IP & Port check during installation

[NSentinel]

Hi,

I want my setup program during installation phase check if user have opened some ports for outgoing connection and warn him if not. Usually, I do it with additional library executed during setup, but maybe Advanced Installer has better way to do this?

[Cosmin]

Hi,

I'm afraid that this is not supported by Advanced Installer or by Windows Installer. Therefore, a good solution is to use custom actions (like you already do).

Regards,
Cosmin

[NSentinel]

Thank you. Maybe some day it will be nice new feature

[narsingani]

Hi NSentinel,

Just wanted to check if you found any solution on this. I have similar issue where the application checks the IP and Port during the installation and if the IP is incorrect or the Port is occupied by another application then it produces error message.

Please let me know if you have worked this out.

Thanks!
Upendra

[Daniel]

Hello Upendra,

In order to check a TCP port you can use our predefined "Check TCP port" custom action. However, please keep in mind that our predefined custom action can be used to check TCP ports only for the local machine where the setup package runs. So, if you want to check TCP ports from other machines (than your current machine where the setup is launched), then I'm afraid you should create your own custom action.

You can take a look on the "How to determine if a Tcp/IP Port is in use" thread which could be useful for you.

If you have any questions just let us know.

All the best,
Daniel