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ojanacek

Right, I can see how this is also considered the correct behavior. Do you then have a suggestion how to go about what I'm trying to achieve?
1) I want to use synchronization so that we don't have to think about adding new assemblies/resources manually into installer projects. We never build ...

ojanacek

It's really easy, there you go.

1. Use 19.2 to create a project from a professional template.
2. Prepare a folder with a single executable, doesn't have to be a real Windows service.
3. In your project turn on APPDIR sync on the above folder. The executable will load into the project.
4. Now select ...

ojanacek

Hi,

I would like to get a clarification on what I consider a breaking change in APPDIR synchronization between older and newer AI versions. We have many installer projects created in 19.2 with a certain synchronization setup. In order to avoid merge conflicts we use the sync option to not store ...

ojanacek

We recently updated from 19.2 to 21.3.1 on a couple of build agents. Most of the newly built installers on these agents are fine but some (namely some EXE) installers are now treated as malware by some AVs. It's reported as Gen:Variant.Strictor.286316.

For now we reverted back to 19.2 as convincing ...

ojanacek

Thank you for the confirmation. For now we settled on a workaround that I'll mention here in case someone needs it until this is fixed.

Add a custom action "Run PowerShell Inline Script" in the install execution stage right after "Add Resources". In the script, specify a service name parameter and ...

ojanacek

Not sure if the CreateVersion is relevant but this is what I see in the file CreateVersion="15.1" version="19.2". The later is, of course, the one we use on daily basis and on our build server.

ojanacek

Hi,

we are having issue setting up a Windows service failure operation in a merge module. The merge module comes with a set of files and a Windows service definition. The merge module requires parameters for Windows service name, display name and description. These are used for the service ...

ojanacek

We created a PowerShell script a to download a specified version of AI and install to a build agent. While this works it install by default side by side with previous versions. However, our other scripting relies on the installation being in C:\Program Files (x86)\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\ without ...

ojanacek

I'm trying to rename a Windows service associated with a product in between versions.
Let's say in version 1 the service is called "MyService" and display name is "My Service".
Now in version 2 I'd like the service name to be "MyAwesomeService" and display name "My Awesome service".
Nothing else ...

ojanacek

Thanks, Sorin.

I tried using "Persistent Properties" but managed to set them only on properties that have an initial value. Those with no value could not be set. In order to be consistent I ended up using "searches" which works for me.

ojanacek

I have created an installer with a bootstrapper which check for .NET presence and some other prerequisites. There's also a UI which requires users to input some initial information like connection strings, etc. These information are stored in registry. The installer installs a Windows Service (a ...

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