pgattu, I recently had a support case re: calling 64bit DLL functions from InstallScript and can confirm they are not supported.  The alternative is that you must compile your DLL as win32/x86/32bit.  My example is using managed code (aka VB.NET DLL) so I don't know the nuanced differences for unmanaged (aka C), but for managed code, your DLL must be configured as COM visible and use the InstallScript function DotNetCoCreateObject: https://helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/installshield22helplib/Subsystems/installshield22langref/helplibrary/DotNetCoCreateObject.htm HTH ... View more

agshah, I don't know about the Date property, but this can be used in InstallScript: GetSystemInfo( DATE, nResult, strDate ); GetSystemInfo( TIME, nResult, strTime ); svDateTime = strDate + " " + strTime; reference: http://helpnet.installshield.com/installshield22helplib/Subsystems/installshield22langref/helplibrary/LangrefGetSystemInfo.htm HTH ... View more

BossHogg, I'm not sure which kind of project you are using, but this is what we have used in the past: http://helpnet.installshield.com/installshield19helplib/helplibrary/AddingHTMLLinkISDialog.htm That help doc uses the example of a hyperlink, but you don't have to use a hyperlink - you can just change fonts via something similar. ex: [CODE][html] html,body {padding:0; margin:0; color: red;} * {font-size: 18pt; font-family: "MS Sans Serif"; font-weight: bold; } this is bold red 18pt text[/CODE] HTH ... View more

kozlov_vital, Apologies. In that case, it would be something like the following: NUMBER nLength; STRING szExePath; nLength = MAX_PATH + 1; MsiGetProperty( ISMSI_HANDLE, "SETUPEXEDIR", szExePath, nLength ); lstDirs = MakeDirList( szExePath ^ sDir ); sources: http://helpnet.installshield.com/installshield21helplib/helplibrary/SETUPEXEDIR.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070417154102/http://www.installshield.com/news/newsletter/0206-articles/SetupExeDir.asp HTH ... View more

kozlvov_vital, If these files are in your "Support Files" for the project, you should be able to access them in InstallScript via something like: lstDirs = MakeDirList( SUPPORTDIR ^ sDir ); HTH ... View more

CR, Cary is correct - it cannot be done solely in InstallScript since there is no Random function, but it can be done with InstallScript and a batch file if you don't want to go the external DLL route. Here is an example. You will need to put the attached .bat file in the Support Files for your project: @echo OFF setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion cls :: %1 should be # of loops to do :: %2 should be temp filename to store output :: code based off of: :: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5777400/how-to-use-random-in-batch-script :: 33 and 126 are hardcoded due to the desired ASCII range; can be changed :: http://www.asciitable.com/ :: delete the output file if it already exists; ignore errors del %2 >NUL 2>&1 :: start off with a "new" random echo !RANDOM! :: loop for the desired number of times for /L %%a in (1 1 %1) do ( call:rand 33 126 echo !RAND_NUM!>>%2 ) ::pause exit /b :: rand() :: %1 is min, %2 is max. :: RAND_NUM is set to a random number from min through max. :rand SET /A RAND_NUM=%RANDOM% * (%2 - %1 + 1) / 32768 + %1 exit /b and include this file (or add these functions to an existing file in your project) [CODE]//=========================================================================== // // File Name: Random.rul // // Description: utility functions for generating random string of characters. // requires external .bat file to actually generate the random numbers. //=========================================================================== // main function prototype STRING GetRandomCharacters( byval NUMBER ); // nNumChars // helper function prototype STRING Chr( byval STRING ); // szASCII //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- //get specified number of random characters from subset of ASCII table function STRING GetRandomCharacters( nNumChars ) STRING szNumChars, szBatFile, szTempFile, szLine, szRandomString, svError; NUMBER nFileHandle, nFileOpen, nResult; begin szBatFile = "random.bat"; // file assumed to be in this project's Support Files szTempFile = "rnd.txt"; NumToStr( szNumChars, nNumChars ); // "/k" is for debugging //LaunchAppAndWait( WINSYSDIR ^ "cmd.exe", "/k \"" + SUPPORTDIR ^ szBatFile + "\" " + szNumChars + " " + FOLDER_TEMP ^ szTempFile, WAIT ); LaunchAppAndWait( WINSYSDIR ^ "cmd.exe", "/c \"" + SUPPORTDIR ^ szBatFile + "\" " + szNumChars + " " + FOLDER_TEMP ^ szTempFile, WAIT | LAAW_OPTION_HIDDEN ); szRandomString = ""; // make sure the file exists before trying file operations if Is( FILE_EXISTS, FOLDER_TEMP ^ szTempFile ) then OpenFileMode( FILE_MODE_NORMAL ); // open file as read-only nFileOpen = OpenFile( nFileHandle, FOLDER_TEMP, szTempFile ); if nFileOpen = 0 then nResult = GetLine( nFileHandle, szLine ); while ( nResult = 0 ) szRandomString = szRandomString + Chr( szLine ); //get ASCII char equivalent of the random # // get next line of the file: nResult = GetLine( nFileHandle, szLine ); endwhile; CloseFile( nFileHandle ); else svError = "Error: unable to open \"" + FOLDER_TEMP ^ szTempFile + "\""; MessageBox( svError, INFORMATION ); // debug endif; else svError = "Error: \"" + FOLDER_TEMP ^ szTempFile + "\" not found!"; MessageBox( svError, INFORMATION ); // debug endif; try DeleteFile( FOLDER_TEMP ^ szTempFile ); // cleanup: delete rnd.txt catch endcatch; return szRandomString; end; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- //convert a decimal number as string) representing an ASCII character to that character //mimics the "Chr" function in VB (for a limited subset of the ASCII table) function STRING Chr( szASCII ) STRING svASCIIval; begin switch( szASCII ) case "32": svASCIIval = " "; case "33": svASCIIval = "!"; case "34": svASCIIval = "\""; //note": double quote character has to be escaped case "35": svASCIIval = "#"; case "36": svASCIIval = "$"; case "37": svASCIIval = "%"; case "38": svASCIIval = "&"; case "39": svASCIIval = "'"; case "40": svASCIIval = "("; case "41": svASCIIval = ")"; case "42": svASCIIval = "*"; case "43": svASCIIval = "+"; case "44": svASCIIval = ","; case "45": svASCIIval = "-"; case "46": svASCIIval = "."; case "47": svASCIIval = "/"; case "48": svASCIIval = "0"; case "49": svASCIIval = "1"; case "50": svASCIIval = "2"; case "51": svASCIIval = "3"; case "52": svASCIIval = "4"; case "53": svASCIIval = "5"; case "54": svASCIIval = "6"; case "55": svASCIIval = "7"; case "56": svASCIIval = "8"; case "57": svASCIIval = "9"; case "58": svASCIIval = ":"; case "59": svASCIIval = ";"; case "60": svASCIIval = "<"; case "61": svASCIIval = "="; case "62": svASCIIval = ">"; case "63": svASCIIval = "?"; case "64": svASCIIval = "@"; case "65": svASCIIval = "A"; case "66": svASCIIval = "B"; case "67": svASCIIval = "C"; case "68": svASCIIval = "D"; case "69": svASCIIval = "E"; case "70": svASCIIval = "F"; case "71": svASCIIval = "G"; case "72": svASCIIval = "H"; case "73": svASCIIval = "I"; case "74": svASCIIval = "J"; case "75": svASCIIval = "K"; case "76": svASCIIval = "L"; case "77": svASCIIval = "M"; case "78": svASCIIval = "N"; case "79": svASCIIval = "O"; case "80": svASCIIval = "P"; case "81": svASCIIval = "Q"; case "82": svASCIIval = "R"; case "83": svASCIIval = "S"; case "84": svASCIIval = "T"; case "85": svASCIIval = "U"; case "86": svASCIIval = "V"; case "87": svASCIIval = "W"; case "88": svASCIIval = "X"; case "89": svASCIIval = "Y"; case "90": svASCIIval = "Z"; case "91": svASCIIval = "["; case "92": svASCIIval = "\\"; //note": backslash has to be escaped case "93": svASCIIval = "]"; case "94": svASCIIval = "^"; case "95": svASCIIval = "_"; case "96": svASCIIval = "`"; case "97": svASCIIval = "a"; case "98": svASCIIval = "b"; case "99": svASCIIval = "c"; case "100": svASCIIval = "d"; case "101": svASCIIval = "e"; case "102": svASCIIval = "f"; case "103": svASCIIval = "g"; case "104": svASCIIval = "h"; case "105": svASCIIval = "i"; case "106": svASCIIval = "j"; case "107": svASCIIval = "k"; case "108": svASCIIval = "l"; case "109": svASCIIval = "m"; case "110": svASCIIval = "n"; case "111": svASCIIval = "o"; case "112": svASCIIval = "p"; case "113": svASCIIval = "q"; case "114": svASCIIval = "r"; case "115": svASCIIval = "s"; case "116": svASCIIval = "t"; case "117": svASCIIval = "u"; case "118": svASCIIval = "v"; case "119": svASCIIval = "w"; case "120": svASCIIval = "x"; case "121": svASCIIval = "y"; case "122": svASCIIval = "z"; case "123": svASCIIval = "{"; case "124": svASCIIval = "|"; case "125": svASCIIval = "}"; case "126": svASCIIval = "~"; default: //not sure what the default value should be svASCIIval = ""; endswitch; return svASCIIval; end;[/CODE] then call the GetRandomCharacters function like this: szRandomString = GetRandomCharacters( nNumChars ); MessageBox( szRandomString, INFORMATION ); //debug HTH ... 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agshah, We haven't used InstallScript MSI for a while, but I think anytime we needed to save values and use them in OnFirstUIAfter/etc, we had to global variables instead of MSI properties for the very reason you are seeing. MsiGetProperty seemed to only work within the block where it was set (OnFirstUIBefore). HTH ... View more

imorrison, We do this in an InstallScript Only project via the following code. If this is for Basic MSI, I don't have an answer. // Register Windows Service ServiceAddService( strServiceName, strServiceDisplayName, strServiceDescription, szPath ^ strFilename, TRUE, "" ); HTH ... View more

Superfreak, Do you have the option of writing an InstallScript function instead of requiring an external binary? http://helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/installshield21helplib/Subsystems/installshield21langref/installshield21langref.htm#CSHID=helplibrary%2FLangrefSetFileInfo.htm|StartTopic=helplibrary%2FLangrefSetFileInfo.htm HTH ... View more

sureshkottakki, I don't know if there is a correct way to do it using InstallScript MSI, but we have never gotten a web application to upgrade properly using minor upgrades with that project type. We had to convert all of ours to InstallScript Only projects where you can use the Component setting "Overwrite" and set it to "Always". HTH ... View more

rguggisberg, We use ADO via InstallScript to execute special SQL scripts. The code is based on the example found here: http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/isp_db.htm SQL Server Database Maintenance DatabaseFunctions.zip HTH ... View more

This is probably relevant to your issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1327431/how-do-i-escape-ampersands-in-batch-files HTH ... View more

dro1234: https ://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?218993-Read-me-first-Quick-links-for-info-on-InstallShield-2015 HTH ... View more

Rayner, There are a lot of ways you could do it using InstallScript String Functions http:// helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/installshield21helplib/Subsystems/installshield21langref/helplibrary/LangrefString_functions.htm Here is one example using CopyBytes http:// helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/installshield21helplib/Subsystems/installshield21langref/helplibrary/LangrefCopyBytes.htm //------------------------------------------------------------------------- prototype STRING ExFn_CopyBytes( byval STRING, // szMyString byval NUMBER ); // nPos // szMyString = the string you are searching // nPos = the position in the string that you want function STRING ExFn_CopyBytes( szMyString, nPos ) STRING szFoundStr; begin // use 'number - 1' because CopyBytes is 0-based. // passing "4" to find the "t" in "Testing" would actually be position 3 CopyBytes( szFoundStr, 0, szMyString, nPos - 1, 1 ); return szFoundStr; end; HTH ... View more

Ash, I think the equivalent is OnMaintUIAfter. You can get to it by opening Setup.rul in your InstallScript editor; choose "After Move Data" from the first dropdown and "OnMaintUIAfter" for the second. HTH ... View more