Modify Auto-updater INI file

[phaniraj]

Hi,

We are using Auto-updater in our EXE setup.
An updater.ini is added to project.

Is there any way to modify this INI file?

ApplicationName property in INI file uses [ProductName] installer property.
We would like to change this to use a custom installer property [PROD_DISPLAYNAME].

When I double click the INI file, the View INI file screen does not allow me to modify "ApplicationName" entry.
All operation related buttons are disabled.

How can this be accomplished? Do I have to go down the custom action route to read the INI file and update it?

Thanks
-Phani

[Eusebiu]

Hi Phani,

I'm afraid that the "updater.ini" file cannot be directly edited. Can you please tell us why do you want to modify the value for the "ApplicationName" property so we can better understand your scenario?

Best regards,
Eusebiu

[phaniraj]

Hi,
Sorry for the late reply.

We have built the installer using internal project name but the external name of the product suite will be different.
Eg: Internal project name would be ApplicationSuite.
However, the actual marketing name is different.

We are ok to have internal project name to be used else where in the installer (eg: application folder name etc).
In the installer project, we have replaced the text in controls etc to show the marketing name but Auto-updater UI is tied to the internal project name and it looks like we cannot change it.

I do not want to go down the route of updating the updater.ini file through a custom action etc.. I was wondering if there is way to tie the ApplicationName property in INI file to a different property of the installer.

Thanks
-Phani

[Eusebiu]

Hi Phani,

I'm afraid that this can be achieved only through a custom action for now. We'll consider your suggestion for adding this improvement in the future. Thank you for your suggestion.

Best regards,
Eusebiu