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- Tue Feb 11, 2025 1:30 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Cloning functionality
- Replies: 3
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Re: Cloning functionality
Hello Catalin, thank you, but that doesn't solve the problem. Those installer projects are too much different to be created from a common template. Is there no way to share the code and UI across projects? I mean, something like you can share C++ code by means of a lib file, or in binary form as a ...
- Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:59 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Cloning functionality
- Replies: 3
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Cloning functionality
I created some rather complex functionality in an installer which includes GUI logic as well as embedded and external PowerShell scripts. I want to copy this functionality to other installers. If it were only one, I'd copy/paste the stuff, but in the end there will be 5 or more installers which need ...
- Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:50 am
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Localization of script messages
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3783
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Re: Localization of script messages
I found a solution. If you know a more elegant one, please comment.
I followed https://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/qa-property-value-localize.html to create a property (e.g. MESSAGE_FILENOTFOUND) which holds the message text ("File not found"), and to add translations for this string in ...
I followed https://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/qa-property-value-localize.html to create a property (e.g. MESSAGE_FILENOTFOUND) which holds the message text ("File not found"), and to add translations for this string in ...
- Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:53 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Localization of script messages
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3783
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Localization of script messages
Hi,
localizing messages in AI is relatively easy. But what if the message originates in a user action? I created a few PowerShell scripts which may return error or other messages, and I'd love to use AI's localization mechanism so that I have all translated strings in the same dictionary file. How ...
localizing messages in AI is relatively easy. But what if the message originates in a user action? I created a few PowerShell scripts which may return error or other messages, and I'd love to use AI's localization mechanism so that I have all translated strings in the same dictionary file. How ...
- Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:57 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Conditionally creating a shortcut
- Replies: 3
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Re: Conditionally creating a shortcut
Thanks Liviu! Works like a charm... once I know it!
- Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:43 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Conditionally creating a shortcut
- Replies: 3
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Conditionally creating a shortcut
Hi,
there are lots of articles about how to create a desktop shortcut to the installed application, and this works fine. However, how do I make the creation of the shortcut depend on the user's decision?
I added a checkbox with label "Create desktop icon" to the VerifyReadyDlg and linked it to the ...
there are lots of articles about how to create a desktop shortcut to the installed application, and this works fine. However, how do I make the creation of the shortcut depend on the user's decision?
I added a checkbox with label "Create desktop icon" to the VerifyReadyDlg and linked it to the ...
- Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:38 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9543
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Re: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
I found a solution. I am posting this here for reference. Or maybe someone finds a more elegant way...
Since the prerequisite has two conditions (I don't know why, but this is how AI created it), I issue two UpdatePrerequisite commands, one for each condition. (See screenshot in my previous comment ...
Since the prerequisite has two conditions (I don't know why, but this is how AI created it), I issue two UpdatePrerequisite commands, one for each condition. (See screenshot in my previous comment ...
- Tue Jan 07, 2025 9:52 am
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9543
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Re: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
Hello Catalin, happy new year, and thank you for your reply! Your suggested command line works, but now I am a little confused. As you can see from this screenshot, it added a third install condition. The top two conditions, with value 14.38.33135, were present before I applied the command.
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- Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9543
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Re: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
Using AI version 22.2. I can update to 22.3 if you think it fixes the problem.
- Tue Dec 17, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9543
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Re: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
Hello Catalin,
thank you for your reply. I re-checked and found the version number unchanged. I am attaching two screenshots so that you can verify I was looking in the right place. My intention was to change the minimum required version from 14.38.33135 to 14.42.34433.
2024-12-17_15h46_44.png ...
thank you for your reply. I re-checked and found the version number unchanged. I am attaching two screenshots so that you can verify I was looking in the right place. My intention was to change the minimum required version from 14.38.33135 to 14.42.34433.
2024-12-17_15h46_44.png ...
- Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9543
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Re: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
Update: The problem with the command line was the missing "-prereq_path" option. This is a mandatory option, well hidden among lots of optional options. Now, the command line is:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Caphyon\Advanced Installer 22.2\bin\x86\advinst.exe" /edit C:\Src\hsc\BCS\BCS_Setup.aip ...
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Caphyon\Advanced Installer 22.2\bin\x86\advinst.exe" /edit C:\Src\hsc\BCS\BCS_Setup.aip ...
- Thu Dec 12, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
- Replies: 9
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Command line question: UpdatePrerequisite
Hi, what is wrong with this command line?
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Caphyon\Advanced Installer 22.2\bin\x86\advinst.exe" /edit C:\Src\hsc\BCS\BCS_Setup.aip /UpdatePrerequisite "Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015-2022 x86" -minversion 14.42.34433
When I launch it, a window pops up ...
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Caphyon\Advanced Installer 22.2\bin\x86\advinst.exe" /edit C:\Src\hsc\BCS\BCS_Setup.aip /UpdatePrerequisite "Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015-2022 x86" -minversion 14.42.34433
When I launch it, a window pops up ...
- Mon Dec 09, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: File copy and rename question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2103
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Re: File copy and rename question
Hello Liviu, your email server rejected the email. The ZIP attachment contained none of the file types which Google lists as potentially harmful. Any alternatives?
mx.google.com gave this error:
This message was blocked because its content presents a potential security issue.
Regards
Hans
mx.google.com gave this error:
This message was blocked because its content presents a potential security issue.
Regards
Hans
- Fri Dec 06, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: File copy and rename question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2103
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File copy and rename question
My installer must copy and rename a file if a condition is met.
The file to copy is included in the installer project as a temporary file with the name "template.par". It should be copied and renamed to a directory and a file name that depend on user input. The destination directory and name are ...
The file to copy is included in the installer project as a temporary file with the name "template.par". It should be copied and renamed to a directory and a file name that depend on user input. The destination directory and name are ...
- Tue Dec 03, 2024 9:24 am
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Display an icon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2475
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Re: Display an icon
Thank you Catalin!
In the meantime I found out that the ico files which AI created when I imported the svg files are completely blank - so no wonder nothing is displayed.
I then exported a png file from my graphics program. After importing this file into Themes -> Images, the graphics was ...
In the meantime I found out that the ico files which AI created when I imported the svg files are completely blank - so no wonder nothing is displayed.
I then exported a png file from my graphics program. After importing this file into Themes -> Images, the graphics was ...