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LocalOnly vs Source Install

pasincbob — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:12:42 GMT

Is there any way to prevent the "Run from Source" option from being available to the user during installation? I've tried LocalOnly for components and features

Re: Deploy DLL - GACUTIL

Dennis Bareis — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:15:45 GMT

Hi, ... Does this help?: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2185 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370063(VS.85).aspx This is the MSI

Deploy DLL

itkin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:14:03 GMT

Dear MakeMSi users, I have a question not about MakeMSI. I have written the DLL and I can reguister it on computer manually using GACUTIL. But I need to

Re: ICE03 ERROR Not a valid foreign key; Table: Directory, Column: D

Rob Pilotte — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:54:53 GMT

... I see now. I added the code from your previous link before the FindFile command: <$Property "SOMEDIR" Persist="Y" PersistHow="PRODUCT FOREVER">

Re: ICE03 ERROR Not a valid foreign key; Table: Directory, Column: D

Dennis Bareis — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:48:44 GMT

Hi, ... scripts and get it to build (even with errors), then modify the MSI file to correct any errors. MAKEMSI will save us a lot of time in getting the MSI

Re: ICE03 ERROR Not a valid foreign key; Table: Directory, Column: D

Rob Pilotte — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:39:35 GMT

... ok. I used orca to modify the MSI. I added a new row in the Directory table with SOMEDIR in the Directory field and SourceDir in the DefaultDir field -- I

Re: ICE03 ERROR Not a valid foreign key; Table: Directory, Column: D

Dennis Bareis — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:40:23 GMT

Hi, ... collect these into a new "tip" in the ... Hopefully this new page helps:

Re: ICE03 ERROR Not a valid foreign key; Table: Directory, Column: D

Dennis Bareis — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:56:30 GMT

Hi, ... Directory_Parent, Key(s): INSTALLDIR ... PrimaryFolder="Y"> ... The error message is telling you to look at the "Directory" table, so using orca:

Re: changing default install dir at run-time

Rob Pilotte — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:08:56 GMT

That syntax change will still generate an error at the validation step: Location : line 11 of "C:\Program Files\MakeMsi\Samples\TryMe\Create MSI

Re: changing default install dir at run-time

Dennis Bareis — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:27:52 GMT

... time. ... PrimaryFolder="Y"> ... Files\MakeMsi\Samples\TryMe\Create MSI Installers\TryMe.MM" ... CHANGE="\" PrimaryFolder="Y"> ... Parent=^^[SOMEDIR]^^>

Re: changing default install dir at run-time

Rob Pilotte — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:00:04 GMT

... I also tried removing the quotes from ^[SOMEDIR]^ and got the following error: Location : line 36 of "C:\Program Files\MakeMsi\Samples\TryMe\Create MSI

changing default install dir at run-time

Rob Pilotte — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:46:05 GMT

I am having problems changing the default install directory at run time. If I modify the TryMe.MM file (after the #include "ME.MMH") to include the following:

Re: using FileFind to check existence of directory

Rob Pilotte — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:04:44 GMT

... Replacing your new find.mmh file in the MAKEMSI directory worked. I really appreciate your timely response (and fix!) BTW: I'm running XP Pro service pack

Re: using FileFind to check existence of directory

Dennis Bareis — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:57:06 GMT

Hi, ... package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2228." ... change the File="" to File="test.txt", it works ok -- and the

using FileFind to check existence of directory

Rob Pilotte — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:13:32 GMT

In the help file, I see that we should be able to use the FileFind command to check if a directory exists: <$FileFind File="" Property="SOMEDIR"