installscript. You can create DB with the help of SQL scripts menu of IS. Alternatively you can create an application in C++/C# which will create a DB and user in SQL, and launch the application silently by using the above function. ... View more

I have installed both IS 2008 and 2009 on my machine, later i uninstalled IS 2008, and it did not affected IS 2009 functionality. ... View more

You can find the acresso KB article Here which is related to user creation using install script. ... View more

Write the code for uninstallation of your old version in OnBegin() event. After uninstallation, OnFirstUIBefore() gets executed and the new setup will automatically launch. This worked for me. ... View more

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