Mihai & Gigi -
Things are making more sense and working better.
I was not able to make it work by attaching the custom action to the Customize dialog box, though. For some reason, when setting it up that way, the registry values would not get re-written when they change.
But, I put the action on ...
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- Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:15 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Force registry update and service restarts on modify
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- Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:25 pm
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More problems . . .
I've made some progress. Using orca I've discovered that the 'real' name of the feature I put the service and registry entries into is not the name I assign, i.e., "Bridgeip", but rather it is "Feature_5". If there was any way to discover this without analyzing the .msi file with orca, I haven't ...
- Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:30 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Force registry update and service restarts on modify
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Results in error
Gigi,
Maybe I don't understand your instructions.
I've tried putting in the custom action you describe. But, it always causes an error when it is executed. Here are the details on what I did:
I put the service and registry values that need to be reinstalled on modify actions in a separate ...
Maybe I don't understand your instructions.
I've tried putting in the custom action you describe. But, it always causes an error when it is executed. Here are the details on what I did:
I put the service and registry values that need to be reinstalled on modify actions in a separate ...
- Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:36 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Force registry update and service restarts on modify
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Force registry update and service restarts on modify
Using enterprise installer, I have setup up a couple of registry entries that can be customized during an install. These registry entries are read by a Windows Service program that also gets installed. I do the customization on a custom dialog that can be invoked by a new button on the "CustomizeDlg ...