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Change Installation Location of UWP app from Installshield

I have created a WPF desktop app and generate MSI build using Installshield. I have created an MSI setup to install my app in C:\MyApp\ location instead of using program files. It is working fine as expected. Then I have generated & tested a UWP…
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Create SQL connection using Install Script in InstallShield project

In InstallShiled setup project we have certain requirement that we need to validate any specific DataBase is exist or not on given SQL Server. For that we are using below Install Script: szADOConnObjID = "ADODB.Connection"; set pADOConnObj =…
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calling a C# custom action from InstallShield getting error can't find InstallShield.Interop.Msi

I've an extremely simple installer set up that tries to call a custom action (Call a public method in a managed assembly) and yet when I call it I get the error: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> …
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msiexec parameters via setup.exe to create log not working

I'm trying to get a log from my install that uses a setup.exe. I can get a log with just setup.exe /V"/l\*v c:\temp\installlog.txt", but I want to pass the x parameter as well to get "Extra debugging information" and when I try setup.exe /V"/l*vx…
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ISDEV : fatal error -1027: Failed signing .dll

I know the answer to this question (which I'll post below the question). When I googled this error message nothing came up so I thought this might help someone else in the future. Here's the original problem: I just switched build platforms (from…
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How to show installer log file on installshield wizard finish screen?

I'm using below command to launch my installer from command prompt: msiexec /i "myproduct.msi" /l*v install.log Since I'm using /l*v option so installer automatically shows me a check box on the finish screen having its label as "Show the Windows…
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Install shield taking time in ResolveSource

Installing our software in certain machines is taking too much of time. When looking the install logs, the time is showing in ResolveSource custom action. The problem is not happening in all machines. It's happening very rarely in certain PC's. What…
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How to check whether a string contains a substring in installshield

I am having a following string like, C:\program files(x86)\MySoftware\Version10.0\bin C:\program files(x86)\MySoftware\Version20.0\bin C:\program files(x86)\MySoftware\Version30.0\bin The version number is random and will vary each time. I cannot…
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How to uninstall Chained .msi packages

Recently we added a chained .msi package to our installshield code. This .msi package is created in WIX installer. When installing our product, this msi setup is installed properly. But while uninstalling the main product this doesn't get…
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With InstallShield, how can I 'force' specific dynamically linked files to overwrite files of a higher version?

I have a Basic MSI Project that is being used to install an application. Due to various reasons this package includes a JRE. Within the InstallShield2016 project the packaged JRE is represented by a Component. The files that make up the JRE…
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Installation progress status messages from InstallShield Suite Installer

I have my own Updater.exe that launches the InstallShield Suite Installer (which is embedded with two other InstallShield MSIs). I would like to get the installation progress status messages from Suite Installer and show in my Updater.exe UI. Is…
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InstallShield 2016 Pro, service won't install with multiple features

I've created a installer to publish a web application. That works without any issue. I've created a separate installer to install a windows service. That also works without any issue. Since they are tightly related from a business perspective, I…
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RegAsm.exe unable to register Dll through installshield 2016

We have installshield 2016 and inside this we are running installer script. That script is call through custom action. So we are written following commnad to register "mydll.dll" as below mentioned…
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InstallShield 2016 not installing Service

I am trying to configure and install a service in InstallShield 2016. I added the service using the component wizard. When I ran the installer, the Window Installer popup appeared on my screen with the different options that could be passed to the…
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DLLs are not replaced during minor upgrade

During minor upgrade I'm getting the following error: SELMGR: ComponentId '{C1B06529-966C-2A82-EF0C-A5CFA0113872}' is registered to feature 'X', but is not present in the Component table. Removal of components from a feature is not supported! I…
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