Hi All, This is my first try to MakeMsi. my goal is to generate a new msi with productCode & productName changed out of a old msi, and that these 2 MSIs can be...
Hi, ... side ... out ... There is another GUID (http://makemsi- manual.dennisbareis.com/guids.htm) you need to take care of ("UpgradeCode"). If you want to...
Hi all, Just a warning and for your information I will be going on holidays in 2 weeks for about a month. Over that time I may not have Internet access for...
Hi All, I have a minor improvement to the DllCa-C macro: the location of the Platform SDK seems to always be identified by the environment variable INETSDK....
Hi, Thanks for the information, I have included BOTH locations in the new code listed at: http://makemsi-manual.dennisbareis.com/platform_sdk_dir.htm Could you...
Hi Dennis, Thanks for that quick change! It works! I believe these are actually different platform SDKs, although it seems that the Server 2003 Platform SDK is...
I need to include a variation of this sample. When I change this line: #define ProdInfo.Default.OnlyOn WORKSTATION WIN2000+ ;;I wish to reuse "TRYME.VER"...
Hi, I am new to MakeMSI, but not programming. I'm attempting what appears to be a simple task: Create an MSI that will remove an existing local profile and...
Hi, While I haven't reproduced your package to test and generate a log, it would seem that you can take the custom action you have started and make a few...
I'm looking for a way to wrap an MSI in another MSI. Is this possible? Here is the situation I am trying to solve. I have an MSI (my own, generated by...
Merl, Thanks for the tip, it pointed me in the right direction! I realized that my batch file was just one line, so I made it an argument to cmd.exe in my...
Maybe this question is not strictly on topic here (because more MSI related than MakeMsi related), but maybe somebody has a proposal anyway!? My installation...
It seems to me that you may want to solve this within your application, rather than within the installer. After all, you would still have this problem if you...
That would probably work (OK, I'd have to delay executing the config file MSI since Windows Installer can only handle one at a time, but that can be solved). ...
It would work, but it would require rebuilding the MSI for each individual customization. Since rebuilding this MSI takes about 7 minutes each time, doing just...
This may be an odd scenario, but here is what we need... Our clients need to be able to use MAKEMSI without actually installing it. We also cannot permanently...
Hi, If you look at the start of "mm.cmd" you will see the "setlocal" command, this ensures that none of the variables it sets are "permanent" but only "local"...
Hi there and hello Dennis, First I would like to thank the developers and contributors of MakeMSI. This tool is a good fit for me but I still have a lot to...
Hi, There are limitations on one MSI installing another and generally not recommended. A transform is closest to what you want but these are normally external,...
Thank you! This answer sounds to me like I am already at the "bottom" of the issue, i.e.: no "legal" way to do it! Which would be some "System Folder Property"...
A couple of thoughts before you give up: There's the CommonAppDataFolder property: (From Microsoft Documentation): The CommonAppDataFolder property is the full...
Thanks for your thoughts! ... application data for ... Well, this is what I am currently using, and what looks like the desired location I am looking for! But...
Hi, ... Don't know, I will add specific dirs when suggested but for a user configurable item I have done enough now I think. ... I have updated the code to use...
Hi, ... The sample has an issue which I have fixed, see new sample: http://makemsi-manual.dennisbareis.com/trymeaddversionkeywordandlaunchcondition_mm.htm I...
I'd like to have the title and description be based on properties and overriddable via the command line. Is this possible? I've tried Title="[MYAPPNAME]" but...
Hi, I try to figure out how to create a shortcut to a already installed program for some days now, but without full success. It does create a msi (it...
Hi, ... Have a read of: http://makemsi-manual.dennisbareis.com/database_tables.htm Then click on the "Shortcut" link, this is the information that an MSI ...
