I have multilingual installation setup program, where user can select 5 different language. Consider I have installed application in German language. whenever I am uninstall the application or update the previous setup it is launching in German. I would like to know how setup will detect the older installation product language.
In my case I have created a upgrade only installation where it will detect the previous version of the installation and do the major upgrade. In the major upgrade I don't want to display the language dialog. The update should happen in the earlier installed lanugage.
Does installscript has any API to detect the earlier installed applications product language.?
I belive there should be some way to do like that as uninstallation does, Can any body give me some suggestion.
Thanks in advance.
For a pure InstallScript installation, this is tracked in the uninstall key's command line. Look for the /L parameter.
For Windows Installer-based installations, this is remembered automatically by Windows Installer tracking which transforms are applied at initial installation. This includes the language transform.
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Hi we are currently using Quickbuild for our Automation Jobs,apparently as we tried to deploy some changes we are unable to proceed due to this:
Does anyone know how to fix this? I have tried updating our git version to the latest, and I have also tried to install a cygwin latest version, none of this has solved our problem.
https://www.cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings
4.45.
How do I fix find_fast_cwd warnings?
Older Cygwin releases asked users to report problems to the mailing list with the message:
find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report
this problem to the public mailing list cygwin#cygwin.com
Recent Cygwin releases changed this to the message:
This typically occurs if you're using an older Cygwin version on a newer Windows.
Please update to the latest available Cygwin version from https://cygwin.com/.
If the problem persists, please see https://cygwin.com/problems.html.
This is not serious, just a warning that Cygwin may not always be able to exactly emulate all aspects of Unix current directory handling under your Windows release.
Unfortunately some projects and products still distribute older Cygwin releases which may not fully support newer Windows releases, instead of installing the current release from the Cygwin project. They also may not provide any obvious way to keep the Cygwin packages their application uses up to date with fixes for security issues and upgrades.
The solution is simply downloading and running the Cygwin Setup program, following the instructions in the Internet Setup section of ``Setting Up Cygwin'' in the Cygwin User's Guide.
Please exit from all applications before running the Cygwin Setup program. When running Setup, you should not change most of the values presented, just select the Next button in most cases, as you already have a Cygwin release installed, and only want to upgrade your current installation. You should make your own selection if the internet connection to your system requires a proxy; and you must always pick an up to date Cygwin download (mirror) site, preferably the site nearest to your system for faster downloads, as shown, with more details to help you choose, on the Mirror Sites web page.
The Cygwin Setup program will download and apply upgrades to all packages required for Cygwin itself and installed applications. Any problems with applying updates, or the application after updates, should be reported to the project or product supplier for remedial action.
As Cygwin is a volunteer project, unable to provide support for older releases installed by projects or products, it would be helpful to let other users know what project or product you installed, in a quick email.
I use and love cygwin, but every few weeks it notifies me that a new installer is available and I should use it to get the latest bugfixes. But I find this quite annoying because of my company policy, where downloading, installing and running a new .EXE file is a bit of a process due to paranoid company monitoring software.
I am just curious why the installer updates so frequently and what will happen if I don't update it. It is after all just an installer - all it does is it downloads updated packages and installs them (or rather, that is what I believe all it is doing). I do not understand why such a simple tool should have so many fixes/updates over time. If I don't update the installer, will I miss out on updates to the cygwin packages themselves?
I have been using the same cygwin version since years now and not faced any issues.If the application is working as expected then you dont need an update unless you face some trouble or you are migrating to a new windows Os which might have some compatibility issues.
Note : There is no guarantee that there will not be any problems with applying updates and also the cygwin faq section says that after updates issues should be reported to the project or product supplier for remedial action.
https://cygwin.com/faq/
The changes in Setup are usually to improve the functionality or correct some
issue.
See relative Announce:
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2021-April/010021.html
Most of the time, previous version continues to work fine.
Broke of compatibility is very rare.
MPS enables me to build standalone IDEs (see https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/MPSD34/Building+standalone+IDEs+for+your+languages), however Windows builds would definitely need a JDK/JRE. The users get confused with installing Java, etc.
Are there "pre-built" JDKs compatible with MPS (IntelliJ platform)?
What are the approaches to update the bundled Java? IntelliJ platform does have an updater, however does it support updating the Java runtime? The updater is Java-based, so I wonder how does it update Java runtime when using the same runtime.
Can something like JetBrains Toolbox to manage updates of the "third-party" MPS-based IDEs?
PS. I'm using for MPS 2017.3, mbeddr if that matters.
I'm not exactly sure if the are publicly available but you can check JBs teamcity at teamcity.jetbrain.com where all their open source stuff is available.
The updater for intellij performs incremental updates to the jar files. It is not open source and it usually only used to do small updates. If there is a major update like new platform with a bunch of API updates it is not used and the user has to download complete new installer. In MPS the incremental updater is not used. So each MPS updates is complete new IDE to be downloaded by the end user (or JB toolbox).
I don't know how the JB toolbox works but you can use MPS/IntelliJs normal update mechanics to notify users about updates to your custom IDE. In the branding you create for your custom IDE there is field where you can point it to a update location. Which then serves a xml file with the update information. The format is pretty straight forward. Here is a sample. Your IDE will check on start up or at least once a day if an update is available.
I have created an MSI installscript project in Installshield. I went to Project Assistant>Application Files, then added the application files(package) and built Setup.exe to install.
After installed these files, I went back to Project Assistant and added some application files, then i changed the product version for updating. Finally, i built the Setup.exe again. When i run the Setup.exe, the automatic update (Upgrade Window Installer Setup) asked me to update a new version. After finishing, I checked Program Files(x86) and the updating didn't do anything, the old package was still here.
How can i update my new package? Is there any way to disable the Upgrade Window Installer Setup?
Thanks for the help.
In my humble opinion, most likely, you added new files to existing Component with keypath, which didn't change. Also you should check "Add\Remove Programs" snap-in in Control Panel to see if upgrade was applied - there should change version of your product.
So, I recommend you check Components, and re-allocate files to new Components if I had right. Also please read more about Components and Files. Could start from here.
Two words about InstallScript MSI project. From InstallShield documentation: Because this project type uses two different engines, it is more complex than pure InstallScript or Basic MSI installation projects. It is recommended only for advanced users.
So, if possible, use Basic MSI project - it's a bit simpler than InstallScript MSI for begginers.
my question is pretty simple so here it is:
Using InstallShield, whatever version, is there anyway to specify a Service Pack as a System Hardware Requirements?
I can specify Windows 7, so that my installation will not even be launched if the OS is prior to Win7 but I also want to specify a minimal service pack, which seems to be simply impossible to do.
Another... hum inconsistency, is that I can set a certain OS AND service pack requirements for a specific prerequisite but all it does is remove the prerequisite from the installation if its requirements are not met but it won't cancel the installation itself, even if the prerequisite is mandatory... sigh /rant :P
Anyways, if anyone has an idea how to do that with InstallShield, that would be great.
Thanks in advance!
Alex
pls go through this below mentioned link.... for different Install condition
http://blogs.flexerasoftware.com/installtalk/2010/11/using-msi-launch-conditions-to-prevent-installation-on-unsupported-windows-platforms.html