I have worked with InstallShield for years and have always been frustrated with their documentation. Here is an example: From: http://helpnet.installshield.com/installshield17helplib/IHelpCompDest_SetFromScript.htm dated 19 August 2010 Last line: ComponentSetTarget( MEDIA , " " , svEndUserSelectedPath); From my IS2011 Help Library: Component Function: InstallShield 2011 » InstallScript Language Reference Dated July 2010 Because a Windows Installer-based installation uses features as the highest level of organization in installation projects, and not components, component-related functions are deprecated in InstallShield I waste days trying to get something to work only to find your documentation is wrong.:mad: ... View more

I'm sure I''m missing something simple but I don't see it. Why does this only write to the Wow6432Node registry key?? Pure Installscript 2011 project. function OnBegin() NUMBER i, nAutoSize, nResult; STRING sTemp; begin nAutoSize = -1; // TODO: Perform custom initialization steps, check requirements, etc. nResult = Disable (WOW64FSREDIRECTION); nResult = REGDB_OPTIONS = REGDB_OPTIONS | REGDB_OPTION_WOW64_64KEY; nResult = RegDBSetDefaultRoot(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE); if (RegDBKeyExist(PROPERTY_KEY) < 0) then nResult = RegDBCreateKeyEx(PROPERTY_KEY, ""); if nResult <0 then MessageBox(FormatMessage(nResult), SEVERE); endif; endif; nResult = RegDBSetKeyValueEx(PROPERTY_KEY, "test1", REGDB_STRING, "sb1", nAutoSize); nResult = RegDBSetKeyValueEx(PROPERTY_KEY, "test2", REGDB_STRING, "sb2", nAutoSize); nResult = RegDBSetKeyValueEx(PROPERTY_KEY, "test3", REGDB_STRING, "sb3", nAutoSize); Enable(WOW64FSREDIRECTION); end; ... View more

We have one product, I have been the sole "install guy" for the last 12 years. Our installation process is not much different than it was 10 years ago. We are looking for ways to improve it and make any changes from developers show up faster in the installed product. Currently if a developer creates a new file, a work item is sent to me and I add the file. This can be a delay of hrs. to a week or more if I'm out. So: We are looking at using the automation interface so a developer can add a file to the install project by adding information to a automation interface script. Is this a viable option? Our initial thought was to create a blank install and include all the features, components, files, shortcuts etc. thru the automation interface. The more I look into this the more I feel that it is impractical. Your thoughts? Also, we have given up on the Windows Installer and are using an Installscript project. ... View more

I have a Installscript MSInstaller. I use the appsearch function to find applicationhost.config. Then I try to modify it with fileGrep but it returns file not found. In the attached screenshot FindAllFiles is returning filenotfound. Any ideas?? ... View more

This is something I have never been able to get my head around. I have an IS2011 Basic MSI project. My QA dept does not want to have to uninstall every day, new build daily, Builds are automated using VS2010 and a Deployment sln file.(TFS builds the sln) What do i need to do in the ism and/or build process so taht when a new msi is run, by double clicking the msi file, so that it will uninstall the current version then install the new version? ... View more

We have a product that I need to target a Windows 32 bit server as 32 bit. And target a Windows 64 bit server as 64 bit. i.e. Program Files folder not Program Files (x86). When I heard you could target 32 and 64 bit platforms with one project I thought, great! I will not have to maintain 2 separate projects. However I can't find a way to do this. If I leave the Template Summary as Intel and create both 32 bit components and 64 bit components, then Create 2 features, one with Release Flags as 32 and the other as Release Flags 64. When I try to build the 64 bit release flags media I get "Intel64 or AMD64 must be specified int he template of the Summary Stream". If I do that it will target only a 64 bit Operating System. I can only conclude that this means you can create one project that targets ONLY 64 bit Servers, that will install either a 64 bit application or a 32 bit application on that(64 bit) server depending on the release flag used during media build time. I still must maintain another project to target the 32 bit only operating systems. Is that correct?? ... View more

:mad: I have a very simple basic msi project. It creates 2 subfolders under the [CommonAppDataFolder] and installs 2 files. No shortcuts, no Registry entries, no xml changes, etc. I need to give all users full control of my subfolder. So I go to the lockpermissions table and set: LockObject: foldername Table: CreateFolder Domain: blank User: Everyone Permission: 1610809791 Target platform is XP and Win7. I am testing on Win7. It does not add everyone and therefore they do not have full rights. Users is there however it is not changed. I read a post that users does not work on non-english OS platforms so I have not tried this. It will need to work on at lest 5 other languages, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Chinese-Simplified. ... View more

I need to determine if a user has selected Remove from the Add/Remove control panel before any UI. Is there a property to check. 2008 Pro, Installscript MSI project. Thanks ... View more

I am using IS2008 Pro, Installscript MSi project. My iss files has this as selected components: [{7D7AD192-7938-4952-A289-DBE486F77730}-SdComponentTree-0] szDir=C:\Program Files\Me\ server-type=string server-count=2 server-0=server\server.help server-1=server\s_EN portal-type=string portal-count=2 portal-0=portal\Help portal-1=portal\p_EN Component-type=string Component-count=3 Component-0=server Component-1=portal Component-2=web_services Result=1 I did not select Feature B. However in my script I have: if FeatureIsItemSelected(MEDIA, "B") then nResult = DialogAskAPILocation(sAPILocation); endif; Feature B is not selected however the code steps into this dialog as though it is. Any suggestions? ... View more