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Hi Dan, Is there a way to build on the VSO Hosted Agents? They are limited in what software they come with (https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/build/agents/hosted-pool#software), but perhaps there is a way to install Advanced Installer as part of the build via the command line? I also couldn't ...

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Thanks Daniel. I'm wondering though why it's necessary to check the OS version via the registry lookup if it's already been checked by the "Windows Version" checkboxes above.

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Dear Advanced Installer staff, I've added all the Windows Installer 4.5 prerequites to my project and don't understand these points: Supported Windows Versions seems to be wrong - for example in "Windows Installer 4.5 for Windows XP x86" all 64-bit versions are checked, as are 32-bit Windo...

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I would like for the Windows Installer 4.5 prerequisites to give the option of having AI download the files from a URL, similar to the way it's done for the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2.

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Hi Dan, Thanks, but where in the installation sequence should I be scheduling that? I think that this is becoming a bit too difficult - a better solution seems to be to re-design my application so that the configuration wizard is started when my main app is first run. I think I will do that. Cheers,...

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Thanks for that Dan. That works, but is there a way to keep the Advanced Installer UI dialog still running with a message like "loading configuration wizard, please complete it when it loads"?

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Hi Dan, Thanks for the welcome. My Advanced Installer project installs the main application as well as a configuration wizard that downloads, installs, and configures an SQL Server Express database. I would like this configuration wizard to run after or as part of the AI install. Currently I've set ...

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Hi there, I've followed the steps at http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/qa-launch-application.html and have my custom action executing after InstallFinalize. However this is still happening during a Windows Installer session, so when my EXE tries to install another MSI it is unsuccessful. I...

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