in ISMP we can add files externally. So the files are treated as ther external files (not a part of the setup archive). We can zip these resources and extract on the target system so that the setup can use them. This reduces the size of the exe. But I am not finding the same settings in IA. One more thing, in our setup there are alot of logs collected after the installation. So at the uninstallation time we have some folers\files to be removed and some to be retained after uninstallation. In ISMP the settings for removal of the file\folder were given for each file but IA provides these settings at project lavel. So, whatever setting we apply, is applied for all the files\folders. This is another thing causing problems for me. Thanks and regards Atl ... View more

No, I dont have any issue using this action. But this action adds files in archive what to do if I want to add the file as external. ... View more

Sorry Vlad, I am not allowed to put my project on this site, I am trying to optimize my project to reduce it in size. thanks to you and jerome for your reply. ... View more

Hi, can anyone help me with the (above) issue. I am using the evaluation version and this problem has killed alot of my valuable time (21 days). Thanks ... View more

The problem could be the ruleProxy is not referencing to CustomCodeRuleProxy object. When i printed ruleProxy, it was null. Can you suggest some solution. Thanks ... View more

Hi Madhav, Its not working. Actually this is the script that I was using. I had added main to check the script. Its generating the NullPointerException in the line where we are creating the object og SecurityService. What I think its not creating the object of SecurityService (but it should because this is the only method to create the object of any service in CustomCodeRuleProxy mentioned in JavaDoc). Anyways thanks alot for your support.... ... View more

hi Vlad, finally i am able to run my first custom rule in InstallAnywhere. Its just returning true/false (not any complex logic). But when it comes to the rule that I need to write (checking logged user) I am using following code: import com.installshield.wizard.service.ServiceException; import com.installshield.wizard.service.security.SecurityService; import com.zerog.ia.api.pub.CustomCodeRule; public class AdminWizardBeanRule extends CustomCodeRule { public boolean evaluateRule() { boolean isAdmin = true; try { // Get the reference to the SecurityService SecurityService service = (SecurityService) ruleProxy .getService(SecurityService.class); // Check if the logged user has admin rights isAdmin = service.isCurrentUserAdmin(); } catch (ServiceException e) { System.out.println("Exception occured: " + e); return false; } return isAdmin; } public static void main(String args[]) { AdminWizardBeanRule admin = new AdminWizardBeanRule(); System.out.println(admin.evaluateRule()); } } but this code is generating NullPointerException at line: SecurityService service = (SecurityService) ruleProxy .getService(SecurityService.class); But in Java doc its mentioned that CustomCodeRuleProxy object can be referenced by ruleProxy. Can you please tell whats the problem with this code and why its generating that exception. I will be really thankful if you can suggest some solution. Thanks alot ... View more

hi, I am using the process mentioned by you. But not gettig the desired result. One thing that I am not getting is that I am using the classes IAclasses.zip and service.jar. Do I need to sign these jars and add in "Configure Dependencies" or InstallAnywhere will automatically detect them because these are inbuild jars in InstallAnywhere. Thanks ... View more

Hi pv7721, to check wheather th logged user is admin I am using the code: SecurityService service = (SecurityService) ruleProxy .getService(SecurityService.class); boolean isAdmin = false; try { // Check if the logged user has admin rights isAdmin = service.isCurrentUserAdmin(); } catch (ServiceException e) { System.out.println("Exception occured: " + e); return false; } return isAdmin; I compiled it and added the class file to zip bt its not getting executed is there any problem with the logic. Thanks alot... ... View more

hi, Actually I am using demo version of InstallAnywhere 2010. When I extract IAClasses.zip, i dont get all the classes of InstallShield API mentioned in JavaDoc (Ex- SecurityService). In the Service subdirectory there is only one class ServiceException, all other are missing. Can you explain this problem. Thanks. ... View more