Hi, We have a requirement to enable download of selective components. I would like to know more details on the internet installer package and understand if only the selected components are downloaded form the web server? I see that we have a .html file generated along with a few support files. The Installer also generates a .cab file that contains the bulk of the installable components. Once I invoke the installer by clicking on the HTML page, the installer UI starts up. Now, if I select a few components (via custom install), would these components be selectively downloaded or the full CAB is downloaded and then the components are extracted? The reason why I ask is, we have a lot of features in our application and they get enabled based on a serial number. Based on a serial number, only a few features will get installed. It would not be very efficient to allow the user to download the full installer to install only a few components. We have a requirement to minimize the amount of content that needs to be downloaded to install the application. Please advise, Shoban Jayaraj ... View more

Hi, I am using InstallShield 2012, Spring. We have a requirement to install selective features based on the serial number. Say, if I enter serial number ABC, feature 1, 3, 5 will have to be installed. If I enter serial number DEF, feature 2, 4, 5 will have to get installed. Currently, I have enabled the serial number field in the customer information dialog. I have also set some conditions for the features to evaluate the serial number and set the install level appropriately. The problem is, though the serial number is set properly in the customer information dialog, I find that the conditions that I had set for the features are evaluated before any UI is shown and hence does not take into consideration the recently set serial number. I believe the conditions are evaluated during the Cost Initialize, Cost Finalize portions and these activities takes place before the UI is shown. As a result, all the features are enabled / disabled at that stage prior to UI being shown and hence any input in the customer information dialog is not taken into consideration. If I create a custom action to be scheduled prior to cost initialize where I set the serial number property to a specified value, then the conditions are evaluated and appropriate features are enabled appropriately. However, this would mean, I will have to create a custom UI (as part of a custom action) that pops up and asks the user for the serial number and then perform the cost initialize, finalize activities and then show the install shield standard welcome scree and so forth. Is there a better approach for this? Ours is a standard MSI project. Thanks and regards, Shoban Jayaraj ... View more