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Hello,

What you seek is called a web based install. The link describes the steps necessary to configure such an install type.

Best regards,
Gabriel

Hello, There is no way for the main installer to know how much the prerequisite's install has progressed, which is why the main installer's progress bar does not move past 0%. The prerequisites should show some kind of basic progress. Configuring your .net install to install with a basic user interf...

Hi Jim, You might be first interested in how to browse for existing web sites, virtual directories and web applications . Also, on the IIS page, select your virtual directory. To the right, in the Virtual Directory pane, the "Name:" field under the General section is a formatted field, mea...

Hi Glenn, The documentation refers to removing XML elements during uninstall. We will update it to reflect that you can not currently remove elements at install time. However we also have this feature on our todo list and will be implemented in a future version of Advanced Installer. Best regards, G...

Hello, To get the link cosmin posted, in Firefox, download the file. In your downloads window, right click your download and select "Copy download link". The download link will reside in your clipboard and you can paste it wherever you need it. However there is no guarantee the link will w...

Hi Dashut,

For this, simply place your custom action doing the backup before the RemoveFiles standard action. Condition it with REMOVE="ALL". Thus, it should be executed before RemoveFiles.

Best regards,
Gabriel

Hi Glenn, Create two Property Set with Formatted custom actions, each setting MY_PROPERTY to one of your two values. Condition both custom actions using the RADIO_GROUP property, so that only one of these two custom actions execute depending on whether their condition is true or false. Best regards,...

Hello, "Failed loading dll" by regsvr32 as the tool is ran after the "Standard Remove Files action" and so the dll to be unregistered is already deleted. The UnpublishComponents standard action is normally before the RemoveFiles standard action. Since you said you placed it under...

Hi Glenn,

You can use a Property Set with Formatted custom action to set the property of MY_PROPERTY to the value of RADIO_GROUP. Let me know if it helps.

Best regards,
Gabriel

Hello and welcome to Advanced Installer Forums, Since you are new, I highly recommend you read our tutorials for a better understanding of how to use Advanced Installer to efficiently deploy your products. This will also help you better understand support team's suggestions now and in the future. Th...

Hello, The issue lies with the fact that your Install Parameters->Installation Type field is set to "Per machine if admin, per user otherwise". If you are installing it per-machine, the startup folder will evaluate to a per-machine location, which means the "all users" folder. A ...

Hi Todd,

The fix has been ready for some time now, and will be available with the upcoming release. If you need the fix sooner than that, email support at advancedinstaller dot com for a release candidate for this custom action. Please refer to this thread in your email.

Best regards,
Gabriel

Hello Doug,

Simply make sure your installer is running elevated. On the Install Parameters page, did you make sure the installation is "Per machine only"?.

Best regards,
Gabriel

Hi Dashut, Windows Installer does not have that ability. We also did not consider implementing something like that since the feature was never requested. You can instruct the bootstrapper to always launch the msi with a log, then have a custom action make it accessible to the user, something like a ...

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