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by Catalin
Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:51 am
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Install missing prerequisites on Repair
Replies: 3
Views: 4025
 
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Re: Install missing prerequisites on Repair

You are always welcome, Tanya!


Best regards,
Catalin
by Catalin
Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:26 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Generating Release Notes
Replies: 2
Views: 21000
 
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Re: Generating Release Notes

Hello Sascha, Unfortunately, generating a .TXT file is not currently possible with our "Updater" feature. You can present the release notes to your user through the "Release Notes" tab from your "Updates Configuration Project" . I will add this on our TODO list of impro...
by Catalin
Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:06 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: EXE and MSI file signature mismatch
Replies: 9
Views: 12480
 
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Re: EXE and MSI file signature mismatch

Hello Ningxin and welcome to our forums, In the following FAQ, it is explained why this error occurs: Why do I get the "Unmatching digital signature between EXE bootstraper and MSI database" message? Basically, the error indeed occurs because resign the EXE outside of Advanced Installer. I...
by Catalin
Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:54 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: How to change the request license dialog from trial (Add hyperlinkto help)
Replies: 5
Views: 3260
 
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Re: How to change the request license dialog from trial (Add hyperlinkto help)

Hello Gwendoline, Please disregard my last thread as it seems I may have misunderstood your requirement. In order to change the request license dialog, please have a look over the following article: How to change the request licence dialog from trial Please make sure to make a backup copy of your .A...
by Catalin
Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:18 pm
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Install missing prerequisites on Repair
Replies: 3
Views: 4025
 
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Re: Install missing prerequisites on Repair

Hello Tanya, Unfortunately, that is not possible for pre-install prerequisites. Basically, the "Repair" operation checks for whether a feature/component is missing and tries to install it if it is. Pre-install prerequisites are embedded in the EXE bootstrapper and launched before the main ...
by Catalin
Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:09 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Update a file from Files and Folders during installation
Replies: 13
Views: 5961
 
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Re: Update a file from Files and Folders during installation

You are always welcome, Andrey!

Let me know if you encounter any issues and I will gladly assist.

Best regards,
Catalin
by Catalin
Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:07 am
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Remove certain registry keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER for all users
Replies: 3
Views: 2747
 
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Re: Remove certain registry keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER for all users

Hello Tuan, You are always welcome! That depends on where you place the key within Advanced Installer. For instance, in my screenshot, it will remove the key only for the current user (since the key is placed under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" ). If the key is installed for all users and you want t...
by Catalin
Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:24 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Surface Theme customization of buttons dont work
Replies: 3
Views: 1903
 
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Re: Surface Theme customization of buttons dont work

You are always welcome, Stefan!

I am glad everything is working as expected now.

Best regards,
Catalin
by Catalin
Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:23 am
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Remove certain registry keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER for all users
Replies: 3
Views: 2747
 
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Re: Remove certain registry keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER for all users

Hello Tuan, Unfortunately, the setup can not know of the registry entries created by your own application. To clean those registry entries upon uninstall, you may need to create your own custom action . Another solution would be the use of a "Uninstall cleanup" support. For instance, if yo...
by Catalin
Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:35 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Update a file from Files and Folders during installation
Replies: 13
Views: 5961
 
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Re: Update a file from Files and Folders during installation

Hello Andrey, You can copy the files through a Custom Action. However, please note that the custom action should be scheduled after the "Add resources" action group, with the "Execution time" set to "When the system is being modified (deferred)" (since that is the time ...
by Catalin
Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:33 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Surface Theme customization of buttons dont work
Replies: 3
Views: 1903
 
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Re: Surface Theme customization of buttons dont work

Hello Stefan and welcome to our forums, My colleague Dan has recently wrote an article regarding editing our default themes. Please have a look over it here: How-to create new variations for an Advanced Installer theme Regarding the fact that the button is orange instead of your colour is perhaps be...
by Catalin
Thu Jan 13, 2022 3:07 pm
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Copying Files from existing folders
Replies: 4
Views: 3110
 
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Re: Copying Files from existing folders

As a followup to my last thread, here would be an article which explains how to retrieve the value of a property in a custom action (somehow forgot to mention it there):

How to set an installer property using custom actions

Best regards,
Catalin
by Catalin
Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:40 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Creating RPM/DEB
Replies: 1
Views: 12725
 
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Re: Creating RPM/DEB

Hello and welcome to our forums, Thank you for your suggestion! We already have this on our TODO list of improvements, but unfortunately its priority is really low as for this moment. Advanced Installer is built upon the Windows Installer technology which focuses mainly on setup packages for the Win...
by Catalin
Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Prerequisites - Registry value contains version not accepting value
Replies: 1
Views: 1554
 
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Re: Prerequisites - Registry value contains version not accepting value

Hello Zapp,

Please note that Advanced Installer offers .NET Framework 4.8 as a predefined prerequisite.

All you need to do is go to "Prerequisites" page and add it from the list.

Here would be the search performed:
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Best regards,
Catalin
by Catalin
Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:38 pm
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: Copying Files from existing folders
Replies: 4
Views: 3110
 
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Re: Copying Files from existing folders

Hello Lance and welcome to our forums, First of all, thank you for considering Advanced Installer and I am glad to hear almost everything is going on as intended so far. Regarding the issue you are facing, I am not quite sure I fully understand what you want to achieve. If I understand correctly, yo...

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