Hello,
I'm new to "Advanced Installer", but I'm very impressed so far. There are two questions I didn't find an answer in the online help:
* Is it possible to fill the files list for installation with some kind of *.wav of a certain directory, so during creating all wav-files of this folder are included in the archive?
* I need to call a dll function after installation is complete. I found the dialog for doing this, and selecting the dll file shows me the function which I want to call. But I didn't find any place to give parameters to this function, in my case a C-function like SetupHook(1, "c:\\test").
Thanks for helping
Markus
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Hi Markus,
1. If you want to add a certain type of files to the project in the "Add Files..." dialog edit the "File name" field to the extension of the files you want to add.
For example if you want to add WAV files edit the field to *.wav.
In the dialog will be displayed only the files with that extension.
This is how you it can be done manually.
Advanced Installer also offers the possibility to add the files automatically using the synchronized folders feature.
More information on this topic at:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... lders.html
Also, in the next release it will available a feature that will allow you to select what type of files will added from the synchronized folder.
2. In order to call a function form a DLL, you could use a custom action, but I'm afraid that you cannot pass it any parameters.
For more details on custom action please visit:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... -page.html
All the best,
Ciprian
1. If you want to add a certain type of files to the project in the "Add Files..." dialog edit the "File name" field to the extension of the files you want to add.
For example if you want to add WAV files edit the field to *.wav.
In the dialog will be displayed only the files with that extension.
This is how you it can be done manually.
Advanced Installer also offers the possibility to add the files automatically using the synchronized folders feature.
More information on this topic at:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... lders.html
Also, in the next release it will available a feature that will allow you to select what type of files will added from the synchronized folder.
2. In order to call a function form a DLL, you could use a custom action, but I'm afraid that you cannot pass it any parameters.
For more details on custom action please visit:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... -page.html
All the best,
Ciprian
Thanks for that quick reply...
I'm a bit surprised, cause a DLL function call without the possibility to give some parameters is rather useless (and I guess not only for me)... cause I would need to pass a directory name to the function, which I guess is really common for addon functions inside an installer flow...
Hm, shit...
But thanks anyway!
Markus
I'm a bit surprised, cause a DLL function call without the possibility to give some parameters is rather useless (and I guess not only for me)... cause I would need to pass a directory name to the function, which I guess is really common for addon functions inside an installer flow...
Hm, shit...
But thanks anyway!
Markus
Hi,
I'm afraid that this is the way Windows Installer works.
When a DLL is launched as a custom action, it is passed a single argument that is the handle to the current install session. Through that handle you have access to properties both standard and user defined.
For more information about DLL custom action please visit:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... type_1.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... ype_17.asp
So you could create some properties that will contain the parameters you need to pass to the DLL functions and then modify them so they don't need parameters.
All the best,
Ciprian
I'm afraid that this is the way Windows Installer works.
When a DLL is launched as a custom action, it is passed a single argument that is the handle to the current install session. Through that handle you have access to properties both standard and user defined.
For more information about DLL custom action please visit:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... type_1.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... ype_17.asp
So you could create some properties that will contain the parameters you need to pass to the DLL functions and then modify them so they don't need parameters.
All the best,
Ciprian