I'm new to this, so bear with me. I have associated file extensions with my application, and provided icons. However, after install on a target machine the icons do NOT appear in browsers.
Is there some trick I'm missing?
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JimHawkins
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Re: Icons not registered
You say the icons don't appear in "browsers." What kind of application are you installing?
I've been able to use the File Associations feature with a custom icon with no issues. Our application is an .EXE Windows Form application (made in .NET).
I've been able to use the File Associations feature with a custom icon with no issues. Our application is an .EXE Windows Form application (made in .NET).
Re: Icons not registered
Hi,
I'm not sure why you are encountering this behavior. Can you please send us the .AIP (project) file you are using to support at advancedinstaller dot com so we can investigate it?
Regards,
Cosmin
I'm not sure why you are encountering this behavior. Can you please send us the .AIP (project) file you are using to support at advancedinstaller dot com so we can investigate it?
Regards,
Cosmin
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JimHawkins
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Re: Icons not registered
It's ok. I've found the solution. When prompted for a file extension in the wizard, I entered this as DOT and extension - e.g. ".clip"
That's normally the way, as a programmer, I'd specify an extension. However, AI then generated a registry entry with extension DOT DOT clip - ..clip
It might be nice for wizards to check whether a leading dot had been used and take appropriate action. Even simpler would be to specify in the help file that no leading dot should be used.
This is the first time I've used AI for our fairly complex interactive classroom language lab software (following a strong recommendation from a friend) and I must say that apart from that fairly insignificant glitch the results are perfect, including a seamless un-install of a service, which most installer fail to do properly.
I'm sure I'll be back with more naive questions, but in the meantime, thanks.
Jim
That's normally the way, as a programmer, I'd specify an extension. However, AI then generated a registry entry with extension DOT DOT clip - ..clip
It might be nice for wizards to check whether a leading dot had been used and take appropriate action. Even simpler would be to specify in the help file that no leading dot should be used.
This is the first time I've used AI for our fairly complex interactive classroom language lab software (following a strong recommendation from a friend) and I must say that apart from that fairly insignificant glitch the results are perfect, including a seamless un-install of a service, which most installer fail to do properly.
I'm sure I'll be back with more naive questions, but in the meantime, thanks.
Jim
Re: Icons not registered
Hi Jim,
I'm glad the problem is solved.
Regards,
Cosmin
I'm glad the problem is solved.
We will add these improvements in a future version of Advanced Installer. Thank you for your suggestions.It might be nice for wizards to check whether a leading dot had been used and take appropriate action. Even simpler would be to specify in the help file that no leading dot should be used.
Regards,
Cosmin