First of all I apologize I misunderstood your specific scenario, running the .EXE. In order to use the install folder as parameter in the command line for an .EXE which is build with Advanced Installer you can use:
In order to achieve that you can go in the "Media" page and edit the MSI Command Line: from the Bootstrapper Options pane. Ok, but I still don't understand what I need to enter there ;-)
So, my user types this into his command prompt: Setup.exe "C:\myFolder\"
Please note that the APPDIR is the public property that contains the path for the installation folder. Please take a look on our Properties article which may be useful to you. Please keep in mind that this property is referenced by formatted data type so it ...
I have a Setup.exe build with Advanced Installer. I don't want to let the user decide what the installation folder will be. My app will start "Setup.exe" and will add a parameter which is the Installation folder. Like this:
We use latest Advanced installer version 9.8 build 48877. If we run the installer exe build by Advanced installer, we regularly get this error: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5202356/error.png If we click on "Details", we get this: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5202356/error2.png
The command line syntax doesn't appear to be correct. Here is the user guide article with the correct syntax and a couple of correct examples. In your command line there are a couple of apostrophes that shouldn't be there. Just remove them and try again. Thank you. The quotes where there because ...
I use this command to add a shortcut to my project: AdvancedInstaller.com" /edit WinFakt.aip /NewShortcut' -name "WinFakt!" -desc "WinFakt!" -target "APPDIR\WinFakt.exe" -dir DesktopFolder' -wkdir APPDIR' -icon "W:\wf.8.5\EXE\Icons\wf_WinFakt.ico" The setup.exe builds OK but when I run the ...
On the Custom Actions page, select your custom action and press the "Action Text" button. Input there the description for your custom action, in your case "Backing up, please wait". Thanks, but the "Action text" button is disabled. How can I enable it?
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