I tried re-building a release today and am getting a 6003 error message. I can build a 'CD-rom' successfully but get the same error when trying to build a 'single executable' and a 'web deployment'. Any suggestions on what may be causing the problem would be welcome. extract of error message: Building .cab files... Data1.cab built Files built Media table successfully built ISEXP : error -6003: An error occurred streaming 'C:\Users\dger\Documents\I_Shield_Pj\foreCASH_v2_xx\v2_60B\Express\SingleImage\DiskImages\DISK1\foreCASH.msi' into setup.exe Setup.exe created Automatic update notification enabled Express\SingleImage - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) ... View more

Following an e-mail from Macrovision on 15/2 re a vunerability in Flex Net Connect 6.1 I downloaded and installed a patch for Flex Net Connect. Now when I try and install projects created in ISE 2008, that include distributing Flex Net Connect for automatic updates of my software, I am getting an error 2753. A post on the main Install Shield forum suggests this is because the update has created a newer version of a file that is part of the project I am trying to install. Does anyone know if there is a revised version of fnc61.msm that I need to incorporate into my project and if so where/ how I download it? The version I have of fnc61.msm is dated 7/07. Thanks in advance for any help. ... View more

I have been using ISExpress 2008 for about four months and am now planning a first major upgrade. The upgrade needs to preserve a database file. I have drafted two custom actions which call exe files. The first is to copy the database file before the installation gets properly underway and the second is to restore the database into the required folder for the application. I guess this scenario is fairly common? Is there any known best practice guide as to: - What stage to copy the data? - What stage to restore the data? - What testing and validation to carry out during installation in order to ensure user data is not lost? Thanks in adavance for any guidance. ... View more

The ISE2008 user guide notes that use can be made of the return values from DLL files called in custom actions - "When a non-zero value is returned by your function, the installation continues. If zero is returned, the installation exits. " Is it possible to make use of return values from EXE files. I experimented and found a return of '0' was expected and any other value caused an error 1722 to be displayed. After a further notice screen, the installation process was then terminated. Is there a better way? Can the 1722 error message be disabled? Thank you in advance for any guidance. ... View more