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Hi, This can be done by using a DoAction Control Event (attached to the button), that will execute an UI Custom Action (which you will define in the Custom Actions page). You can use the predefined " Launch File or Open URL " Custom Action for this purpose. For more details, see this page ...

Hi, The installer always REMOVES the start menu entries on an update! Note that, if you are using the option "Automatically upgrade older product versions" in the Upgrades page, an older version of the application is automatically removed when the new version package is installed. However,...

Hi Chris, I think the problem is that the trailing "\" character from the value of APPDIR ("C:\Program Files\Crosby\QuicCheck\") causes the next quote character to be escaped. To prevent this, include a space character after "[APPDIR]" in the "Edit Installer Class ...

Hi, Please note that AI does not create an installer for the MacOs platform, but rather a ZIP archive with a special folder structure called an application bundle . This is supported only for a Java application. Additionally, it seems that the Autorun feature has been dropped under Mac OS X, as it i...

Hi Phill, If you are using an Enterprise project, you can set the "Enabled" attribute for the "Launch Your Application" checkbox to "False" (in the right Properties pane). This way, the user will be unable to clear the checkbox. Of course, you can always use a Custom Ac...

Hi Ben, This is not actually a bug, but rather the way Windows Installer works. As it is mentioned in the Windows Installer documentation, the SelectionPathOn Control Event is never published during maintenance. However, the SelectionPath Control Event , to which the "Location" text contro...

Hi, I think you can create a REG_SZ registry value under the following keys ( per-user ): HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers (or per-machine ): HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers specifying the "Value" name as the fu...

Hi Clemens, I have a .exe file, does that rule out the first option? Yes, it does. I tried using option 2, it is what cosmin already suggested, isn't it? Using that I still get the error about another install being in progress. I am not sure what the problem could be. Please send a simple test case ...

Hi Dom, The Windows Installer documentation for the Masked Edit control is available here . Not all those characters are permitted in the "Template Value" field, but for testing purposes you can create a new Masked Edit control. From out investigations, it is not possible to convert the le...

Hi Ben, If I uninstall an application with a permanent file, does that permanent file's component guid registry entries get wiped? (so that if I do a component search in a future installation it won't find that file) The Permanent attribute applies to a Component not to a file. After a client packag...

Hi Sindhu, What Windows version is the package installed on? On Vista, the Launch Condition will not work and the user will be prompted for an Administrator password when clicking "Install". AI uses the Privileged Property to define the Launch Condition. This means that if the user and mac...

Hi, You can always perform any required calculations at install time from within a Custom Action. For instance, the example provided by jdjvr can be implemented with a simple Immediate VBScript CA such as the following: Function ComputeIntegerVersion() productVersion = Session.Property("Product...

Hi Clemens,

It should be possible to use XML numeric character references such as:


 - LF (line feed)
 - CR (carriage return)

Regards,
Ionut

Hi Brian,

There are several ways to do this. See the following forum threads for more details:

http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums ... 908#p14908
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums ... f=2&t=5309

Regards,
Ionut

Hi Clemens, Normally, the project language cannot (and should not) be changed after creating the project. However, since the 2 languages are almost identical, you could attempt the following (after backing up your existing AIP file first): 1. Open the AIP file and change the value of the "Langu...

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