Yup, gotta love Windows Installer behavior. But before assuming Microsoft left us a bug, consider how you would get that other behavior if it didn't work that way. Maybe just maybe this is a "feature." 😉 ... View more

Hi Jens, What did you right this dll in - .NET? and how did you call the dll and where did you put it? I'm guessing Custom Actions somewhere? Le tme know and I think that might be the answer. Thanks, Greg ... View more

Hello, it is to find in IS Help Library: "Using the SQL Run-Time Functions in InstallScript and InstallScript MSI Projects" If you need to call one of the SQLRT functions before the OnSQLServerInitialize or OnSQLLogin events, you must first call the SQLRTInitialize2 function. ... View more

function checkIPAddress( svIP ) NUMBER n; begin RegDBDisConnectRegistry( 0 ); // in case it's already open n = RegDBConnectRegistry ( svIP, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 0 ); RegDBDisConnectRegistry( 0 ); return n; end; ... View more

Yea, the problem that I am trying to work around is letting the user installing the databases to be able to pick folders other than the default data directories. I've read in some posts that you can't browse remote folders due to the restriction of the windows installer so maybe I will just have to have the user run an installation on the database server so that they can pick their own data directories and not the default. Then I can have the installer create the folders if they don't exist because it is running locally. Unless anyone else has another idea? Thanks, Greg ... View more

NT AUTHORITY\LocalService in the User name field and no password did the trick. Thanks, Greg ... View more

I have also noticed a significant increase in the amount of time this step takes during the install sequence. I don't know what is causing it. ... View more

We went through and thought we had all the web.config file Read Only attribute turned off but we ended up missing one. When we turned it off, the install worked fine. So, my question is why do the web.config files need to have Read Only turned off? What does the install modify in these files during the install? Is it something that IS engine is doing or one of our scripts? I didn't see anything in our scripts that are modifying the web.config so I'm curious. Thanks, Greg ... View more

I'm working with .NET 4.0, not 2.0. Regardless, I ended up deleting the existing extensions and creating the 2 for .NET 4.0 and added my own with the right settings and everything was fine. ... View more

Here is what you need to do: [LIST=1] Lauch the Microsoft SQL Server Configuration Manager. Click on the SQL Server Services node in the SQL Server Configuration Manager tree. Find the service for the SQL Server instance that you want to configure from the right pane. Right-click on the service and select Properties from the context menu. Change the Built-in account setting from 'Nerwork Service' to 'Local System' in the Log On tab and restart the service. ... View more

Hi Hidenori, I used your suggested way of creating multiple connections to create db on INSTALL. Along with this, I am also following your other suggestions for creating multiple instances on the same server using semi-colon. It is posted here http://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?t=195235&highlight=semi-colon However, this technique of using semi-colon no longer works. If "DB1; DB2" is entered, then the whole string is taken as a single db name. I think I know where the problem but not the solution. Problem - I am using text replacement in the first connections as DB to be replaced by IS_SERVER_DATABASE. How should Text Replacement be done for each of this db? ... View more

Thanks for the reply. I was thinking that the WOW6432 key was the 64 bit part of the registry. My mistake. So, when my install project runs on a 64 bit OS, I have to enable looking in the 64 bit part of the registry. OooooK. One would think that I would need to enable looking in the 32 Bit part of the registry (if I needed to) instead of the part of the registry that matches the OS. But whatever I guess. Maybe this will get changed in future versions when 64 Bit is the norm. Maybe I'm just hoping then. I have the install project set to x64 so that is why I thought it would default to the 64 Bit part of the registry. ... View more

Typically this error will only occur if something is preventing the data1.hdr from being opened during the build process. On certain versions of Windows (older than Vista), there are some reasons that can cause this. In most circumstances though, there should be no issue in opening data1.hdr. If this issue occurs again, you may try shutting down any processes on the machine that can affect file I/O, such as anti-virus products. This may help to isolate the cause of the behavior. ... View more

I tried a new InstallScript MSI project in IS 2010, but I have the correct descriptions on each dialog; It says "From the list of servers below, select the database server you would like to target" when I clicked the Browse button for the target server, and "From the list of catalog names below, select the database catalog you would like target" when I clicked the Browse button for the target database. Can you try it with a new project by just adding a new connection, and see if it's reproducible? ... View more