Basic MSI Project: In "Project Assistant" tab in "Application name" i provided japanese text When i try to install it any english OS(xp) it show the error message like "1152: Error extracting ....msi from the temporary location" and exits installation just after clicking setup.exe(all compressed, nothing there though). But setup is ok i...
Hey guys, I've been stuck by a problem for the past couple days that makes no sense to me. My installer builds fine in the Installshiled IDE but when it is about to finish the installation, int gets two errors then rollbacks: installation failure. Right when the install bar is at about 100%, an error box pops up that states this: "Erro...
We have an application already out in the wild, and are trying to put together a patch for it. The patch changes a few files in the original, and more importantly adds a few new files. Both the original app and the patch are installed using InstallShield 2008. The problem we're having is that when the original uninstaller is run, it o...
It's always seemed strange to me that downloadable applications would offer multiple types of installers. For example, sometimes you can choose either a .exe or a .msi Do certain types of installers have advantages over others? Does it matter which one you choose? As a developer, why would I want to offer different installers to my user...
I am using InstallShield 2010 and was wondering if anyone knows how to do the following: I want to get the version of my main exe within my installer and make it the name of my setup.exe InstallShield is generating. Any idea how to do that? ...
I need to create a single installer that I can distribute to machines running one of Windows XP or Vista. The installer needs to do the following: 1) Check if the OS is XP SP3 or Vista. If it's vanilla XP or SP1, run an MSI. This will install Remote Desktop 6.1. 2) Run an executable. This is the installation file for a VPN client a...
Can i create 64-bit setup.exe file using InstallScript project in InstallShield 2009? Documentation is only about msi projects. Or tell me alternative way to use 64-bit registry keys, please. ...
I have an InstallShield 2009 Basic MSI project that I've modified to load the 3.5 SP1 redistributable for the .NET framework. It loads fine but as soon as it finishes it displays a prompt saying the system has to reboot, and you can either say yes and it will reboot, or no and it will stop the install. I then went in and edited the .NET...
I am new to InstallShield and i am trying to create my first installer. I have (i think) a couple of basic requirements that i am finding hard to obtain information one: Is there a way i can create a configuration file from which the installer reads information at the time of installation? These settings are unknown at the time of crea...
I am using Installshield 2008 Premier Edition. I have already created a Setup and client has installed and using the application (it's a .Net Windows Application) Now for this setup i want to create a patch, so i tried by creating a Quick Patch; in this i am facing issues. In Quick patch project i drag the files from Original Setup File...
I am new to sharepoint and installshield. My responsiblity is to build and deploy the sharepoint solution as a package using istallsheild. Previously I was using solution package wsp and content database restoration. But now the client wants to deliver the total solution i.e. dlls, ascx files, xml files, servce files(.cs), feature files ...
I am new to Install Shield, and i have a really critical requirement. In between the installation steps, the installer should run a clearcase command in the backend and then that command output should be given as an input to the next installer panel. To be more specific, i have to give the user to select a ClearCase storage location of ...
What is the best way to use InstallShield to generate installers for both 32 and 64-bit environments? The majority of my application is bit-neutral (.net, Java, data files). I would prefer it if I only had to package up those files once. Is there a standard approach to reducing the maintenance of the installshield projects? Currently t...
When my installer runs, if an SQL script has an error, it does a rollback. It pops up a box saying "DoRollbackAll". How can I make that box not come up? Does anyone have any input into the rollback process in installshield? I understand it creates a script as it installs, then runs that script from the bottom up when it rolls back. Most...
Is it possible to share INSTALLDIR after installation? Thank you for your help. ...
Is there any option to copy some of the files (pre installation) to the system before onFirstUIBefore() method. These files are also part of installer. I am using install shield 2009 and project type is installer script. EDIT: Some more info. we need to run one utility which is part of setup.exe package. It should be run first in the On...
I am building an InstallShield project using the InstallShield MSBuild targets. I have been struggling with overriding the path variables. Nothing I do seems to be picked up by the InstallShield build. The help page was not very... helpful. ...
How do you add a DLL to the GAC from an InstallScript Project in InstallShield? I tried added [GLOBALASSEMBLYCACHE] as a destination to the component, with no luck. It tells me that is not valid data for the destination. ...
I have an InstallShield MSI project. When I pass an MSIHANDLE from an InstallScript custom action to a managed assembly initialized via DotNetCoCreateObject(), the value received within my managed code is -2. Does anyone know if it is possible to access an MSIHANDLE from an InstallScript custom action that calls into managed code via...
Hello, As I understand there is no direct way to implement trials with InstallShield 2009 and .NET applications. Their documentation claims that there is a workaround: "*InstallShield cannot wrap .NET or Java files for the Try and Buy/Product Activation or Try and Die types of trialware. In addition, InstallShield cannot wrap files th...