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UnstoppableDrew

Did this feature ever get implemented ? I see in the iis configuration you can set it to low, medium (pooled) or high (isolated), but they all still end up in the default app pool.

UnstoppableDrew

My build system calls AI with /execute and a commands file the sets the version, then does a 'build -force'. Is it possible to get the /rebuild functionality (clean build don't use cached files) when using a commands file ?

UnstoppableDrew

Yes you can. I found the magic incantation; ADDLOCAL=featurename,featurename2,etc

UnstoppableDrew

Can you specify specific features of a Custom install from the command line ?

UnstoppableDrew

We have some testing automation that installs the .msi file automatically. We're configuring various parameters by passing property=value arguments on the command line. The problem is the command line is getting too long for Windows. Is it possible to create a file of property=value pairs, and pass ...

UnstoppableDrew

Never mind, I got to to work. Amongst all my fiddling around I had changed the name of one of the registry keys, so my searches were failing to find the data I had written. Still needs some tweaking but basically works.

UnstoppableDrew

Well that worked, I created a feature called RegistryEntries, made it part of typical install and don't display. So this leads to part two of my problem.

Here's what I'm trying to do: My installer asks a bunch of questions, like host names and db info. I want to store all the user's responses in ...

UnstoppableDrew

I just tried to create some registry keys with my installer, but they got assigned only to the current feature. Is there a way to add these keys whenever the installer is run, regardless of which feature(s) are selected ?
Thanks

UnstoppableDrew

Is it possible to capture the stdout of a custom action into the installer log ? I'm having some problems but I can't tell exactly what's going on because I don't see the output of my program (which is basically a console mode compiled perl script).

UnstoppableDrew

After reviewing the log file, I can see it switch to REMOVE mode, and it removes all the files, but it's still trying to execute the install time custom actions.

UnstoppableDrew

There is a version of my installer on some of our systems that keeps trying to run at least one of the 'Commit' time custom actions on uninstall. This causes the uninstall to fail as it tries to reference a file that has been removed. Now I can't uninstall this version. Is there any way to run the ...

UnstoppableDrew

At what point in the installation process are the xml edits applied ? What I'm trying to do is collect info from the user via my dialog boxes, than make changes to web.config (such as resolve hostnames and turn custom errors on or off). Is this possible ?

UnstoppableDrew

Is there a way to get it to recognize xml files that don't have a .xml extension ? If I add 'Web.config' it doesn't give me the option of adding it in Windows Installer format, though it does show up as 'XML Configuration File' in the files pane.
Edit: Never mind, I just found the 'Import' menu.

UnstoppableDrew

I don't understand how the whole 'modify an xml file' thing is supposed to work. Say I have an xml file I install name 'Web.config'. In it I want to change the line:
<customErrors mode="Off" defaultRedirect="SiteError.htm">
to
<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="SiteError.htm">

How would I go ...

UnstoppableDrew

I've been having this problem too. I think it started for me in AI6.0, because I'm pretty sure they were being deleted in 5.whatever that I started with.
If you still have any of the projects I sent recently they have this behavior.

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/rebuild function when using commands file ?

Another command line question

Is it possible to pass a file of properties to an .msi ?

Creating registry entries question

Custom action output in logfile ?

Custom actions in Commit section runing on uninstall

Modifying xml files: I just don't get it