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stevefal

In addition to that improvement in the FilesInUse dialog, I would suggest that CloseApplication predefined custom action also ignore whether the window has a titlebar. This relates to http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9110&p=25569#p25569

And as another suggestion, for the ...

stevefal

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301495.aspx has a discussion of finding an app's main window. I might suggest iterating through windows using this method (instead of window style bits), starting with visible ones first. CloseApplication would then work with systray applications like mine.

stevefal

Ah, I guess "Condition" was added after 6.9.1. Thanks.

stevefal

This relates to the thread in http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums ... f=2&t=8703.

Is there a way to apply execution conditions to registry value removals? Specifically, I need to remove only when (REMOVE="ALL" AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE))

stevefal

Ah yes, sorry.

But please clarify, does the window need to have a caption, or a titlebar? They are not the same. My main window does have a caption, as that is how the app is identified. But it does not have a titlebar.

I think AI should not use having a titlebar as criteria for anything. Many ...

stevefal

Thanks Gabriel..

stevefal

No, it does not use a titlebar.

stevefal

EXE installer. For 7.1.3 and 7.2 I've been using enhanced UI.

I've been connecting via Remote Desktop from an WIndows XP machine to the Win7 machine. The version of Remote desktop on XP is the latest released via Microsoft Update.

stevefal

Is there a way to skip FolderDlg during upgrade? I don't want to support or test scenarios where the user selects a different destination than the one already installed.

stevefal

When running an 7.2 Enhanced UI, about the time PrepareDlg displays, a window roughly the size of an installer dialog flashes on screen. On my large monitor it appears in the upper left quadrant of the screen.

This does not happen in 7.1.3 or 6.9.1.

stevefal

I have been using my own .exe to close my app upon InstallExecuteSequence/Begin.

With AI 7.2's fix that enables the predefined action CloseApplication to work within InstallexecuteSequence, I thought I'd remove mine and try it.

But now before the CloseApplication takes place, the FilesInUse dialog ...

stevefal

I'm using Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day trial from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx?ITPID=sprblog.

I've tested with 6.9.1, 7.1.3 and 7.2 installers.

Repro:

1 - connect to a Windows 7 via Remote Desktop
2 - in remote Win7 session, go to Computer, and connect to the "Other ...

stevefal

I think it would be useful to have a custom action for removing registry entries that were not added by the installer.

For example, my app registers certain licensing, password, and other information that I want to remove when the app is uninstalled.

I currently do this using a .vbs custom action ...

stevefal

Thanks Cosmin,

I've made a suggestion at http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums ... 755#p25538.

stevefal

Even with the information on http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/global-properties-theme.html, I find bitmap sizing still confusing in AI 7.2 UI, default settings and docs:

- If all Dlgs, DialogBitmap and BannerBitmap sizes are modifyable by the AI user (Enterprise edition), why should the ...

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