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Johannes_T · ‎Mar 31, 2011

Thanks Josh for you response, but, it doesn't seem to work. I added your example #define STRING_CONST_NAME "Hello, world" to my code, recompiled it and checked the inx file with a hex editor. Couldn't find the defined string. Any other ideas? Edit: I just compared two inx files I compiled from two rul files that differed in one character. I also found 2 bytes changed in the inx but can't interpret the byte as the original character. Thanks. Johannes

Johannes_T · ‎Mar 30, 2011

Hi folks, I'm looking for a way to add constant strings in inx files. Background: We identify the version of a file with a tool that searches in a file for a certain string (e.g. "Version") and everything behind this string represents the file version, for example: A file contains: Version 1120B => The tool returns the version 1120B. In IS3 it was possible to define a constant in a source file and this constant was available in the ins file. This seems to be impossible for inx files. Does anyone have an idea, how this can be solved? Thanks in advance. Johannes

Johannes_T · ‎Mar 11, 2011

Don't know which project type you're using, but with Installscript, you can show a list of options with SdShowInfoList(...) that can not be edited. HTH, Johannes

Johannes_T · ‎Mar 11, 2011

I do somethig similar, only a setup.rul with declare ... program START: ... endprogram I do everything "manually", show dialogs, copy files and much, much more. You don't really have to use events. You can show the status window with something like this: Enable(STATUS); StatusUpdate (ON, 10); SetStatusWindow (10, "We're doing useful things..."); // Do something useful... SetStatusWindow (20, "..."); Disable(STATUS) Check the SetStatusWindow Example in the manual. HTH, Johannes

Johannes_T · ‎Mar 11, 2011

I guess your product has still an entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Remove (or rename at first) the subkey of your product, the "strange" number should be the ProductGUID in your setup.ini. HTH, Johannes

Johannes_T · ‎Mar 11, 2011

Hi Christian, not really sure what you're looking for, but you can access _the_ path variable (containing the ; separated list of folders) via RegDbGetKeyValueEx and the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment / value: Path. As far as I know, changes take effect after the next reboot. HTH, Johannes

Johannes_T · ‎Mar 11, 2011

Hi, there is a Installscript function DialogSetInfo which can be used to change this image. BUT, afaik, installscript is not available for the express edition, which is why I guess you can't do this at all.

Johannes_T · ‎Mar 11, 2011

Hi Tim, as far as I know (and I googled a lot), you have the following options depending on the project type: Installscript: Use CMDLINE to acces the whole command line Installscipt MSI: Pass variables with setup.exe /z”arg1=value1 arg2=value2 arg3=value3″ Basic MSI: You can only set properties with setup.exe /v"PROP=DATA" I don't know of any way to access the whole command line in Basic MSI. HTH, Johannes

Johannes_T · ‎Nov 08, 2010

But you can, of course, write a script function that removes a variable from the path registry value.

Johannes_T · ‎Nov 03, 2010

The documentation states: "In Basic MSI projects, you can pass public properties through Setup.exe to Msiexec.exe using the /v command-line argument. "

Johannes_T · ‎Sep 01, 2010

Hi, sorry for this late response! I'm not aware of any other way to check this. But note, that the registry value I mentioned exists only if a reboot is needed. Greetings Johannes

Johannes_T · ‎Aug 19, 2010

I needed the same function some moth ago. In my case (I don't know if this is a sufficient condition in general) I checked this via the registry value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations. When an installation is unable to replace/delete some file, it often uses this value to let windows change this at the next startup. The software I had to install always wanted a reboot when this value was set. Hth, Jo

Johannes_T · ‎Jul 26, 2010

Interesting fact, this sentence is also contained in the IS2009 documentation but I can't producude the mentioned error either. This limitation would be really bad. Would be great when a IS developer could say a word about this. Greetings Jo

Johannes_T · ‎Jul 21, 2010

Hey Vithal, I can't reproduce your problem. Do you see the "Attention, caps lock activated"* message when you activate it while the password field has the focus? Greetings *) Don't know the english message.

Johannes_T · ‎Jul 19, 2010

If you have only these two features, you could use SdAskOptionsList. It show a window with radio buttons (instead of check boxes).

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