May 05, 2011
08:12 AM
I have an InstallScript MSI installation in the field that was built with InstallShield 2008. When I upgrade this version with a Major Upgrade to a new InstallScript MSI installation built in InstallShield 2010 I experience this same problem. The issue ONLY occurs when I'm upgrading my previous installation on a Windows 7 machine. I have not seen the problem on any other OS. All indications with this issue from the Knowledge Base are that this issue was a bug introduced in IS2009 and subsequently fixed. However, as I said, I'm seeing the exact same problem--InstallShield_{prod_code} Uninstall entry is left in the registry causing duplicate ARP entries. Is this a different problem that existed in IS2008 or that exists in IS2010? Is there a different resolution? Thank you.
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Apr 04, 2011
11:52 AM
Hello All, Just hoping to bump this back onto the list. Does anyone have a legitimate response? Before we ship our next release I think I may need to call all of my _Uninstalling handlers directly in OnMaintUIBefore( ) or OnFirstUIBefore( ) when a MAJOR UPGRADE is detected in order to execute the processes to completely remove the previous version since the uninstall of the previous version doesn't seem to handle them all. Thank you.
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Mar 02, 2011
09:12 AM
I've seen this issue brought up a number of times in the forums but have yet to see a DEFINITIVE response from anyone that can say for certain what the expected behavior is. I have an existing InstallScript MSI installation that has a number of feature events including _OnUninstalling and _OnUninstalled. I've created a Major Upgrade set to "Completely uninstall old setup before installing new setup". When the old setup is "Completely uninstalled", the feature events of the old setup do not get called (which doesn't sound very "complete" to me :)). The feature events get called just fine when the product is uninstalled from Add/Remove Programs. Is it expected behavior that feature events are not called when the installer is launched by RemoveExistingProducts? Can anyone explain? Is there a recommended workaround? Thank you!
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Dec 17, 2008
09:48 AM
Sorry. I never did get this figured out.
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Apr 30, 2008
01:30 PM
I'm experiencing a very similar problem and hope to find a suggested resolution. I have two XML System Searches defined in my IS2008 InstallScript MSI project. When I run the setup for the first time on a system or run the same setup additional times on the same system, the system searches work as expected and find the values I want in my XML file. When I re-compile the same setup (no changes to the project, same product code, different package code) then run it on the same machine, InstallShield launches in "update" mode--a "resumed" installation. In this case, I don't get the values from my XML file. The log in my case mentions nothing about a restricted engine. This is what I see in the log: Action 14:01:50: ISXmlAppSearch. Action start 14:01:50: ISXmlAppSearch. Action ended 14:01:50: ISXmlAppSearch. Return value 0. I have the ISXMLAppSearch action "Execution Scheduling" set to "Always execute" in both the Installation-"User Interface" and Installation-"Execute" sequences. What do I have to do to get ISXMLAppSearch to fire properly in a small update/minor upgrade scenario?
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Jan 23, 2008
12:32 PM
When I run the static dependency scanner against my project I have a whole lot of files that show up both as included in the project and as missing from the project. Can someone explain this? Thank you!
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Dec 27, 2007
01:28 PM
Thank you again, Robert. It just doesn't work for me. I guess I'll need to open a support incident.
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Dec 27, 2007
12:56 PM
Thank you for the reply. I'm running IS 2008 on Windows XP SP2, but I can't get a tooltip to display no matter where I hover my mouse. Where do you point to see the tooltip?
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Dec 27, 2007
12:00 PM
According to the InstallShield Help Library in the "In-Place .msi File and Project Differencing" topic: To see the specific change that has been made, move your mouse over a column and a tooltip appears. No matter what I do, I've never seen a tooltip appear. I see a little red triangle in the top right corner of the changed cell, but no tooltip. Does anyone see tooltips? Thank you!
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Dec 27, 2007
10:56 AM
I opened my support incident on the 13th as well. The last contact I had was on the 18th.
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Dec 27, 2007
10:43 AM
I opened a support incident with Macrovision. They have repro'd the issue and are investigating the problem.
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Dec 27, 2007
10:39 AM
Thank you, Christopher and Debbie. So should I carefully modify Events.rul in my IS folder?
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Dec 26, 2007
12:48 PM
When I add feature event handlers for Installing and Installed on a feature in an InstallScript MSI project, the comments automatically added to the code are identical: //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- // The Installing event is sent after the feature NewFeature1 // is installed. //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- export prototype NewFeature1_Installing(); function NewFeature1_Installing() begin end; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- // The Installed event is sent after the feature NewFeature1 // is installed. //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- export prototype NewFeature1_Installed(); function NewFeature1_Installed() begin end; The InstallShield Help Library states: OnInstalling In InstallScript MSI projects: Responds to the Installing event that is generated just before a feature is installed on the target computer. OnInstalled In InstallScript MSI projects: Responds to the Installed event that is generated just after a feature is installed on the target computer. I assume the help is correct not the comment, but am I the only one seeing this? Thank you!
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Dec 13, 2007
12:37 PM
Thank you, nmsams. I suppose I should do the same. Please let me know what you find out.
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Dec 13, 2007
12:24 PM
Thank you, again, nmsams, for the response. Unfortunately, I implemented this solution, and it doesn't work. ADDREMOVE is ALWAYS 0 regardless of whether I run setup.exe from Add/Remove programs. I'm using an InstallScript MSI project in IS2008. This is the code I added to OnBegin( )--I also tried it in OnFirstUIBefore( 😞 if (!ADDREMOVE) then MessageBox("NOT ADDREMOVE", SEVERE); else MessageBox("ADDREMOVE IS DETECTED", SEVERE); endif; I tested on XP SP2 and Server 2003 SP1. I ran the setup by: [LIST=1] double-clicking on setup.exe opening "Add or Remove Programs", clicking "Add New Programs", and clicking the "CD or Floppy" button under "Add a program from CD-ROM or floppy disk". In both cases I get the same result. Is there an IS2008 bug, or is ADDREMOVE not supported in InstallScript MSI? Thank you!
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