Hi, it is run on Windows XP SP2. I had tried to run it in command line, it work and the final line of the result is "EXITING:0", and I see this line in the result of my batch file run. pv7721 wrote: On what type of Windows does this happen? If you launch build.exe yourproject.iap_xml in the command line, does it work? ... View more

RobertDickau wrote: Please see the help topic Build Tools > Exit Codes. thanks Robert, I have read that help file and try to catch the exit code in a batch file by using ERRORLEVEL. build.exe myProject.iap_xml echo.%ERRORLEVEL% I saw from my command window, the exit code return by IA should be 0 (the last line from IA "EXITING: 0"), but the batch file echo return 4862 for the ERRORLEVEL. Is there any mistake I took here? thanks. ... View more

thanks so much, that really works. ... View more

thanks a lot, I still have a concern. is there any license issue of using those code in a commercial software product. since I have buy IA license, do i need separated license for those customer code? thank you. RobertDickau wrote: The following might be one approach to comparing version strings. (No guarantees---it worked once on one system as a messing-around-during-coffee-break test---but it might be useful for the general idea...) [code]// // CompareVersionAction: compares two version strings of the format 1.2.3, // taken from properties $VERSION_A$ and $VERSION_B$, returning // result in $VERSION_COMPARE_RESULT$, which can then be used in // a rule, for example. $VERSION_COMPARE_RESULT$ will be 1 if Version A // is greater, -1 if Version B is greater, and 0 if they're equal. // // Nonnumeric fields (such as "a" in 1.2.a) are treated as zero. // // To compile, run: // javac -classpath ...\IA\IAClasses.zip CompareVersionAction.java // // To package as an action, run: // jar cvf CompareVersionAction.jar CompareVersionAction.class // // Afterward, can use in an Execute Custom Code action. // // TODO: // * generalize not to use hard-coded variable names // * show error for empty VERSION_A and VERSION_B values // * write steps to debug log file // * handle semi-numeric fields such as "2a" better // * need to handle negative fields differently? currently 1.-2.3 goes through // import com.zerog.ia.api.pub.*; public class CompareVersionAction extends CustomCodeAction { public void install(InstallerProxy ip) { // read the two properties, split at dots String versionA = ip.substitute("$VERSION_A$"); String versionB = ip.substitute("$VERSION_B$"); String[] versionAPieces = versionA.split("\\."); String[] versionBPieces = versionB.split("\\."); // assume they're equal, try to disprove this later String result = "0"; int longerLength = Math.max(versionAPieces.length, versionBPieces.length); for (int i = 0; i < longerLength; i++) { int versionAField = 0; int versionBField = 0; try { versionAField = Integer.parseInt(versionAPieces); } // non-numeric or missing field assumed to be zero catch(NumberFormatException nan) { versionAField = 0; } catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException oob) { versionAField = 0; } try { versionBField = Integer.parseInt(versionBPieces); } catch(NumberFormatException nan) { versionBField = 0; } catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException oob) { versionBField = 0; } if (versionAField > versionBField) { result = "1"; break; } if (versionAField < versionBField) { result = "-1"; break; } } ip.setVariable("$VERSION_COMPARE_RESULT$", result); } public String getInstallStatusMessage( ) { return "..."; } public void uninstall(UninstallerProxy up) { /* do nothing on uninstall*/ } public String getUninstallStatusMessage( ) { return "..."; } }[/code] ... View more

Hi, the VM budle with your installer is run as you run the installer, and it will not remain in the PC when you finish the installation. If you want your uninstaller work, you should install the JRE to the PC. ramalaks wrote: i choose bundle with VM but install JRE "never". installer works fine. but not uninstall? why does not this bundle VM in the uninstaller also? ... View more

you can write a script using XML:: DOM to change the elements in a xml file. I have a question want to ask you that, how to use this product version in your product? can we compare the product version and determine that if it is a upgrade install? thanks. ramalaks wrote: We have every build setup that requires increase of the version number by 1 in the subdivsion automatically in a script without having to open the .iap_xml using IDE. i know we could do that in installshield .ism files using vbscript. anything equivalent to that available for .iap_xml that i could use.? ... View more

thanks Robert, I have tried your suggestion, however, Find Component in [InstallAnywhere] Registry action can only find component with UUID. unfortunately, none the component I am going to packed into the installer have a UUID. thank you anyway.. RobertDickau wrote: The Find Component in [InstallAnywhere] Registry action supports version comparisons, so if you can base your decision on an installed IA component, that might work. Offhand I'm not aware of a built-in version-compare operator for the Windows registry, however. ... View more

I am surprised too, I wonder why IA cannot work this out like IS, which can handle this by updating the minor version number. I can see there is product version field in IA, if it is not used for this purpose, what is it used for? ridch01 wrote: I ran into this problem on Windows. I used the registry to keep track of what is installed. It then checks to see if certain registry keys exist already. I'll eventually need to support other OS's besides Windows. I'm not sure the best approach. I guess we will need to somehow register our software with the OS. On HP, I thought there was a tool called SAM. (It's been a while since I worked with Unix, so I'm scratching my head.) I was somewhat surprised that IA did not really handle this for us. ... View more