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Visual Studio 2010 Setup MSI how to add content file's path to registry

Is there a simple way to add one or more content files path's to the registry under the manufacturers's program file path for the current user? I was able to do this for the executable file but not for any of the added content files.
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Retrieving the value of checkbox of DIalog in Installscript

How do I fetch the value of a checkbox in the installscript in Installshield? Background : I have a checkbox which has property "UALCSTATUS" and its value is "ON" .in the Dialogs section . When I fetch the value in installscript using the…
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How to start developing a customized installer project?

I want to develop an installer project which will provide me a .msi. I would like to avoid using other tools like InstallShield, InstallBuilder etc. We would like to use custom GUI in this installer. The problem is that I am not quiet certain about…
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Force .msi to skip deletion of some files

I want to make the .msi to not delete some files when upgrading. I saw that I can add files to be deleted but I am not finding any information ot how to say to the .msi "Don't delete this (when upgrading)". Can someone help me with that?
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How can I convert this InstallScipt code to C#?

I'm converting my InstallScript Custom Actions To Managed Custom Actions using the DTF (Microsoft Deployment Foundation) Namespace. There is a piece of InstallScript code that I'm having trouble with converting to C# where I need to do some XML File…
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How to add new autoupgrade item to installscript MSI project using commandline

I am using InstallShield 2012 to create a installscript MSI project to create patch installer for my product. I am planning to automate my product build process to create patches using ISCMBuild.exe. While creating new patch, i want to add list of…
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InstallShield won't over-write a file during an upgrade

In my OnFirstUIAfter function, I rename a file that was just installed, using: RenameFile(FileName1, FileName2); In my OnMaintUIAfter function, I install FileName1 again, but it needs to over-write FileName2, just as it did in the initial…
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installshield 2012 SUPPORTDIR

I have an Installshield Installscript MSI installer that I have to maintain. It contains about 10 text files in Support Files/Billboards. When the installer runs, I open the files for editing/copying in a custom Installscript function using the…
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How to run InstallScript project from console application

I have created a major upgrade (Installscript msi) which is running perfectly when executing by clicking on the exe file. I am also creating a console aplication which runs the same exe but this time after installation, along with the new version,…
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Unable to get major version number of product?

I have code to retrieve the Major versions of a product. Declared a property as PRODVER_MAJOR = 2 Code is as follows: function myfunction(hMSI) string svmajorversion; number nsize; begin nsize = 256; MsiGetProperty (ISMSI_HANDLE,…
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installscript msi manually altering feature to be considered installed

Here's our problem: we have a product that we use an Installscript MSI to install. At one point we switched to a completely new Installscript MSI to handle versioning properly and restructure the features. During this time, a majority of the…
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MSI - Decrypting Install Script

I'm currently working on building a few portable applications, one of them comes from an MSI installer. The installer seems to execute a program during the installation that I can't seem to trace, so what I'd like to do is to see inside the…
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how to update registry key values in Installshield project using ISWiAuto18.ISWiProject dll?

I have created a program (C# dotnet) which update the different properties (like path Variables) of my MSI (Installshield 2009) project by using ISWiAuto18.ISWiProject like for (int count = 1; count <= m_ISWiProj.ISWiPathVariables.Count; count++) …
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Create an msi for jre by using wix which is to install jre files in my package?

I have jre files which are used by mypackage.msi. I want to create the jre.msi which is another msi called by mypackage.msi. mypackage.msi is created by using wix files. So please do help me in this... I need the wix script for the above…
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Branding InstallShield 2010

I have created a basic MSI project using InstallShield2010. Now, I want the same project for building setup of different brands. Each brand have some information different from another like product name, guid etc. Is it possible to that while…
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