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by PeterM
Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:46 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Error when editing a dialog
Replies: 2
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Error when editing a dialog

For one of our installers, whenever we edit a Dialog, we get a pop up error "application ran into a problem it could not handle".

This only seems to happen this one installer. The details are below. We can manually modify the AIP file to adjust the dialogs, but that is clumsy.

Details are below ...
by PeterM
Mon Nov 11, 2013 7:54 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Instances - Cannot Upgrade Instances
Replies: 8
Views: 6667
 
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Re: Multiple Instances - Cannot Upgrade Instances

Thanks for the response.

I looked through the "Minor Upgrades" document and the thread you mentioned.

To restate that document; when I select an instance to upgrade I'm doing a Minor Upgrade, meaning the Product Code has not changed. Since the Product Code has not changed, we cannot follow the ...
by PeterM
Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:23 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Instances - Cannot Upgrade Instances
Replies: 8
Views: 6667
 
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Re: Multiple Instances - Cannot Upgrade Instances

Thanks for the clarification. Any updates on root cause analysis?
by PeterM
Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:10 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Instances - Cannot Upgrade Instances
Replies: 8
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Re: Multiple Instances - Cannot Upgrade Instances

Thanks for the update.

I don't understand your comment: "please keep in mind that if you want to install more versions side by side, you should go in the Dialogs page and add the "UpgradeDlg" dialog."

This is a high priority issue for us, so let me know anything else I can do to help
by PeterM
Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:03 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Instances - Cannot Upgrade Instances
Replies: 8
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Multiple Instances - Cannot Upgrade Instances

Attached is a ZIP file containing a repro installer AIP (for version 1.0 and 2.0 of a test install) for the following problem I've observed in Advanced Installer:

1. Create a new installer
2. Set to "Allow side by side installs of different product versions"
3. Added multiple instances
4. Install 2 ...
by PeterM
Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:26 pm
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Component GUID's getting updated on version changes
Replies: 3
Views: 4226
 
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Re: Component GUID's getting updated on version changes

OK. That's it; makes some sense... different versions need to have different component GUIDs to allow for the side by side installs? Presumably to keep the registry happy?
by PeterM
Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:26 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: SQL Query failing with 1603 error
Replies: 1
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SQL Query failing with 1603 error

I'm on AI 10.1 build 51253.

I created a SQL Query action to get some values from the database (SQL Server).

For almost all installs this works great, but for one or two installs, we've seen an error like this:

MSI (c) (F8:D4) [11:45:33:621]: Leaked MSIHANDLE (1536) of type 790540 for thread 4516 ...
by PeterM
Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:21 pm
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Component GUID's getting updated on version changes
Replies: 3
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Component GUID's getting updated on version changes

For one particular installer I have, whenever I update the version number in Advanced Installer and select "Major Upgrade", it generates new component guid's for every file. This is not what I want to happen; doesn't seem to hurt much, but doesn't seem like best practice.

I was able to workaround ...
by PeterM
Thu May 09, 2013 2:58 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: 10.1 breaking change - can no longer " " custom actions
Replies: 10
Views: 8284
 
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Re: 10.1 breaking change - can no longer " " custom actions

Thanks for letting me know.

I'll look forward to 10.2.

Do you guys have a roadmap for future releases?
by PeterM
Wed May 08, 2013 4:11 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: 10.1 breaking change - can no longer " " custom actions
Replies: 10
Views: 8284
 
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Re: 10.1 breaking change - can no longer " " custom actions

I tried without quotes for a number of different custom actions and they are not added in for me in the right place.

It seems like the whole custom action, command line plus arguments is put in quotes which is fine, but if an individual argument needs to be in quotes it doesn't work.

Even just ...
by PeterM
Tue May 07, 2013 7:15 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: 10.1 breaking change - can no longer " " custom actions
Replies: 10
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Re: 10.1 breaking change - can no longer " " custom actions

I found a workaround for now after a bit of experimentation.

I can define an Install Parameter QT that is just a single "

Then in my Custom Action Command Line I can do something like: delete vdir [QT][VDIR][QT]

If [VDIR] is Default Web Site/Dir1/, this command line becomes: delete vdir "Default ...
by PeterM
Tue May 07, 2013 6:21 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: 10.1 breaking change - can no longer " " custom actions
Replies: 10
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10.1 breaking change - can no longer " " custom actions

I had a number of custom actions in an installer that I upgraded to 10.1.

These custom actions often are the "viewer.exe" style ones where I use cmd.exe or appcmd or something similar.

So I'd have to quote parameters that I'd insert for something like cmd "[PARAMETER1]" to handle spaces in the ...
by PeterM
Thu May 02, 2013 2:17 pm
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Multiple Instances - Install Parameters per Instance?
Replies: 3
Views: 4357
 
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Re: Multiple Instances - Install Parameters per Instance?

Thanks for the response and the suggestion of a work around. Definitely would be a nice feature to work by default.
by PeterM
Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:25 am
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Multiple Instances - Install Parameters per Instance?
Replies: 3
Views: 4357
 
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Re: Multiple Instances - Install Parameters per Instance?

Another alternative I thought of was to switch the installer to installation type "per-user only". That puts the registry keys in the HKCU hive.

At that point, I'd remove the Multiple Instance support that is built into Advanced Installer and instead only support multiple instances of the ...
by PeterM
Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:53 am
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Multiple Instances - Install Parameters per Instance?
Replies: 3
Views: 4357
 
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Multiple Instances - Install Parameters per Instance?

I'm testing an installer I built that supports installing multiple instances of my application.

I am using persistent properties so that the install parameters the user fills out during install are persisted to the registry.

However, the install parameters are being persisted to HKLM\Software ...

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