Hi all, We have an InstallScript MSI project with string translated in some non-English languages. When we install in a Chinese locale the UI shows appropriate Chinese string. Next, we change the locale of that machine to French. When uninstalling the UI still shows Chinese.  Is this expected or is  a bug? thanks in advance. ... View more

Hi all, I am following instructions at https://community.flexera.com/t5/InstallShield-Knowledge/Provide-Notification-of-a-Major-Upgrade/ta-p/4413. In one of the steps in the above link it says: ************************************* On the  Behavior  section of the dialog, select the control you have just added and add the following conditions (replace ISACTIONPROP1 with the property found in step 2): Action: Hide; Condition: Not ISACTIONPROP1 Action: Show; Condition: ISACTIONPROP1 ************************************   Above is for Basic MSI project dialogs where you can edit behavior from the dialog view. I have an InstallScript MSI project and in the dialog view it says "To edit behavior for this dialog, modify the parameters for the SdWelcome function in  your script." Can someone tell me how from the installscript, I can get this text control on the dialog and then conditionally display it. thanks in advance. ... View more

Hi all, I created a custom action of type Error. In this custom action for 'Error Message' I am specifying a property. e.g. [MYERR_MSG] MYERR_MSG is a translatable property set to a string in string editor whose value is : %P is already installed. When the custom action gets execute the error message displayed is "%P is already installed." %P does not get replaced by product name. How do I get it to be replaced by product name at runtime. thanks. ... View more

Hi all, I have InstallShield 2018, tried 3 project types, Basic MSI, InstallScript and InstallScript MSI. I looked at InstallShield help titled "Specifying the Icon for the Setup Launcher" and specified an .ico file for setup.exe for all three project files: ***************************************** In the View List under Media, click Releases. In the Releases explorer, select the release that you want to configure. Click the Setup.exe tab. In the Setup.exe Icon File setting, specify the fully qualified name of the file that contains the icon that InstallShield should use when it creates the Setup.exe file at build time. ***************************************** Now I see the icon displayed on the setup.exe. Next, I run setup.exe and see the icon in the task bar. But after a brief moment the icon switches back to the default InstallShield icon in the task bar. Any idea how to keep the custom icon in the taskbar throughout the installation? ... View more

Hi all, I used IS 2018 and created a Basic MSI project. When uninstalling the product, it confirms if I want to proceed with the uninstallation and once confirmed starts uninstalling. But then it simply vanishes without showing a dialog at the end where you can click on the Finish button. As a result the user does not know if the uninstall is done or not. In my IS 2018 'InstallScript MSI' project the dialog with the Finish button is displayed which is nice since the user knows the uninstall is done. Please advise. thanks. ... View more

Hi all, I have been reading InstallShield help for the below three project types: Basic MSI - Uses Windows Installer and does not have any scripting capability like InstallScript, need to use tables and properties to get things done. InstallScript - Uses InstallScript Installer and can use InstallScript. InstallScript MSI - Uses Windows Installer and InstallScript engine and can use InstallScript. Besides my understanding above, can someone provide more details on the differences between these project types? Appreciate any pointer or links that talk more about each project type and differences in detail. thanks. ... View more

Hi all, Had posted this on InstallShield 2016 forums but no replies. I now updated to InstallShield 2018 thinking this issue may have been resolved but it is still an issue. Can someone kindly advise please. We have InstallShield 2018 InstallScript MSI project which generates a setup.exe We sign this setup.exe and when installing users can see it is digitally signed by us. However, when on Windows 10 and Windows 2016, when uninstalling from Start -> Settings -> System -> Apps & Features, we click on the 'Uninstall' button for our product, then confirm the uninstall by clicking on the 'Uninstall' button again. At this point, User Account Control (UAC) kicks in and displays below in the dialog, basically saying the Publisher is Unknown instead of displaying our name. ****************************************************** Do you want to allow this app from an unknown publisher to make changes to your device? setup.exe Publisher: Unknown File origin: Hard drive on this computer Show more details. ****************************************************** When clicking on the 'Show more details' above, it says: Program location: "C\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{product guid}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -I0x0409 -removeonly. I looked at setup.exe at C\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{product guid} and it is around 1 MB where as our original setup.exe was around 60 MB. So it seems InstallShield has stripped off stuff from the original setup.exe and placed as slim version of setup.exe and the signed digital certificate is not found ? How can I resolve this please. Is this a known issue with InstallScript MSI projects that use setup.exe rather than msi file. Note that if I run the original setup.exe, then the signed certificate is recognized and I can uninstall or repair. Also, I swapped the slim setup.exe at C\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{product guid} with the original one and in this case it is able to recognize and display the signed certificate when uninstalling from Apps & Features Kindly advise. ... View more