I have an existing Visual Studio solution (sln) with many projects and few Visual Studio Installer projects, I have replaced the VS Installer projects with the same number of InstallShield projects from within Visual Studio. The components are mostly build outputs (from asp.net projects) and few files (eg. web.config).  We use MSBuild scripts for our projects. Building the solution will build the the InstallShield projects also, for that I can use something like that in my MSBuild scripts: <MSBuild Projects="[Path\MySolution.sln]" Properties="Configuration=Release;Platform=Any CPU" Targets="Build" /> Within MSBuild scripts if I have to build a standalone ISM that uses previously built files and set the ProductVersion I will use something like this: <InstallShield.Tasks.InstallShield Condition="'$(Patch)'!='' And '$(Patch)'!='0'" Project="$(InstallFolder)\MyProject.ism" ProductConfiguration="Package" ReleaseConfiguration="MSI" PropertyOverrides="@(InstallShieldPropertyOverrides)" ProductVersion="$(Major).$(Minor).$(Revision).$(Patch)" /> What can I do in my VS Solution with InstallShield projects to build the solution and set the ProductVersion of each of the InstallShield Installer projects? In an old forum post Setting ProductVersion on an InstallScript project from MSBuild.   that mentioned something about InstallShield Automation project , is that still the way to go?   I have no issue to write a C# exe for MSBuild to call with command line params (version numbers) to set the versions of those ISM, but much prefer if it can be done within MSBuild scripts.  Thanks in advance.  ... View more

Deliberately getting couple of  executables of my application running and try to install a newer version.  FileInUse dialog comes up as expected but only showing 1 of the items (the Windows Service) and not the desktop application. I have checked this registry key as suggested by other posts: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\RegFiles0000 It listed the following files, all are part of my application installed. Only the 2nd last item "EBusinessService.exe" shows up in FileInUse dialog. I expect the "BisTrack.exe" to show up also but it doesn't. If I pick automatic close the applications will be close, but the user installing deserves to see what getting shut down.  C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\BisTrackFullSupport.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\EBusinessLib.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\Enumerations.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\Epicor.BisTrack.CRE.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\Epicor.BisTrack.Security.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\EpicorBisTrackSingleSignOn.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\Epicor_BisTrack_CTI.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\PSI.BisTrack.Data.BusinessIntelligence.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\PSI.BisTrack.Data.Core.Objects.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\PSI.BisTrack.Data.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\PSIBisTrackDataAccess.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\PSIBisTrackUI_55.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\UpgradeHelpers.DB.ADO.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\UpgradeHelpers.DB.Essentials.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\UpgradeHelpers.Gui.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\UpgradeHelpers.NotUpgradeHelper.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\UpgradeHelpers.Utils.ReflectionHelper.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\UpgradeHelpers.Utils.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disAccounts.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disBusinessIntelligence.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disCore.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disCore2.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disCoreServices.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disDataServices.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disDocumentForms.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disFormDesigner.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disForms.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disGlobals.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disInterface.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disReportServer2.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disSetup.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disUmbrella.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disUmbrella2.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disUserDef.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\disViewProfiles.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\psiCommon.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\psiError.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\saCommon.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\EBusinessService.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Progressive Solutions\BisTrack\BisTrack.exe   What could has gone wrong? ... View more

I have searched the forum, there are answers but nothing ever worked properly for what I need to do. I am using a Basic MSI project. I need to find out whether target computer of my installation has SQL Server installed on it. The following link from Installshield documentation show me how to find it.  https://docs.revenera.com/installshield24helplib/installshield24helplib.htm#helplibrary/ISQLServerSide.htm?Highlight=install%20condition  However I DO NOT want the installation to stop if SQL Server not installed. That is how the documentation showed and that part works for sure. I need to store the property for later use. During the installation I want to determine which Components will installed based on whether SQL Server is present on target computer or not.  How do I use the property " SQLSERVERFOUND " (based on the link above) in the Condition of those component.  I have tried things like " SQLSERVERFOUND ", "NOT SQLSERVERFOUND ", " SQLSERVERFOUND <> "" ", etc. in my test install but nothing works.  I have 2 test machines, 1 without SQL Server and the other one has SQL Server. It seems I always get the component for "No SQL Server" installed after.  So what conditions do I need to set to achieve this?   ... View more