Yes the uninstaller itself and the folder it resides in is removed after you exit the uninstaller. But how's this done? Does it launch some external script for doing this? ... View more

You can use the 'Set Variable' action to store the result returned from the registry and you can setup a 'Compare Variable' rule testing the variable for the value returned. ... View more

Yep that worked! Thanks a heap ... View more

please check the attachment. ... View more

I did what you advised above but doesn't seem to work in my case. Here's the code i wrote import java.io.*; import com.zerog.ia.api.pub.*; public class verify extends CustomCodeAction { public void install(InstallerProxy ip) throws InstallException { //boolean var=true; String var="true"; String str=ip.substitute("$USER_INPUT_RESULT_1$"); String str2=ip.substitute("$USER_INPUT_RESULT_2$"); if(str=="") { ip.setVariable("$VERIFY$", var); } if(str2=="") { ip.setVariable("$VERIFY$", var); } } public void uninstall(UninstallerProxy uninstallerproxy) throws InstallException { } public String getInstallStatusMessage() { return ""; } public String getUninstallStatusMessage() { return ""; } } In pre-install task, just before the custom panel I chose the set variable action and set its value to false. Below the custom panel I put in the custom code and below that the message dialog with a compare variables rule. ... View more

How do I make the text fields created with 'Get User Input Advanced' action mandatory? Like it should either display a message if I try to go over to the next panel leaving the fields empty or the 'Next' button should be disabled till all the fields have been filled. ... View more

I redid the above program to write the IA variables to corresponding xml elements in an xml file and the values seem to be entered just fine. It must be something in the file handling code above. Or if it's cause of something else, always feel free to tell me 🙂 ... View more

Ok as a prelude to that xml program I was talking about I wrote a simple java prog to take values of variables from IA (from a custom panel) and write them into a text file which forms part of the installation package. But after the installation is done and when I open the text file I get some weird characters before the actual value. For instance, if I had entered IA during the installation, it gets stored as '’ t IA' in the text file. What could be wrong here?? The code is as below: import java.io.*; import com.zerog.ia.api.pub.*; public class writetofile extends CustomCodeAction { public void install(InstallerProxy ip) throws InstallException { String str=ip.substitute("$USER_INPUT_RESULT_1$"); //String str=(String)ip.getVariable("$USER_INPUT_RESULT_1$"); String str2=ip.substitute("$USER_INSTALL_DIR$"); String fileaddr=str2+"\\Installed Files\\out.txt"; try{ FileOutputStream fos=new FileOutputStream(fileaddr); ObjectOutputStream out=new ObjectOutputStream(fos); out.writeObject(str); out.flush(); fos.close(); } catch(IOException e) {} } public void uninstall(UninstallerProxy uninstallerproxy) throws InstallException { } public String getInstallStatusMessage() { return ""; } public String getUninstallStatusMessage() { return ""; } } ... View more

Thanks a lot for the replies. The Get User input advanced seems to be enough for my UI needs. But I want the values entered in the textfields to be added into an xml file which forms part of the installation package. Is there anyway I can do this from within IA itself or will I have to write custom code for it? Also is it possible to pass the results of the textfields from the UI to the code I will have to write ... View more

Does either of them support creating customzied installation screens with custom buttons and other controls? I have heard that IS supports modifying xml files but can either IS/IA create a custom screen and allow modification of the xml/text file with values entered by the user? ... View more