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by Mike
Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:57 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Installations of the same "program"
Replies: 1
Views: 4825
 
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Hi,

The 3.9 version of AI has added this option to the other three. You now have the possibility to prevent a product from being displayed in the Add/Remove list in Control Panel. This version is due for release any time now.

Regards,
Mihai
by Mike
Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:28 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: MessageBoxes in custom actions
Replies: 2
Views: 6972
 
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Hi, The custom action that does the serial validation is called on the DoAction control event of the "Next" button. Custom actions on this control event cannot use MsiProcessMessage. See the SDK documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/doact...
by Mike
Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:31 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Registry key problems
Replies: 1
Views: 5141
 
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Hi, 1. Advanced Installer follows the way Windows Installer specifies the distinction between the REG_SZ and REG_MULTI_SZ types. This approach is very flexible. Did you had a requirement that you tried to achieve and failed because of this method? While it is true that the type displayed in AI is RE...
by Mike
Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:30 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Custom actions from MSM files
Replies: 3
Views: 6397
 
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Hi,

The custom actions in a MSM have certain settings that indicate after or before what standard action the should be scheduled.

So, if the custom actions have correct sequence settings in the MSM they should have the correct sequence after merging too.

Regards,
Mihai
by Mike
Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:16 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Finding dll and reporting error
Replies: 1
Views: 4699
 
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Hi, You can achieve this by creating a launch condition that depends on the result of the search. For details about this please see: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=947 http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1005 http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums/viewto...
by Mike
Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:08 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: fail to delete a file
Replies: 1
Views: 4827
 
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Hi, Thank you for signaling this problem to us. Unfortunately, we have not been able to reproduce it. However, we are very careful to investigate such issues. Please detail the EXACT steps necessary to reproduce the problem starting from a new project. If the problem only occurs in a certain project...
by Mike
Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:01 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: provide more control over the dialogs?
Replies: 1
Views: 4862
 
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Hi, Yes, full UI customization is currently under development and will be available in the near future. There is no "exact" size. The sizes for the dialogs depend on the size of the fonts used on the target machine. For more information on this please see: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/...
by Mike
Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:21 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: File associations
Replies: 1
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Hi, Yes and no. Your application will become the default application to open the DWG files. But the user will still be able to right-click the file and choose "Open with...". I am afraid that you cannot condition the file association on whether it exists already on the target computer. As ...
by Mike
Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:15 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: What's the exact sequence of the custom action?
Replies: 5
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Hi, Yes, you are right, this stage occurs after the target machine has been modified. The purchased version contains the same documentation as the trial version. This kind of info can be obtained from Microsoft's Platform SDK Windows Installer section. This can be downloaded from: http://www.microso...
by Mike
Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:53 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Need to check if the path contains a blank space
Replies: 1
Views: 4844
 
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Hi Cecilia,

Yes, you could verify this through a custom action. However, this depends on what you are trying to achieve. Please provide more details about this.

Regards,
Mihai
by Mike
Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:42 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: can I use modal dialog in my custom action?
Replies: 2
Views: 6349
 
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Hi,

Modal dialogs are supported by Windows Installer. There is likely a problem with your code.

You could try call the Create function of your class to make sure you have a valid handle. Also, use could use GetLastError to see why is DoModal failing.

Regards,
Mihai
by Mike
Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:52 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Installing type library via "Project Details->COM-&g
Replies: 2
Views: 6117
 
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Hi,

You should use the a tool like the OLE/COM viewer from Microsoft to examine the type library and see what the classID is.

If you don't have it, you can download it from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/te ... view-o.asp

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Mihai
by Mike
Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:38 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Install According to ini file.
Replies: 6
Views: 11596
 
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Hi, I assume that the two projects that your project contains are in two separate features. The easiest way is to use the EXE bootstrapper that AI provides. Go to "Media" page and enable the "Create EXE setup file". Choose to leave the install file outside. Build the project. Go ...
by Mike
Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:00 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Patcher not removing files
Replies: 4
Views: 7864
 
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Hi,

You should select the component that contains the file that is getting updated. To see which component is that, go to the "Organization" page. Examine each component add see where is that file located.

All the best,
Mihai
by Mike
Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:33 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: updater.exe silent operation
Replies: 15
Views: 22242
 
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Hi,

I am afraid that for the current version ( 3.7 ) this cannot be achieved. However this has been already implemented and will be present in the next version of Advanced Installer ( 3.8 ). It is due for release in the near future.

Regards,
Mihai

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