Bob & Robert: Thank you very much for your suggestions. I was able to accomplish what I was trying to do with a Custom Code Action using the .trim() method. I appreciate your assistance. I am wondering why something so simple requires custom coding? Do you think this may be a bug? Or is accomplishing something like this only possible with Custom Coding? I'm just curious because this doesn't sound like something you would need custom coding for. Please let me know what you think. Again, thank you for all your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, Mike Sucena ... View more

Robert: This is an example of what I am trying to do. 1. I have an installer where I have an "Execute Batch/Script" action. 2. The batch/script, really just one(1) command -- but the "Execute Command" action produces the same result -- I am trying to run from a Mac OS 10.5 is hostname -s 3. I store the output from this into a variable named $MAC_MACHINE_NAME$ 4. I include an "Output Debug Information" action where I display only IA variables. 5. When I look at my output file with debug information this is what I see: . . . MAC_EXTENSTIONS= MAC_MACHINE_NAME=my_machine_name (this is a blank line) MAC_PREFERENCES=/Users/ /Library/Preferences . . . 6. I then have a "Modify Text File - Single File" action where I do a "Search and Replace" strings looking for a string and replace it with the value of $MAC_MACHINE_NAME$ 7. When I look at the file I modified with the action in #6 there is a new line where I found the string to replace with my $MAC_MACHINE_NAME$ variable and the rest of the line. This line is a URL connection string and I am replacing localhost:8080 with the value of $MAC_MACHINE_NAME$ and what I get in the file is http://my_machine_name(a new line, carriage return) :8080... (this is the rest of the connection string) Please let me know if this provides you with more information about my problem. Also let me know if you have additional questions. Sincerely, Mike Sucena ... View more

Thank you very much for posting this question. I am having the exact same problem. Can someone please take a look at this and respond as soon as possible? Thank you very much, in advance, for any information that can be given regarding this problem. Sincerely, Mike Sucena Software Engineer ... View more

Some services require the running of a command, script, or batch file to uninstall them. For example, to uninstall Tomcat as a Windows service you have to run the command service.bat remove located in the \bin directory, where is the home directory of the Tomcat install, e.g. C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5. I have a Tomcat IA installer project and I run this command in the pre-uninstall section of the Advanced designer as part of an "Execute script/batch file" action. Hope this helps you. -Mike ... View more