Jun 15, 2011
03:49 AM
Wow, that's the thing I was looking for. I have been having tough time comparing my changes in TFS as my ism file was binary. This property "Project File Type" was right under my eye but never explored it. I will make it XML now, thanks much. Regards, Robins MSIYER wrote: In the General Information node we can set the way we want to save our ism files. You can choose: XML Binary XML is a format readable and comparable by tools available. Binary format is too generic a term. It can be interpreted in a multitude of ways. A sequence of bits can be interpreted by one application as a character while another application may treat it as a sound or color etc... Actually all files are binary at the hard disk level. How an application displays or processes a binary file is determined by how the binary file is encoded.
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Jun 14, 2011
02:22 AM
Under common properties of your custom action, you should set "Run During Patch Uninstall" properties to NO. Hope this works.
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Jun 14, 2011
02:18 AM
You will have to remove that shortcut once manually and then install & uninstall after making these components NOT SHARED. Existing shortcut you see are left from the last installer. danwize wrote: I decided to try what you suggested. I marked everything as not shared, but I the shortcuts are still not being removed. Any other thoughts?
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Jun 14, 2011
02:09 AM
We all know that we can open ism file in text editor, also compare with previous version in Source Control Tool as these are just xml files. But today, I encountered some ism file which are binary files. When I open that in Notepad, I see some texts but majority is [NUL][SYN][SOH][ETB].....[RS] in Black boxes. When I compare them in comparison tool, it says binary files are Identical or Different. I just wonder how this ism file is different then the traditional ism files?
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May 06, 2011
07:32 AM
I also migrated many products to 2011 but didn't face such issue. Can you check if the target folder is Read-Only? If yes, we need to modify its properties. I am assuming you didn't change the Upgrade Code. Regards, Robins
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May 06, 2011
07:18 AM
I would advise you to check if you have declared the component consisting the file (to whom your shortcut is pointing to) as SHARED. You can verify that by looking under Components View. Declaring a component SHARED will leave it's key file at the system even after uninstall and if the file is still there, corresponding shortcut will not be removed. In short, make all the components as NOT-SHARED if no other application is sharing that component. By default it comes as SHARED in IS2011. Let us know if this works, good luck. 🙂
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- Posted Re: Opening ism file in Text Editor on InstallShield Forum. Jun 15, 2011 03:49 AM
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- Posted Try deleting shortcut manually once on InstallShield Forum. Jun 14, 2011 02:18 AM
- Posted Opening ism file in Text Editor on InstallShield Forum. Jun 14, 2011 02:09 AM
- Posted Check target folder properties on InstallShield Forum. May 06, 2011 07:32 AM
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