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Macy

Thank you. I had to create a separate install for all 50 states of the United States. We did as you suggested there... created a template with a pattern that was very easy to find, read it, changed out the embedded patterns, and saved the edited file for each state. I'll look into CodeProject or ...

Macy

We have come to rely very heavily on software prerequisites. We often build shell installs that do nothing other than include a combination of prerequisites to other components that we have. We don't register these installs with Windows installer. This lets us install a base application plus a set ...

Macy

Perfect. Thank you.

Macy

I have an install project that is working well. I need to create a second install that is almost like it, for a different product. If I just copy the .aip to a new file, I end up with two differnt products that are tied to the same installer identifier. How can I create a new project by copying all ...

Macy

How can I set the APPDIR based upon an entry found in the registry?

Macy

I have several merge modules that serve similar purposes. Which module(s) should be installed is dependent upon registry settings that I find. I have reviewed the "Install Level" comments for a feature, and recognize that I can associate a merge module with a feature. But the "Install Level ...

Macy

Thank you. I cannot ask for anything more than that!

Macy

We build our assemblies with VS2008. I was hoping to use /SetVersion -fromfile against our main exe. That appears to set the Product Version to 1.1.7.0. Then when we embed the ProductVersion property as part of our file name, we get that same thing. I was hoping to just end up with 1.1.7 as my ...

Macy

Thanks. That will be a nice enhancement. However, in this case, these are two different prerequisites... 3.5SP1 if installing from the web, and 3.5SP1ClientProfile if installing from a local device. So, having two different file sources might not address the issue?

On a related topic... would you ...

Macy

We install an empty database with our application, and the user adds data into it. When the user installs version 1.2 of our app over the top of version 1.1, we end up overwriting the database they have modified. Is there a way to prevent that? Hmmmmmmm come to think of it, I wonder if we are ...

Macy

We have an application that requires dotNet 3.5 SP1. We have two installation scenarios:

Stand-alone -- The app is distributed on a CD and there is no internet connectivity. So, I can include the .Net 3.5 SP1 Client .exe as a prerequisite, and just put that in the same folder as the install exe ...

Macy

Thank you. That is what I was missing.

Macy

You reference links to the MSDN site that recommend that all of the install settings be placed in a .ini file, and use the /settings parameter on the SqlExpr.exe command line. I do not understand how it is possible to do that in this case because any .ini file that I would want to use would not have ...

Macy

I cannot find an example of using a .ini file within Advanced Installer. I cannot grasp how you can reference a file during a prerequisite installation, when the installation of such a file cannot occur until after the prerequisites have been addressed. What am I missing?

Macy

Thank you.

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