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- Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:29 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: How can I configure install dialogs from command line?
- Replies: 1
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How can I configure install dialogs from command line?
I am creating an installer using command line only, without using the UI application to edit .api files. Is there a way to manually remove dialogs I don't want displayed during install? For example, how would I remove the following dialog: WelcomeDlg I went through the entire command line documentat...
- Wed May 19, 2021 9:24 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: 'Run PowerShell Inline Script' can't access temporary files
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3676
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Re: 'Run PowerShell Inline Script' can't access temporary files
The workaround works. Thanks.
- Mon May 03, 2021 4:48 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: 'Run PowerShell Inline Script' can't access temporary files
- Replies: 3
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'Run PowerShell Inline Script' can't access temporary files
I've got the following custom action called: RunInstallScriptInline https://i.imgur.com/diRedWD.png It runs a powershell script that sets up self-signed certificates, website and app pools. In order to set up certificate I need to pass a crt and pfx files to it. I was trying to do it using temporary...
- Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:35 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: How to protect a command line argument being passed into 'Launch File' custom action?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2099
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How to protect a command line argument being passed into 'Launch File' custom action?
I'm creating a certificate file using certuil, and need to pass in a password argument into it. I believe I need to use a property for that purpose ('User Defined' property?). What's the recommended way of ensuring people can't extract that password by looking at the generated msi file? Thanks.
- Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:22 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: How do I add command line arguments to 'Run powershell script file' custom action?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2654
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How do I add command line arguments to 'Run powershell script file' custom action?
I don't see a way to specify command line arguments for 'Run powershell script file' custom action. You can only do it if you are using a 'Launch File' custom action, or 'Run Powershell Inline Script' action.
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:12 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: Create self-signed certificate on IIS
- Replies: 14
- Views: 74354
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Re: Create self-signed certificate on IIS
It would be a nice feature. In the meantime the best you can do is a custom powershell action using New-SelfSignedCertificate cmdlet.
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:59 pm
- Forum: Building Installers
- Topic: How to disable or self-calculate Sha1 attribute from aip project file?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3423
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Re: How to disable or self-calculate Sha1 attribute from aip project file?
The issue is the fact that the very process of building the installer requires a new commit, so I want to understand why it happens, and then come up with a workaround for that. I think I'm on the right track here - by trial and error I figured out that sha1 is generated from the file specified in t...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:38 pm
- Forum: Building Installers
- Topic: How to disable or self-calculate Sha1 attribute from aip project file?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3423
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How to disable or self-calculate Sha1 attribute from aip project file?
See the diff below. Whenever I save the aip project file I end up with Sha1 diff, that causes issues with our CI system. Is it possible to either disable generation of that value? If not is it possible to generate the value on our own? How is it calculated? Thanks. https://i.ibb.co/61nr2nr/advanced-...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: Building Installers
- Topic: How can I set 'File path' for an Update project via command line?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2392
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How can I set 'File path' for an Update project via command line?
I'm trying to set up Advanced Installer on our Build Server. We build both MSI and Update projects using Advanced Installer. The problem is, each update file needs to point to a new msi (see red border in the screenshot below). How do I go about setting that path via either Powershell or CMD? In oth...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:22 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: VS2019 throws the 'AdvInstVSIntegrationPackage' package did not load correctly error.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4272
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Re: VS2019 throws the 'AdvInstVSIntegrationPackage' package did not load correctly error.
We decided against using the extension, so I never got a chance to test it, but glad the fix worked for others.
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:12 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: VS2019 throws the 'AdvInstVSIntegrationPackage' package did not load correctly error.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4272
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VS2019 throws the 'AdvInstVSIntegrationPackage' package did not load correctly error.
I have Advanced Installer Version 17.6 (C087F2E6), with Professional License. I want to build the projects from within Visual Studio Community Edition 2019 (Version 16.6.5), so I installed Advanced Installer Extension for 2019. After restarting visual studio I get the following error: The 'AdvInstVS...
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:01 pm
- Forum: Common Problems
- Topic: Pinned application icons get invalidated on update
- Replies: 15
- Views: 37409
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Re: Pinned application icons get invalidated on update
We've just hit the same issue. I'm assuming there still is not a better workaround?
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:27 pm
- Forum: Building Installers
- Topic: Is there any way to ignore updates.aiu timestamp and always download it?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2426
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Is there any way to ignore updates.aiu timestamp and always download it?
I'm testing switching locations of download url when using updater.exe (by passing in the url via -url command line option). During the tests I noticed that the updater would sometimes not detect new updates. After troubleshooting I tracked it down to the fact that the updates.aiu file was not being...
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 7:30 pm
- Forum: Building Installers
- Topic: Do I need separate updater service for each deployed app?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7993
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Do I need separate updater service for each deployed app?
I am trying to use Advanced Installer to build installers for multiple apps. The problem is the users installing the apps usually don't have admin privileges. The suggested workaround is to use Updater service as described here: https://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/qa-elevated-updates.html M...
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:27 pm
- Forum: Building Installers
- Topic: How to add URL prerequisite for .NET Framework 4.5.2?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10414
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Re: How to add URL prerequisite for .NET Framework 4.5.2?
Could also be an item in right click menu, because that's how I was adding prerequisites in the first place. I would right click on Pre-install folder, and select 'New Package Prerequisite'. If you added 'Predefined Prerequisites' menu item there I'd be able to find it without resorting to the forum.