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Nov 04, 2010

Hi,On the Set InstallAnywhere Variable action, I have set a rule using Check Platform to detect "Windows XP" and set the user magic variable if my platform is Windows XP.I am using Windows XP SP3 and the variable does not get set. When I run the inst...

Oct 20, 2010

Hi, I'm trying to create a new 'links' directory on the Windows filesystem and create a new text file within it which contains just one line.I am attempting this in the Post-Install section of IA2010, by using Execute Command (to run mkdir to create ...

Nov 12, 2010

In the meantime, I have found a somewhat crude workaround.Using the Check Platform rule, I can put Windows(All) in the "Perform on" list, and then put all other Windows variants (e.g. NT, 2000, 2003, Vista, 7) in the "Do Not Perform On" list.This the...

Nov 12, 2010

pv7721 wrote:As IA is a Java-based installer tool, anything passes through Java, even platform detection (i.e. the detection code simply asks the running JVM which is the OS string code) (this for instance was a problem for older JVMs released before...

Oct 21, 2010

pv7721 wrote:And this path of yours is somewhere completely out of the user installation folder?Yes it is completely out of the user install folder. Is that not possible then? I hoped I would be able to create a folder anywhere on the filesystem usin...

Oct 20, 2010

pv7721 wrote:Why can't you do this in the Install section, maybe as a last action, it might be easier to create the links folder (you've got a built-in action for that in the Install task).Hi Vlad,thanks for the reply. I deemed it more of a Post-inst...

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