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cbarlow · ‎Jan 23, 2009

Sike, user error. Chained .msi does work in VMWare. Thanks, Clark

cbarlow · ‎Jan 23, 2009

I read the white paper on chained .msi installs and noticed they don't work with remote desktop connections. Could it also be that they don't work inside virtual machines? I have a chained .msi installation that runs fine on my machine but fails consistently inside a VMWare virtual machine. If it helps, a blank warning message appears. Thanks in advance for your help, Clark

cbarlow · ‎Jan 14, 2009

I think I got it worked out. This is the syntax I needed: [CODE]TARGETDIR="[INSTALLDIR]"[/CODE]

cbarlow · ‎Jan 14, 2009

Thanks for the information. I actually prefer that the chained .msi gets uninstalled when you uninstall the main installer, so that's nice. However, I would like to have the user specify the target directory in the main installer and then pass that parameter to the chained .msi. I assume I would put this information in the Install properties field in the chained msi window. Do you know what syntax I should use for that? I tried: [CODE]TARGETDIR="[TARGETDIR]"[/CODE] but that seemed to install my chained .msi to my external hard drive (not sure how that happened). Any thoughts? Thanks! Clark

cbarlow · ‎Jan 14, 2009

I wasn't, but after you mentioned it, I read up on chained msi and tried setting it up, but I'm having problems. Does the chained .msi file need to be installed with one of the components? Also, is the chained .msi file supposed to run silently with arguments passed from the main install, or is the full .msi installer supposed to be launched? Like I said, I haven't gotten it to work yet, so I'm still unsure how it is supposed to work. Thanks, Clark

cbarlow · ‎Jan 13, 2009

I'm trying to use a Basic MSI project to run multiple install programs based on certain conditions, but without having it install anything on its own. Some of the installs are conditional and I've handled those, but what's the best way to run a separate installer that has no conditions? Any ideas?? Thanks! Clark

cbarlow · ‎Dec 16, 2008

That's the syntax I was looking for. Worked like a charm, thanks.

cbarlow · ‎Dec 16, 2008

I want to perform a system search to see if a program was installed in a particular way. Specifically, there's a key in the registry I want to check on. The key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI\ArcInfo\Desktop\8.0 and the entry I want to check on is a standard string called ".NET Support" which is set to either "TRUE" or "FALSE." I haven't been able to perform this check successfully using System Search and I wonder if the syntax is wrong or if System Search only works with DWORDs. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

cbarlow · ‎Nov 04, 2008

Is there a way to check if a separate program has already been installed before installing a program using InstallScript? If the program is not installed, I want to notify the user and prompt them to install that program before installing ours. Thanks!

cbarlow · ‎Sep 01, 2008

I noticed that you can only set certain registry flags (such as Install Only) in Windows Installer projects. So if I have an InstallScript project, and I want to create registry keys that are always installed but never uninstalled (like HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software), am I pretty much stuck unless I convert my project to a Windows Installer project? Thanks, Clark

cbarlow · ‎Aug 13, 2008

Thank you, that helped!

cbarlow · ‎Aug 13, 2008

The InstallScript reference manual indicates that boolean operators work with #ifdef statements. However when I use an OR (||) operator with an #ifdef statement, my compiler only recognizes the first argument. Here's my syntax: #ifdef FULL_RELEASE || CD_RELEASE #endif In this situation, the compiler only executes the code if FULL_RELEASE is defined. Am I using the right syntax? Thanks!

cbarlow · ‎Aug 11, 2008

I have several different releases in my InstallScript project and would like to control the behavior of the dialogs based on the release that is being executed. I haven't been able to find an InstallShield variable that pertains to the releases to let me control this, does anyone have any insight? Thanks!

cbarlow · ‎Jul 31, 2008

We have a korean user who ran into this error An error (-5006 : 0x80070005) has occurred while running the setup Please make sure you have finished any previous setup and closed other applications. If the error still occurs, please contact your vendor Error Information: >SetupNew\setup.cpp (615) PAPP:SMS 10.0 Full CD PVENDOR:EMS-I (http://...) PGUID:1D664946-CCC1-48DB-9629... $14.0.0.162 @Windows XP Service Pack 2 (2600) IE 6.0.2900.2180 and then another error pops up, similar to the first, saying: >SetupNewWsetup.cpp (135) PAPP: PVENDOR: PGUID: $ @Windows XP Service Pack 3 (2600) IE 6.0.2600.5512 Anybody have guidance on this?

cbarlow · ‎Jul 31, 2008

Since I last posted this, I discovered that I don't have this problem when creating an IS 2008 project from scratch, only when using IS projects that I've migrated from earlier IS versions. With the migrated projects I've had to manually add code to check whether or not .NET 2.0 was installed or not. Maybe this will help someone.

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Re: chained .msi fails in virtual machine

chained .msi fails in virtual machine

Re: Running a separate installer with no conditions

Re: Running a separate installer with no conditions

Re: Running a separate installer with no conditions

Running a separate installer with no conditions

Re: System Search syntax for standard strings

System Search syntax for standard strings

Checking to see if a separate program has already been installed

Another way to set registry flags for InstallScript projects?

Re: Can dialog behavior be changed based on the release?

Simple question about boolean operators with #ifdef

Can dialog behavior be changed based on the release?

Funny, I just ran into a similar thing

Re: .NET 2.0 Redistributable problem with Install Script Project in IS 2008

File shown in Orca but not IS and cannot be removed

Re: Custom Action Sequencing Scenario/Question...

Possible to chain 64-bit MSI to 32-bit MSI?

Re: In Minor Upgrade, Dynamic File Linking: removing a file

Re: How to update Merge Modules manually?

Re: Properties in Prerequisite Command line argument?

Re: Properties in Prerequisite Command line argument?

Re: Properties in Prerequisite Command line argument?

Properties in Prerequisite Command line argument?

Can I system search before prerequisites?