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Randy40 · ‎Jun 01, 2010

Hello, I believe we have found the cause, and I have included it here in case anyone out there runs into a similar problem with their download which was built and compiled using InstallShield. Users connected through their local Internet Service Provider and into our trusted network using Cisco VPN connectivity are the only ones experiencing this problem, so in our case it appears to be related to VPN routing. Hope this helps anyone else in a similar situation. Cheers. Randy

Randy40 · ‎May 31, 2010

Hello, we have an install built in InstallShield 2008 Premier Edition (using InstallScript) and have it posted on our website for download. On a couple of XP Pro SP3 systems (only 2 systems that are having this problem [so far]), they get the following error when trying to run the install after a download attempt (and download only gets about 45 - 50% done, so that probably explains why install does not run): >SetupNew\setup.cpp (135) PAPP: PVENDOR: PGUID: $ @Windows XP Service Pack 3 (2600) IE 6.0.2900.5512 I have tried: cleaning out temp folders (including the Temporary Internet Files folder), deleting the Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\ folder, deleting the Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\7\Intel 32 folder, and running scandisk and defrag on at least one of the systems, but no luck. I guess I can't say this is a bad install file because it isn't happening on every system. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Randy

Randy40 · ‎Mar 31, 2010

Hello, just in case anyone runs into this same issue and is looking for a solution, Cary's suggestion did the trick it. Using FileGrep to search a line number, and then inserting text using FileInsertLine, overcomes the "section-less" text file issue. Thanks again Cary. Randy

Randy40 · ‎Mar 30, 2010

Thanks for your reply Cary. I agree that ini files generally are divided into sections, but this is considered an ini by our app developers anyway. I am going to try the FileGrep/FileInsertLine method you refer to. Thanks again for your reply. Randy

Randy40 · ‎Mar 30, 2010

Hello, I am using WriteProfString() to try and add a key=value statement to an ini file. But the ini file does not have any sections, only statements. Using WriteProfString() I notice that the write fails to occur on the section-less ini file. Is it possible to write into a section-less ini file? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Regards, Randy

Randy40 · ‎Feb 19, 2010

Thanks for your reply gayathrim. My apologies, I should also have noted that I use the program...endprogram style in InstallScript, so OnBegin isn't called in that case. Is there still a way to get that dialog to appear first, using that style? Thanks again for the reply.

Randy40 · ‎Feb 18, 2010

Hi, I would like to have a messagebox appear at the very beginning of an install, if the install detects that the OS is a certain architecture (e.g. 64-bit). Is there a way to force it to appear even before any of the usual Language Selection and Welcome dialog boxes appear? I am using InstallShield 2008 Premier Edition InstallScript. Thanks Regards, Randy

Randy40 · ‎Mar 27, 2009

Hello, as part of cleanup prior to installing a 3rd party PDF converter driver on Vista systems, I need our InstallShield 2008 Premier Edition install to remove a specific file from a subfolder under the C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository folder. If I manually take ownership of the file I can delete it, but if I try to have the file deleted automatically through our InstallShield install the DeleteFile() method fails - I believe due to the strict Vista security inherent on that driver cache folder. Is there a way to delete the file using a method in InstallScript that satisfies Vista security? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Regards, Randy

Randy40 · ‎Feb 09, 2009

Hi Josh, thanks for your reply, and I willl definitely keep in mind the fact that square brackets are the format used in MSI projects whereas the <> format is used for InstallScript projects. Today, for some unknown reason, the <> brackets are back in all folders in the IDE. The only thing different from the other day is that I shut down my computer over the weekend. Now maybe this is a different issue, but I am now finding when I try to uninstall our app in Add/Remove Programs I get the confirmation window asking if I really want to uninstall the app, but then it runs very quickly and after clicking the Finish button the app still shows in Add/Remove Programs. Below is a snippet of code from where I believe I may be doing something incorrectly - for one thing, the fact that I am using deprecated functions probably isn't helping. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. //Create app information, uninstallation, and App Paths registry keys. InstallationInfo( IFX_COMPANY_NAME, IFX_PRODUCT_NAME, IFX_PRODUCT_VERSION, IFX_PRODUCT_KEY ); svLogFile = UNINST_LOGFILE_NAME; //Generate uninstall log for Illustrations app nResult = DeinstallStart( svDir ^ APP_DIR, svLogFile, @UNINST_KEY, 0 ); if (nResult < 0) then MessageBox( @ERROR_UNINSTSETUP, WARNING ); endif; szAppPath = TARGETDIR ^ APP_DIR; RegDBSetItem( REGDB_APPPATH, szAppPath ); RegDBSetItem( REGDB_APPPATH_DEFAULT, szAppPath ^ IFX_PRODUCT_KEY ); RegDBSetItem( REGDB_UNINSTALL_NAME, @UNINST_DISPLAY_NAME );

Randy40 · ‎Feb 06, 2009

Hello, I have a strange issue in one of my InstallShield InstallScript projects. When I look at the Destination Property of any Component in the IDE (Setup Design) the format of the paths looks different that any other project I have. What I mean is that instead of the path looking like it should, for example the path \ appears as [TARGETDIR]appdir with no slash between the folder names and square braces instead of the directional braces. I am thinking this is the reason my uninstall won't work (when I try to uninstall the program in Add/Remove Programs it just runs quickly, but the app is not uninstalled and does not disappear from Add/Remove Programs). I am hoping there is some quick and/or simple solution. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Randy40 · ‎Jan 26, 2009

Hello, I am adding a Print button to the SdShowListInfo dialog box. Adding the button itself to the dialog box was of course very simple, but I am stuck on how to do event handling on it if it is clicked. The Help in InstallShield 2008 Premier Edition seems to only refer to MSI projects, but I am using InstallScript. Can anyone confirm whether in fact this is possible with InstallScript and if so, what the best method would be for handling it? Also, if it is possible, I'd like to be able to display the Windows Printer selection dialog box when the user clicks on the Print button, so they can choose which printer to print the text from the dialog box. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. P.S. - I found in one of the forums where one user asked the same question, but the only response was to purchase InstallDialogue from Moonsea.com. This is not an option for me, I would rather use functionality that comes with InstallScript. Regards, Randy

Randy40 · ‎Nov 25, 2008

Hello everyone, I am looking at securing an InstallShield 2008 Premier Edition build (burned to CD) so that it can only be run on one machine, and if the user hands the CD over to another user, the second user will not be able to run the install again. Does anyone know a way to incorporate that kind of feature into a build (something like a counter, so that somehow the install knows it has been run once already)? I use InstallScript to create the builds. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Randy

Randy40 · ‎Aug 06, 2008

I will definitely check that out, thanks again for all your help Robert. Cheers. Regards, Randy

Randy40 · ‎Aug 05, 2008

That worked perfectly Robert, thanks!! If I may, one more question: We want to give our users the choice of which drive to install our software to, but we want control over the rest of the install path. In other words, we want to sort of "hard code" the rest of the path so they can only choose a different drive. Is there a way to do this? I noticed that when you click the Browse button on the Destination Location dialog box the field is open for the user to change the drive letter AND the rest of the path. Somehow, we would like to prevent them from doing that. Again, your assistance is greatly appreciated. Regards, Randy

Randy40 · ‎Aug 01, 2008

Hello, in my InstallScript build code I call an external MSI file that in turn installs a 3rd party application. I somehow need to pass the install drive and path chosen by the user (stored in svDir variable) to the MSI install. Is there a way to do this? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Regards, Randy

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Fix found

setup.cpp (135) error

filegrep/fileinsertline works

Re: Adding to section-less INI file

Adding to section-less INI file

Re: Force dialog box to appear first

Force dialog box to appear first

Programmatically deleting file from DriverStore folder in Vista

Issue partly corrected

[TARGETDIR] instead of <TARGETDIR> in Destination

Adding Print button to non-License Agreement dialog

Limit installs on CD

Custom dialog option

Success

Passing installdir to external MSI install