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rguggisberg · ‎Dec 01, 2022

Thank you very much, Shunt. This is exactly what I needed.

rguggisberg · ‎Nov 30, 2022

Hi, I want to log the patch GUID when installing a patch with a CA. I know that you can find the GUID of each patch by right-clicking on an .msp file, selecting Properties and view the Revision Number, which is the patch GUID. How can I get that programmatically via InstallScript? Thanks

rguggisberg · ‎Nov 17, 2022

Figured it out. Posting solution in case anyone else encounters this. My company started with an older version of InstallShield Express years ago. At that time they marked a few files as 'Never Overwrite'. Those have a 65535.0.0.0 in the Version column of the File table. I will change those with Direct Editor.

rguggisberg · ‎Nov 17, 2022

I am having this exact same problem with some files (not all). I am using InstallShield Premier 2021 and doing a Quick Patch for a Basic Msi project. There is no 'Always Overwrite' option. Perhaps that has been changed to 'Never Overwrite'? Any ideas? Thanks

rguggisberg · ‎Oct 20, 2022

Ok... thanks for looking into it. Unfortunately, I don't make new projects very often... just changes to existing ones.

rguggisberg · ‎Oct 20, 2022

Thanks for the suggestions Ian. I was hoping for a way to change the default for new components so that I don't need to go through and change them all later. Changing them all later would also change the few that SHOULD be shared.

rguggisberg · ‎Oct 17, 2022

Hi Ian, Is there a way to make the default for new components to be NOT SHARED? Thanks

rguggisberg · ‎Oct 14, 2022

Also, if you have any Shared files, it could be that the reference counts are messed up. If so, they may not get removed. Unfortunately, I think the default for components is that they are Shared. This is why I change mine to not shared unless required. Fixing the reference counts is a bit involved.

rguggisberg · ‎Oct 14, 2022

Uninstall will not remove any files that the installer did not put there (unless you dos via a custom action). Any files that were manually placed will not be removed.

rguggisberg · ‎Sep 22, 2022

Hi Shunt, Thanks for that explanation. I will avoid using dynamic links for our next release. Best Regards

rguggisberg · ‎Sep 18, 2022

Quick patch oddity when attempting to patch Dynamically Linked files. Dynamically Linked files appear twice under 'Files', 'Original Setup Files'. The file will only be patched if I add BOTH of them to 'Files To Patch'. That works fine for installing the patch... but then the entire patch uninstall fails. How to handle patching of Dynamically Linked files? Thanks

rguggisberg · ‎Sep 06, 2022

Thanks Markus. I would not have thought of that, but it makes sense. I will try that when I get time.

rguggisberg · ‎Aug 29, 2022

Kicking this to the top of the list. Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks

rguggisberg · ‎Aug 23, 2022

Hi, We have some dlls that are used by multiple exes in different folders. When these exes are built, the dependent dlls get placed in each folder that they are used. How do I deploy these dlls to the target system without copying the dlls to multiple folders? I tried putting them in the GAC. Seems easy enough and builds the install package without errors. Although when I try to install, I get: Error 1936. An error occurred during the installation of assembly ‘MyDll,Version=”AA.BB.CC.0”,Culture=’neutral”,FileVersion=”AA.BB.CC.0”,ProcessorArchitecture=”x86”. The assembly is not strongly named or is not signed. I have ‘Sign Files in Package’ set to yes and files are getting signed. Any help is greatly appreciated.

rguggisberg · ‎Apr 15, 2022

Use Path Variable Overrides on Build tab in Releases view.

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