Serial Validation template

[Eusebiu]

You're welcome. I'm glad I could help.

Best regards,
Eusebiu

[belsonmarble]

Hi,

Indeed, the error appears because another custom action checks the serial number during the installation. In order to avoid it, you need to add two "Set installer Property" custom action on the "Install Execution Stage" above the "Searches" action group as follows:

• Property: SERIAL_VALIDATION
  Value: TRUE
  Condition: UILevel = 5

• Property: ProductID
  Value: PIDKEY

Let me know if this helped.

Best regards,
Eusebiu

What does this mean and how do i do this?

I am in the table editor, I right click and choose new row? now what?

[Catalin]

Hello Belson,

What does this mean and how do i do this?

I am in the table editor, I right click and choose new row? now what?

You should not be in the "Table Editor". Here are the steps you need to take in order to achieve what my colleague Eusebiu has said:

- go to "Custom Actions" page

- in the custom action list, please select the "Set Property" custom action.

- add it to your project by pressing the "Add custom action with sequence" button which is placed to the right side of the custom action's name.

As you can see, there are two installation stages there: "Wizard Dialogs Stage" and "Install Execution Stage".

- Drag and drop the custom action before the "Searches" action group from the "Install Execution Stage"

Repeat the above steps for the second custom action.

Best regards,
Catalin

[belsonmarble]

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[belsonmarble]

There is no set property, there is set installer property.

[belsonmarble]

So this is where I am upto, tried looking at the manual and its really confusing, what has been posted so far is not in the manual, wish it wasn't so confusing to validate.

[belsonmarble]

More help please.

[Eusebiu]

Hi,

Indeed, the custom action that you need to use has the "Set Installer property" name. Now, as mentioned in the post you quoted, you need to add the two "Set installer Property" custom actions on the "Install Execution Stage" above the "Searches" action group.

By the way, the solution discussed in this topic helps you to get rid of the template that is set for a serial number. Is this what you want to achieve?

Best regards,
Eusebiu

[belsonmarble]

I was trying to achieve the serial validation using the sample sql and php, yet whenever I try and run it, it just says serial is invalid. Which i guess i am missing a step or 3.

It would be good if there was a tutorial from A to Z that stated exactly what you need to do, when you read the manual it feels like the content hasn't been updated in a very long time and the only content that is added is new content so anything you've already covered isn't touched.

This thread in regards to the template is that referring to the DLL? Because if so i don't know how to do that which is why i was using the serial validation using the server, php and sql.

[Eusebiu]

Hi,

Please see my response from the "serverside serial" thread.

Best regards,
Eusebiu