When I try to update my software by running the patch, a maintenance dialog opens up with the option ‘repair’ or ‘uninstall’. Why is this coming up? How do I suppress this window? If I use ‘repair’ to run the patch then update is successful, but when uninstalling later, it asks for the original inst...

In a clean system (win 2k sp4) while running a setup I made, after installing win installer 3.1, I get the following error "Dot Net framework 2.0 could not be installed. Please use windows update to manually install this update on your system. Setup can not continue" Can you suggest what c...

We want to setup the web-update schedule silently without requiring any user-input. In a client server scenario if the server is set to update on Monday and the client on Thursday, they both will be out of sync on Tue-Wed and our application will stop working. Is there anyway we can pass the schedul...

Thanx a lot Alex_Ronquillo...

The command to uninstall SQl Express is ... Install SQL Express (command line: /qb REMOVE=SQL_Engine INSTANCENAME="$INSTANCE_NAME$", get result into variable SQL2005) only problem i am facing is that unlike installation where SQL Express used to get installed silently, here the Window is p...

Look at this link, this might help u.


http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144259.aspx

You have to define these options

SQLACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM"
SQLBROWSERACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM"
SQLBROWSERAUTOSTART=1

Hope this helps....

Hi,
Does any body know how to uninstall SQL Express Instance while uninstalling the application. In MSDE it could be done with the Product key of the Installed verion for that Instance. Is there any way out in SQL Express where by I can uninstall only the Instance that i have Installed.

Hi,
It worked, thanx a lot.

Hi, I have a requirement of creating sub folders under the programs menu. I can create 1 folder now but I want to create multiple folders, But in the designer's Shortcut Folder I can define only one path. So currently what I am getting is------ Programs->My folder->MyFolder 1-> Shortcut to Applicati...

Hi,
I am using "mdPLUGINS" plugin for installing MSDE 2000. I have provided only Instance name and 'sa' login password. Rest of the fields are blank. But MSDE in not being installed. And in the results I am geting the value 1603 and I dont know what this value indicates. Any Idea?

Hi, My requirement is that at a given instance there should be only one instance of the installer running. If someone by mistake double clicks on the same installer EXE it should be stopped there. I tried by checking with “ Check for process “. But the problem is that it will return value for the fi...

I have been able to find out the solution. I have done 2 things while editing "Crystal_regwiz2003.msm" with Orca. 1. In the table "ModuleConfiguration" I have edited the "DefaultValue" column with the lisense key of crystal report(In case it is integrated with .NET it w...

Hi, I have a problem in deploying crystal report for a .NET application. I have used the following merged modules... 1.Crystal_Database_Access2003.msm 2.Crystal_Database_Access2003_enu.msm 3.Crystal_Managed2003.msm 4.Crystal_regwiz2003.msm 5.VC_User_CRT71_RTL_X86_---.msm 6.VC_User_STL71_RTL_X86_---....

I believe it is at this moment non-sense to call functions from a .NET assembly. Except Windows Server 2003/Vista, other Windows do not ship with .NET Framework. In order to make your installer run on all Windows platforms, you should only make use of Win32 DLL. I agree with Gizm0 about running a ....

I know it's been asked and reanswered. Was just hoping someone came up with a work around. You can pull it off in Wise and InstallShield using vbscript - at least for COM. I'm playing around with the plugin template now and am attempting to call a COM DLL from within it. Will post my results. ...An...