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blak3r

I was curious if there was ever any progress on this.

I don't need to be able to do anything in the GUI on my linux box. I simply want to run command line to have it build.
So, is it possible to take my .aip file and a directory of binaries and run a script on linux (in wine)?

Was unclear whether ...

blak3r

I also had this issue when I built using 7.7 pro.
Interestingly it only occurred when I built it on windows 7. When I went back to my old machine which was windows 2003 it built without an error.

I then upgraded my Advanced Installer to version 8.9 and the problem went away. So, it appears to have ...

blak3r

Hi Gabriel,

Thanks for your response.

It's unclear to me how you create a "Start menu shortcut" show up as a "resource" that could could then be placed into a component on the Organization page. The conditional logic which can be applied to a component makes sense.

Regards,
Blake Robertson

blak3r

Is there a way to pass an option to an msi to prevent it from installing the Start Menu Shortcuts?

blak3r

Thanks to cosmin I now have a working solution. In case anyone else is interested here is what you need to do.

Under the Custom Actions. Add the InstallFinalize "InstallExecuteSequence". Do this by right clicking in the Install Sequence area selecting "Show Standard Action" -> Before Finalization ...

blak3r

Cosmin,

I'm having some issues with writing a custom action to perform a simple copy action... observations:

a) Function Name: doesn't seem to work. I always get an error. I found if i didn't use a function name at all the script would run. Documentation isn't very clear on this.

b) From the ...

blak3r

Is there anyway this method could be used to overwrite a file which is installed?
I want to be able to overwrite a default file.

blak3r

I'd like to let customers customize the files which get installed by letting them putting a logo1.gif file in the same directory as the MSI.
During a commit phase I'd like for it to check for the existence of such a file and if it exists copy it to the install directory.

I could create a hardcoded ...

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