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Hi, "Failed to load solution file. Can not access solution context" This error appears when the projects contained by that solution cannot be found. This might happen if the solution file was moved from it's original location, after the projects that are contained were created. Is this you...

Hi,

What is the best way to rebrand the updater UI with our product name?

What exactly you mean by rebrand, could you please give more details? Note that the Product Name, Company displayed by the updater is taken from your project.

Regards,
Gigi

Hi, You can control the way your package will upgrade older packages (or install side by side) from "Upgrades" page: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/upgrades.html We cann't just go and choose the allow side by side installs of different product versions, because there could be ...

Hi,

P a u l wrote:What is the resolution for this? I have exactly the same bug.

Could you please give me more details on this? Can you reproduce this with a small test project. If so please send it to support at advancedinstaller dot com so we can investigate.

Regards,
Gigi

Hi, "Some files and/or folders are referenced from other components and were not deleted". But I don't know which "components" are referencing them or why. I tried editing the .aip file in a txt editor but ran into problems. In order to investigate the problem please send the AIP...

Hi, So how can I set a relative path? Note that all paths in your projects are stored as relative or absolute depending on the setting you use in the "Project->Options..." dialog: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/project-options-tab.html As alternative you can use Path Variables...

Hi, To run a MSI as custom action in other MSI you have two options: 1. Use "MSI Database Relative to Package" custom action. But note that those type of custom actions are deprecated by Microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368010.aspx 2. Use a custom action as you discribe...

Hi Chris,

I have added this on our TODO list and will be available in a future version of Advanced Installer. Thank you for your suggestion.

Regards,
Gigi

Hi Octavio,

I have added this on out TODO list and will be available in a future version of Advanced Installer. Thank you for your suggestion.

Regards,
Gigi

Hi,

I cannot reproduce this behavior. On my test machine the "Internet Shortcut" does not have a "Comment" field. Could you please send a small test project reproducing this behavior so we can take a look?

Regards,
Gigi

Hi, The uninstall completed successfully, however the service was not quite 'gone'...although the exe was gone, the service appeared as 'disabled', i.e. the registry parameters had not yet been removed. A reboot cleaned things up properly. This may happen because of handles that are still open to th...

Hi, By default, Advanced Installer will attempt to translate only package elements that are specified for translation. This includes all UI strings and certain Windows Installer Properties. So to translate other elements (like "Launch Conditions") click "Select..." button from &q...

Hi,

The text limit for an "Edit Control" can be specified in the "Display->Text" field of the control properties. The default value is {260} which means the text is limited to 260 chars.

Fro more details about this please see this page.

Regards,
Gigi

Hi, How, then, do we prevent an empty start->programs->myGame from being created when no shortcuts are installed? Note that only shortcuts from "Application Shortcut Folder" ("Files and Folders" page) are conditioned from "ShortcutsDlg". The default location for this fo...

Hi,

This can be done but you need to manually create the autorun.inf file for the second disk. For the second autorun you can create an exe file or call a VBscript that verify the disk label (see label entry in autorun.inf) and prompt to insert the expected disk.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,
Gigi

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