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Aug 07, 2006

First, I would like to praise ISMP for actually implementing a functional Rollback model. I was shocked and dismayed to find this missing from InstallAnywhere, especially given Macrovisions plans to EOL ISMP and force everyone to switch to InstallAn...

Jun 09, 2006

Hello,I've read through the docs, but I'm not clear on a number of fundamental concepts, hopefully someone here can explain the difference.What is the difference between an "Update" and a "Patch" in ISMP 11.5?I recognize that the trivial answer is th...

Aug 08, 2006

I initially tried catching the Rollback event by adding an onUninstalling event to our product bean, but this event only fires at the very end of the rollback sequence (I suppose since the product bean is only installed last). This was unacceptable....

May 19, 2006

TJ - you can programmatically query the location of the support files (which will be one of the dynamically created directories within the TEMP directory. Look in the ISMP help section "Using Support Files." You'll see information there about using...

May 19, 2006

You could also use JNI code to manually schedule the directory for deletion on reboot via the MoveFileEx Win32 api call (MSDN Link.) Note: This means setting a move to destination NULL with the MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT flag set.

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