Registry Key Question

[sfay]

I could use a little help understanding how the Registry Key section of Installer works.

Is it possible to create a password that a user of my product must use before the installation process begins?

[Mihai]

Hi,

I could use a little help understanding how the Registry Key section of Installer works.

In the Registry page you can find a tree structure, that contains the registry entries that will be installed to the target computer. The tree has three root items: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS and "Current User/Local machine".

"Current User/Local machine" corresponds to
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER if the package will be installed per user and
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE if the package will be installed per machine.

For more details please visit:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... istry.html
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... l#registry

Is it possible to create a password that a user of my product must use before the installation process begins?

Yes, you can protect the installation of your application with a password or even a serial number.

In order to do that you must add the "User Registration" Dialog from the "Dialogs" page. You will be prompted to select a DLL file that will validate the password(serial number).

You can find a sample Serial Validation sample from:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... n-dll.html