Starting and stopping services during install and uninstall

[MGS]

Hi,

we have 2 questions regarding services.

• 1. If I need to start a service during install is there a way to tell the installer to continue the installation? On our current installer there is only an option to cancel the whole installation.
  2. If I need to (force) stop a service without any confirmation can I do this with the Services -> Control Operations? If not is there a way in the installer to do this?

Best regards,
Kilian

[Catalin]

Hello Kilian,

1. If I need to start a service during install is there a way to tell the installer to continue the installation? On our current installer there is only an option to cancel the whole installation.

By using the predefined support (Control Operations), I'm afraid that this might not be possible.

However, if you start the service through a custom action, you can uncheck the "Fail installation if custom action returns error" and that should give you the desired result.

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2. If I need to (force) stop a service without any confirmation can I do this with the Services -> Control Operations? If not is there a way in the installer to do this?

Yes, this should stop the service silently.

Best regards,
Catalin

[MGS]

Hi,

Where can I find the "StopService" action? I only can add "StopServices" and I can't edit anything there.

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It also doesn't stop the services silently. Is there a hidden option to make it silent?

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Best regards,
Kilian

[Liviu]

Hello Kilian,

Sorry for the delayed reply on this.

You can find the Stop service custom action in the predefined list:

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Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Liviu