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DanCla · ‎May 16, 2013

As far as I know, InstallShield does not provide a dialog that would allow the user to set a website name or application pool. In the past I've had to create the dialog and write all the custom actions to support it. For instance a dialog that allows the user to select an existing applicaton pool or create a new one will have to have a custom action that populates a combobox with existing application pools. This custom action will have to work for all the IIS versions you support. Hope this gives you an idea of the work ahead of you.

DanCla · ‎Jun 18, 2012

Import your XML file then go to MySubElement that you want to change and set the value there. You can even put a property name in square brackets so that the value gets set at runtime.

DanCla · ‎May 03, 2012

Under the component go to Advanced Settings -> COM Registration. Right click COM Registration and select Extract COM Data from Key File. This will add registry data to your install and should be all you need. If this does not work, you'll have to figure out what other registry data you need by installing manually and looking at what registry data gets added, then you'll manually have to add the registry data to your install.

DanCla · ‎Mar 26, 2012

I think the issue you may be having is that a 32bit installer cannot drop files into Program Files, on a 64bit machine. Also, a 64bit installer can drop files to both Program Files directories, but will not run on a 32bit machine. I was able to resolve this on one of my projects in a not very elegant manner. Which was to write a utility that was able to install things into Program Files on 64bit machines on behalf of the 32bit installer.

DanCla · ‎Nov 30, 2011

One thing you can look at is whether or not IIS 6 Compatibility is installed.

DanCla · ‎Mar 15, 2011

To make this work you will have to: -Clone the dialog -On the original dialog add a new dialog event to the browse button and point it to the cloned dialog. -On the cloned dialog add a new dialog event to the browse button and point it to the original dialog.

DanCla · ‎Nov 11, 2010

I have IS2009 pro the picture below shows where the install directory gets set.

DanCla · ‎Mar 08, 2010

This install project has a custom action that launches IISReset.exe towards the end of the sequence. I resolved the issue by making the launching of IISReset.exe optional and moving it down in sequence.

DanCla · ‎Feb 18, 2010

I think the best thing to do is to look for registry keys. This is what I do in one of my projects. function ScriptingToolsCheck(hMSI) STRING szKey, szName, svValue, szMsg; NUMBER nvType, nvSize; begin RegDBSetDefaultRoot(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE); szKey = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\InetStp\\Components"; szName = "ManagementScriptingTools"; nvType = REGDB_STRING; if(RegDBGetKeyValueEx(szKey, szName, nvType, svValue, nvSize) < 0) then szMsg = "The setup needs IIS Management Scripts and Tools to be installed. "; szMsg = szMsg + "Please add this role in Server Manager and then run this setup again."; MessageBox(szMsg, SEVERE); abort endif; RegDBSetDefaultRoot(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT); end;

DanCla · ‎Feb 16, 2010

This is a Basic MSI project, where I create a web app and an app pool. On some systems that are Windows Server 2003 with IIS6 the web app gets attached to the app pool created. On other systems which are Windows Server 2003 with IIS6 as well, the web app gets attached to DefaultAppPool eventhough the other app pool gets created. I am running the same version of the setup on similar virtual machines and I get different results. Any information on what may be causing this behavior is greatly appreciated. Thanks

DanCla · ‎Dec 03, 2009

Thanks that fixed the issues with the diappearing radio buttons but now I have runtime issues like: - Radio buttons on second dialog do not enable username and password fields - Browse buttons do not populate servers list or database list correctly

DanCla · ‎Nov 30, 2009

I am working on an IS2008 Basic MSI project and I am trying to implement multiple SQL Logins. The SQL Logins will have different Servers, Databases, Authentications, Usernames and Passwords. I have tried this How-To: http://kb.flexerasoftware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalID=Q111493 On step 11 when I change IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION property to a new property on the imported dialog, it wipes out the radio buttons on the original dialog. Is there a workaround for this issue?

DanCla · ‎Nov 11, 2009

Is the component marked as permanent?

DanCla · ‎Oct 20, 2009

If you are going to do any IIS configuration I would suggest using IS2010 instead of IS2009.

DanCla · ‎Oct 19, 2009

I use this in a InstallScript custom action: function IISReset(hMSI) STRING szProgram, szArgs; NUMBER nvExitCode, nvResult, nvSize; begin if(GetEnvVar("windir", szProgram) < 0) then MessageBox ("Environment variable windir not found.", SEVERE); abort endif; // Declare paths szProgram = szProgram^"system32\\iisreset.exe"; szArgs = "/RESTART"; //MessageBox (szProgram + "\n" + szArgs, INFORMATION); /* DEBUG */ nvResult = LaunchAppAndWait(szProgram, szArgs, WAIT); nvExitCode = LAAW_PARAMETERS.nLaunchResult; if (nvResult < ISERR_SUCCESS) then MessageBox("iisreset.exe could not be launched",SEVERE); else if (nvExitCode != 0) then MessageBox("iisreset.exe could not reset IIS",SEVERE); endif; endif; end;

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