I have basic msi setup project Let’s say some .msi was released to customers and now I want to release some fix for the .msi The fix is just a change in some Install script custom actions that while running the setup should create some text file with information and doesn’t include update\new files. So the fix should be included before installing the setup. What is the right way to implement this ? Should a transform be used for that ? ... View more

We are using InstallShield 2023 R1 for InstallShield suite project. From what I see in doc the OnEnd event should be skipped in case the suite installation was interrupted in the middle but in real it doesn't. To reproduce I run the suite setup and while packages are installed I click on the cancel button, after I confirm I get the setup interrupted message "The wizard was interrupted before..." but the OnEnd even is still executed. 1. Do you think it's a bug ? 2. Is there some property I can check that indicate the installation has completed successfully ? Please help ... View more

I have a Suite project and on the Welcome dialog I check if some process is running, if it does I show a secondary window with a message to close the process and 2 buttons to Retry check or Exit. My problem is how to exit the setup, I have tried 1. Close Window Action with return code IDABORT ( I tried also all rest ) 2. Run Suite action ( install script action ) with code abort and return ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE; 3. Run action that should execute .exe file which doesn’t exists just to trigger failure 4. Set active page to InstallationComplete, this work but I don't know how to change the text displayed which says Initializing I don’t want to use the exit conditions, any ideas ? ... View more

Hi I’m using Basic MSI project created on InstallShield 2022 R1 Few users have issues when running Setup.exe (that should install the setup prerequisite) on Win11 OS When I debug Setup.exe using Setup.exe /debuglog I see this in the log: Launch result 1, exit code -1073741819 Any idea what can cause this error ? ... View more

Hi I'm trying to install different redistributable packages based on Windows OS But it seems the detection of OS doesn't work correctly, For example I choose to install only on Win10, Win11 or Server 2022 but it was not skipped on Server 2016. Did someone overcome this ? ... View more

Hi I assume InstallShield still doesn't include .prq file for .net framework 4.8.1 full installation I wonder if someone already created it and can share it... ... View more

Hi I have Basic MSI setup and several component are being installed under [CommonAppDataFolder]AAA\BBB\2210 2210 is the product version so every time we have a new version I need to update the path which is very bad. I don't know how to solve that as if I replace 2301 with ProductVersion or other property it doesn't work, Please advise. My goal is when moving to a new version I will just update a property or use Automation Interface with .vbs script. ... View more

Hi I have a Basic MSI project with component with dynamic link. At run time I want to go over all files in the component and  process them. How can I get the list of files at run time ? I know FeatureFileEnum can be used for Install Script project but I have Basic MSI. Is there a MSI Database function I can use ? ... View more

Hi I have Basic MSI project in InstallShield 2020 R3 and I have added a new Feature Prerequisite to the setup ( till now I used only Setup Prerequisites ) When I compared the project to the one before this change I see more changes than expected. There are some new properties and conditions to setup dialogs and new Custom Actions like: <row><td>SetupCompleteSuccess</td><td>Not IS_PREREQ_REBOOTING</td><td>-1</td><td>SetupCompleteSuccess</td><td/></row> <row><td>ReadyToInstall</td><td>Back</td><td>Disable</td><td>IS_PREREQ="Reboot"</td></row> <row><td>ISInstallPrerequisites</td><td>NOT(EXECUTEMODE~="NONE") AND NOT(PATCH AND Installed)</td><td>1241</td><td/><td/></row> I didn't find useful info on IS_PREREQ_REBOOTING, IS_PREREQ and other properties on InstallShield help. Now I have doubts if I should keep these new settings or not, what do you think ?   ... View more

Hi I'm trying to create an empty environment variable so I have entered these settings but it doesn't work. When I enter a string as the value of even a space it does. So this doesn't support adding real env variables ? Is there another way to accomplish that ? ... View more

Hi I'm using InstallShield 2020 R3 with Basic MSI project Is it possible to display links in the Eula.rtf being file displayed in the LicenseAgreement dialog ? I read in some very old posts that it's not possible but I wonder if there is a change till now And if not is there some workaround like using another file type or control etc ? ... View more

Hi I have basic MSI project 2020 R3 Is there a way to implement the numericupdown control that exist in C# also in basic MSI ?   ... View more