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Hi, To execute the MSI silently use "Limit to basic user interface..." option from "Install Parameters" page or use /qb command line argument. To specify the serial number you can set PIDKEY property (trough the command line) like this: PIDKEY=123-456 (use the format you have spe...

Hi, I'm afraid that this prerequisite folder structure is not yet directly supported. If have added this on our TODO list and will be available in the near future. Until then a workaround would be to use a stub (.bat or .exe) located in the base folder that calls the setup.exe from the up level fold...

Hi Ulli, We cannot reproduce the problem you are encountering on our XP test computers. So please try to reproduce this behavior on other machine. Let us know if the problem persist. From the log file you have sent us I see that you run the package on an XP machine. Note that the way you configure t...

Hi, If you want to run this .reg file at the end of the installation you can use a custom action. On how to use custom actions please see: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/custom-actions-page.html However my recommendation is to import the .reg file in the "Registry" page by usi...

Hi, Behind "Application Folder" from "Files and Folders" page resides the APPDIR property. This property indicates to folder where user chose to install the application. You can use this property in your script. The code to access a property in a .vbs script looks like this: strA...

Hi, msiexec.exe /i "C:\Example.msi" MY_PROP="myValue" You can use a command line for the built EXE file like this: package.exe MY_PROP="myValue". This command line will be past to the MSI also. After I set My_PROP, I would like to have this version somewhere so I can ge...

Hi,

I'm afraid that this is not yet available. We already have this as feature on our TODO list and will be available on a future version of Advanced Installer. I'm afraid I cannot give you an ETA for now.

Regards,
Gigi

Hi Peter, In the properties list of the scrollable edit control select the localization button and make sure that the Always translate this string and Using specified localization identifier options are selected. AgreementText is the localization identifier we use in tutorial. You can set any locali...

Hi Axel,

We have added this on our TODO list and will be available in a future version of AI. Thank you for your suggestion.

Regards,
Gigi

Hi, - Why does AI consider the exe "in use" when it has a visible window, and not otherwise? - How is AI able to successfully overwrite the exe in either case, while my app is running? - How does AI determine that the exe is "in use"? This is fully controlled by Windows Installer...

Hi,

We cannot reproduce this behavior on our test machines. Have you tried to reproduce the problem on other computer?

Regards,
Gigi

Hi Kim, This can be done by using a prerequisite with following install condition: Criteria: Product Version (identify by Upgrade Code) Upgrade Code: {75249CB4-6EBE-4919-9E1C-2B399C1BD4C0} (I obtain the "Upgrade Code" from ReportViewer.msi extracted from ReportViewer.exe archive) Read more...

Hi, Is this something i need to do to the dialogs of the installer such as create a script to click through the installer? Such as automatting the "Next", "Install" and "Finish" buttons. I've poked around alot and haven't had much luck. Ideas??? Note that you can use th...

Hi Scott, As soon as the installer is started, I want to see if a program is already running. If it is, I want to display a message to the user and exit the installation. Note that this is managed automatically by Windows Installer. If the application that is upgraded is currently running then the &...

Hi Alex, Ok, now, if there is an exception during execution of this custom action, it will rollback uninstallation process. It is not possible to uninstall the product anymore! In this situation you can use MsiZap tool (provided by Microsoft with Platform SDK) or a Msi CleanUp Utility like this: htt...

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