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Mescalero · ‎Sep 28, 2009

Hi Robert, Thanks for the suggestion. I gave that a try, but still, no luck. It must be looking within the Wow64 part of the registry for this reg key search, but why it would be able to detect the framework itself but not the service pack, I do not understand.

Mescalero · ‎Sep 22, 2009

Any ideas out there? I am thoroughly befuddled. I've tried having the installscript check the value of "SP" at HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\NET Framework Setup\\NDP\\v2.0.50727 for the case where it's NE 2, and still no dice. :confused: I've tried a remote debug of this machine, but can't get the debugger to come up when I invoke the "setup /d" command, sheesh.

Mescalero · ‎Sep 22, 2009

Hello, This one is quite puzzling: in my installscript, I do a search for the .Net FW 2.0 SP2, and if the registry key is not found, I prompt the user that they need to install this required piece, at which point the install aborts. On a 64-bit server, this isn't working. The registry key is quite obviously there, but for some reason, the RegDBKeyExist call is evaluating to -1. This works for 32-bit systems. The registry key I'm searching for is that created when the framework SP2 is installed: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C09FB3CD-3D0C-3F2D-899A-6A1D67F2073F}. Thanks in advance for any insight into this one...

Mescalero · ‎Aug 27, 2009

Hi Debbie, Thank you for your response. It occurred when using the Index and Search tabs on my local machine. However, this morning I ran a repair of Installshield, and the problem has cleared up: I can view help topics with no issue. If it is of interest, what I was seeing were the words "Help Library" at the top left (next to the open book icon), two green "page-turning" arrows at the top right, and nothing else, simply a blank page. Sorry for the trouble, but thank you for your feedback.

Mescalero · ‎Aug 26, 2009

In another Installshield adventure, many of the help library topics I'm trying to access are returning nothing more than blank (or at best, incomplete) screens. This is Installshield 2009. Is there an htm file somewhere that controls this? Could it be related to the site maintenance Acresso performed this past weekend? Thanks for any information.

Mescalero · ‎Aug 18, 2009

Thank you for that. I'll associate those components and see if it makes a difference. Can the components be "empty", as long as they point to the target directory and are linked to a feature? Or do they need to include the files that install to the corresponding directory on the user's machine?

Mescalero · ‎Aug 17, 2009

I've attached the verbose log (broken into two files to get round the attachment size limit for .txt), thanks for having a look...

Mescalero · ‎Aug 11, 2009

Sure, what I'm seeing under the website in IIS are simply folders like one would see in windows explorer, as distinct from the icon used for a virtual directory. So my web-based application doesn't work until I manually create the virtual directory. Thanks for your post. Let me know if I can provide more/better info (e.g., a screen print, if that would clarify things).

Mescalero · ‎Aug 06, 2009

So deleting this old product GUID registry entry during the execution of the script will get rid of the original Add/Remove item? Where in the setup.rul file should I delete this registry entry?

Mescalero · ‎Aug 05, 2009

Hello All, I've found numerous posts on this issue, but still I am so far unable to get round this problem: the virtual directories I am creating under the websites in IIS are created instead as physical folders. I'm associating the virtual dirs with unique components, as I've seen suggested, but at this point, I don't know what else to try, as the setup in the IDE seems straightforward. Thanks for any suggestions/questions you may have.

Mescalero · ‎Aug 04, 2009

Right ok, thanks Dan. Everything seems to be working fine, with the exception of two entries in Add/Remove programs after the install. I'm using the latest (fixed) ISSEtup.dll that resolves this issue, but since the older setup.exe--already released to the customer base--does not contain the fixed dll, it would seem that I cannot take advantage of the major upgrade functionality until the next release. Or is there another workaround? Thanks...

Mescalero · ‎Aug 03, 2009

I just noticed that the upgrade does appear to be working correctly, though silently and behind the scenes--old files removed, new ones installed. But I know when I tested the major upgrade functionality previously, the "Resuming the Installshield wizard..." screen first appeared, and that isn't the case here. Why is that the case?

Mescalero · ‎Aug 03, 2009

Hello All, I cannot get a major upgrade to work. I am upgrading from version 5.2.0.0 to 5.2.8.0 (which I have changed within the IDE); and I am changing the Product and Package codes. (The Upgrade code remains unchanged.) Yet, when I call the new setup.exe file, it begins a clean install, rather than the resume install I expect, as if the product doesn't already exist on the target machine. Can anyone offer an explanation? Thank you.

Mescalero · ‎May 01, 2009

Unfortunately, no, the way it's coded, it can't be suppressed. So, a slight code change is in order... 😄 Thanks for your help, Robert.

Mescalero · ‎Apr 30, 2009

Hello, I have created a response file to run an installation in silent mode. It works just fine, although there is one thing: a service I am registering during the installation has a pop-up window that allows the user to register it in the Service Control manager during the install. This is an external dialog not created in Installshield, and it still pops-up, waiting for a response ("OK"), when I run setup.exe /s. I'd prefer to supply this OK response in the .iss file so that a user doesn't have to supervise the silent install. I gather that I can use SilentWriteData in the Installscript in such a case, which would write the appropriate response to the .iss file during setup.exe /r. Problem is, I'm not sure what parameters to supply. Can anybody offer advice? It would be much appreciated.

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