How to give message or alert in silent installation of msi

[ssudhakar]

Hi,

When we are installing or uninstalling the msi (created using Advanced Installer) in Silent Mode, we need to check if any excel.exe instance is running and prompt a message/alert saying that you need to close the excel.exe instances in order to install or uninstall the MSI installer in Silent Mode.

Quick response is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
Sudhakar.

[mihai.petcu]

Hi Sudhakar and welcome to Advanced Installer forums,

We have a couple predefined custom actions to help you with this:
Detect process
Terminate process

Also, here is Detect process during uninstalling similar thread to give you an implementation hint.

Happy holidays !
Mihai

[ssudhakar]

Hi Mihai,

Please let me know if we can prompt the message saying, your msi installation/uninstallation is stopped due to excel process when the msi installation/uninstallation is done from command prompt silently.

this is very urgent requirement for us. please do the needful help.
Thank you in advance.

Thanks,
Sudhakar.

[mihai.petcu]

Please read the blue text links I posted. Step by step is to:

• follow Detect if a process is running section from How do I detect or stop a process? article
• create a custom launch condition as indicated in the note from the section and edit the description of the message

All the best,
Mihai

[ssudhakar]

Hi Mihai,

we already did this but we are not receiving any prompt/message in the command prompt i.e. in silent mode while installing/uninstalling the MSI.
Please let us know the way to show a prompt/message in the command prompt in silent mode of MSI installation/uninstallation.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Sudhakar.

[mihai.petcu]

Hello Sudhakar,

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Can you give me an example of this behavior with full UI? (use screen shots or send me a quick video demonstrating what you need)
Our e-mail address is support at advancedinstaller dot com.

All the best,
Mihai