For my project I install a handful of services. Two of them the processes launch additional processes (one example is PostgreSQL which the service launches pg_ctl.exe but then pg_ctl.exe launches postgres.exe). When Restart Manager runs, it has no problem with the other services, but the ones that launch one process that calls another, the other process gets flagged and I get an erroneous warning pop-up that a restart will be required. I found very little information on RmAddFilter() which looks like I should be able to utilize it to still allow Restart Manager to run, but ignore those processes I know are expected to be caught but are okay. Is there any way I can simply run a Custom Action to add this filter, or would I need to completely re-create the Restart Manager process as explained in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/rstmgr/using-restart-manager-with-a-primary-installer ? ... View more

I don't know what I did to break it, but now when I uninstall instead of the MSI property "REMOVE" being set to "ALL" it's set to each of the four features. What did I do, and how do I fix it? ... View more

I'm having a problem in my poweshell script, so to make sure it's using the right version I added Trace-Info -LogMessage "Powershell version: $($host.version)" and the output when I ran the install was "Powershell version: 1.0.0.0". I added the System Search to get POWERSHELLVERSION, and that comes back with "2.0". When I run "Write-Host "Powershell version: $($host.version)"" I get "Powershell version: 5.1.22000.832" Can someone help me understand why this is, and if there's any way to configure my CA to run in the latest installed powershell version? ... View more

I have a powershell script that runs in the Deferred execution sequence and requires a few MSI Properties to be passed to it. When I need multiple properties for a CA in deferred action, I always use key/value pairs; for example in InstallScript when I need multiple MSI properties the CAD will have "/Property1=[Property1] /Property2=[Property2]" then inside the script I have a function that parses these key/value pairs and sets the variables inside my script, so instead of expecting the order of passed parameters I can simply gather them by name. This function works well in InstallScript. I now need to pass multiple properties to a Powershell CA, and I thought I'd be clever. Rather than continuing the "/Property1=[Property1] /Property2=[Property2]" format, I decided to use "Property1 = [Property1] `n Property2 = [Property2]" which can then be passed directly to ConvertFrom-StringData to create a hash table for me. Then I can get something like this: $MyHashTable.Property1 MyProperty1Info $MyHashTable.Property2 My Property2 Information When I run the powershell script on its own (replacing the Get-Property cmdlet with a set string variable of "Property1 = MyProperty1Info `n Property2 = My Property2 Information") the string is parsed correctly, and I'm left with a working hash table with the information I need each in its own. When I run it in a deferred custom action however, the `n doesn't seem to get recognized so I'm left with a hash table and a single entry, like so: $MyHashTable.Property1 MyProperty1Info `n Property2 = My Property2 Information As you can see, it's still pulling the CAD as expected, and the hash table is still created, only the `n isn't parsed correctly so instead of multiple pairs it only sees one with the value being everything after the first =. I can get by with a string.split for now, but I'd really like to figure this out. ... View more

I created an Edit Field, single line for entering a password. When I configure the Edit Field to be for a password, and leave Sunken set to True, in the IDE I'll see the Edit Field appears to be sunken, but when I run the installer that field appears to have raised borders. If I set Password to False, then rebuild and run the installer again, that field appears sunken. My first question is, is this the expected and industry-standard appearance for a Password Edit Field? If so, then I can definitely live with it. If not, then I'd like to match the industry standard, or if there is none I'd prefer sunken, what can I do to get a Password Edit Field to appear sunken? ... View more

I'm working on a CA that needs the list of services I am installing. Currently I'm attempting this using PowerShell. It's used for uninstall and upgrade only right now, so I have it working where I use a pattern to get the list of my services with a wildcard (e.g. "MyServices-*"). I'm just wondering if there's a better way to get this so if I change the services to "SomeServices-*" the CA will automatically get the correct list, I won't have to find everywhere I used patterns to find my services. I was hoping I might be able to pull it in using Get-Property, but the services we install don't appear to be listed there. I did find the services in the MSI table; in Additional Tools > Direct Editor I can scroll down to Tables > ServiceInstall and I get the list I'd like. If I could call something that would read Tables > ServiceInstall > * and get the values of the Name column, this would be great! I'm finding articles on how to pull this from the MSI file, but I'm curious if there's a way to query the MSI that called the CA, like how I can Get-Property, or Trace-Info. Otherwise it looks like I might need to find where the MSI is extracted and read the database that way. ... View more