I'm currently an InstallAnywhere user looking to switch to AdvancedInstaller.
We have a Java application with a bundled JVM.
We allow (actually encourage) our users to install over a previous install.
With InstallAnywhere, during the install/uninstall I have custom code action that attempts to determine if the product is currently running or not.
1) does AdvancedInstaller allow installing over an existing installation?
2) does AdvancedInstaller have some means (custom code?) to check if an application is currently running before installing or uninstalling?
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Hello,
Advanced Installer gives you the possibility to generate installers that upgrade previous installations of the same product.
Windows Installer will detect if the previous version is running and prompt/wait for the user to end it before upgrading.
This feature works seamlessly if both versions were created using AI. It still works (but a bit trickier) if the older versions was installed using a Windows Installer package not created with AI. Failing that, AI supports Custom Actions which can do pretty much anything you want.
Hope that helps,
Cata
Advanced Installer gives you the possibility to generate installers that upgrade previous installations of the same product.
Windows Installer will detect if the previous version is running and prompt/wait for the user to end it before upgrading.
This feature works seamlessly if both versions were created using AI. It still works (but a bit trickier) if the older versions was installed using a Windows Installer package not created with AI. Failing that, AI supports Custom Actions which can do pretty much anything you want.
Hope that helps,
Cata