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joefio

Hello Joe, Thank you for providing the AIP file. I have had a look over it and I believe what we should be looking for here is a Path Variable that we can easily change after each of your builds. In "Files and Folders" page, right click on a file (e.g. Advset32.exe ) --> "Convert To&...

joefio

Hello Joe, Thank you for your followup on this! From what I can see, you include the number which eventually changes into the root path - QDV-1332 If possible, could you please try to set the root path to the "Branches" folder instead and let me know if that helps? Best regards, Catalin H...

joefio

Hello Joe, Not entirely sure I fully understand your scenario here, but wouldn't it be better to have the files as absolute in your case? As per the documentation: Having an absolute path for each file allows you to move the project file (.AIP) anywhere on your disk (even on different partitions). ...

joefio

Hello Joe, To be fully honest with you, this seems like a limitation of Windows Installer, considering the OriginalDatabase property is proprietary to Windows Installer. Besides that property, I would check the following two as well: - SourceDir - TARGETDIR You could check these two in the log file...

joefio

Hi I am trying to figure out how I can change the path of my Files and Folders to be relative instead of hardcoded. These are my project options: projectOptions.PNG The root path is: C:\QDV\Branches\QDV-1332\Install\QdvClient\MSI\ I read on another forum that even though my Files and Folders appear ...

joefio

Hello I am having an issue when retrieving the UNC path of my .msi installer. The installer is run from a network directory (EX: \\FRTD\QUAD\QV\Setup\setup.msi). At the end of the installation this path needs to be passed to a config.exe program. If I copy/paste \\FRTD\QUAD\QV\Setup\ into a file exp...

joefio

I figured it out the issue was the files inside the application folder were not being deleted because of a certain condition. Once I fixed the conditions for the overwrite on the files the issue was resolved.

joefio

Hi I am having an issue deleting my application folder when I do an uninstall. These are my settings: Remove Folder.PNG Advset32.exe lives inside the application folder. I can confirm Advset32.exe is getting deleted but the application folder remains. I tried the uninstall cleanup wizard which used ...

joefio

I have created shortcuts to my application in the Desktop and Start Menu. When I uninstall the application, the shortcuts remain. I tried a File Removal operation, assigned one of my components, and selected Remove on component uninstall, but this had no effect. Any ideas why it doesn't remove these...

joefio

If a user is running an upgrade, but they select a different directory than the default on the "Select Installation Folder" screen, I would like to exit the installation. How can I check whether or not a user has selected a different directory than the default path?

joefio

Hello Joe, I'm afraid that the "Dialog Editor" feature is only available starting with our "Enterprise" suite. If you've got any other questions, please let us know and we will gladly assist. Best regards, Catalin So the "Select Installation Folder" screen will always ...

joefio

Hi I am having trouble overwriting certain files in the install directory when running my msi installer. Under "Files, Folders and Shortcuts" the files that get saved to the Application Folder overwrite correctly: Ex: 'Application Folder\File.dll' overwrites the existing file However, I ha...

joefio

Hello, In order to achieve this, you can create a search and then display the dialog based on the search result. From the Searches page you can create your search to find out if your program is installed. The result of this search will be stored in a property. In order to show a dialog based on a c...

joefio

How can I skip the "Select Installation Folder" screen if a non MSI program is already installed? I am trying to update a previously installed program that did not use a MSI installer.

joefio

I was able to resolve the issue by using the 'Launch file' custom action instead of the 'Launch installed file"

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