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ehardin

I can't make heads or tails of all of the registry entries that possibly fit the description. Looking at my main Win11 Rededit and at my VM Win11 Regedit they use different UUIDS and who know if they would be the same in Win10? Hasn't anyone using AI had a VC_redist as a prerequesit? What entries to...

ehardin

I have a Prerequisite of the latest vc_redist.x86 redistribution file. If I go to Edit -> Install Conditions the "Searches" default to [SystemFolder]file.dll which, obviously, fails. I see that there is a way of making the search for Registry Key or Registry Value. Where are these Keys or ...

ehardin

My version is older and does not have an "operations" tab but I see in the "Version" tab that there is a box to "Ensure that this file overwrites any installed target file". For my "update" project that box is not checked so I see why having the "official...

ehardin

I was looking for the "do not overwrite" setting in the project but could not find it. I remember it from maybe back when I first set things up but could not find it again. Where is it?

Ed

ehardin

PS, I went back to a backup copy of my AI project that still had the source as the C:\Program Files (x86)\Caphyon\Advanced Installer 8.0.2\stubs\x86u and compiled my new version and installed it. When I go to run I get a system error that the program was unable to properly start. I uninstalled that ...

ehardin

I just finished compiling a new update for my software and so I was going to change the source of the trial.dll back to C:\Program Files (x86)\Caphyon\Advanced Installer 8.0.2\stubs\x86u Originally, when I first ran into this problem I deleted the file from the "Files and Folders" list and...

ehardin

I really appreciate that. Since I had the workaround of using my own copy as the "source" I have been putting out other fires and haven't had time to get back to this. I will be looking at it again next week and let you know what I find. It could have just been one of Bill Gates' little hi...

ehardin

I don't think that is going to be it because I was notified of this problem by a customer who had downloaded our program but couldn't start it. To verify the problem, thinking maybe he got a corrupted download, I downloaded the same file and installed it but got the missing Trial.dll error message w...

ehardin

In my installations that I build I include the Trial.dll from the Caphyon\Advanced Installer 8.0.2\stubs\x86u\trialware.dll For a build last month there was no problem, bot on a build recently everything installed but when trying to run the program I get the error that Trial.dll could not be found e...

ehardin

Thank you for the reply. I will look into this. What I am currently doing is having AI do the SOFTWARE\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName] Registry entry and give Everyone Full Control in the Permissions. Now, in the program, I can look to see if the desired named value is present or not (RegDte) and creat...

ehardin

For What It Is Worth, what I decided to do was leave the RegDte registry key named value out of the update project and in the program I create it if it doesn't exist. I figured that was easier.

Ed

ehardin

I am using an update and not a patch. In the most recent version of the installer I have it set to create a registry key with a named value of RegDte ie registration date. This value gets set in the program when the user finally registers the program during the trial period. So previous registered c...

ehardin

I have an option in my app that sends me an email with the log file attached whenever the app crashes or when the trial period expires. The user can turn this off but few do. So I see a user whose 15 trial period has expired. Within minutes he is into the app using it, which I see because eventually...

ehardin

In my notes for readSettingsProc(aKeyCode, aHWnd); I have a reference to https://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/qa-trial-using.html // Return values: // "0" - the application is registered (a valid license key was found); // "2" - the application is in trial mode; // If the...

ehardin

Catalin, Thanks for following up on that. The trial customer wasn't being responsive enough for me to ask enough questions. When I saw that 45 day limit it rang a bell but I did not know how to test it on my machine without setting up a whole new test or virtual machine. Now I know. Thanks for your ...

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