Application name from InstallValidate dialogue is different with one from ARP - dialog

I currently met an issue with application name in InstallValidate dialogue (this can be brought up from leaving the application open whilst installing a newer version) is somehow different with the one in Add/Remove Program entry. I've been looking up on google with no luck.
The desired application name display correctly in all other places apart from that InstallValidate dialogue..any idea?

If you're talking about the "files in use" dialog, MSI uses the title of the process's top-level window.

it turns out the reason that listed item in 'file in use' dialog has different name than the one from APR is because it reads from 'file description' of the file.

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Excel says a file is locked by 'another user' and removes macro when opening

I was hoping someone could kindly help me with this issue. I have never faced this before and I am not able to solve it.
We have an Excel file on the network, that up to 10 people daily use, with Excel 365. The file contains a macro that connect to SAP. Until 3 weeks ago, everything was ok, and has been ok for over 6 years.
Now, we hired a new team member, who was given a new PC.
When our new team member tries to open the file on her new machine, there is first a message mentioning there is a problem with the file and proposing to try to recover as much as we can (see picture 1).
Then when she chooses "Yes", she gets another error message mentioning that the file is locked by 'another user'. Oddly enough, it says 'another user', and not the name of that user, and we tested and are 100% nobody else is using the file.
If she then select "Notify" or "Read only", another message pops up, info message from SAP Analysis for Windows.
Finally after she clicks 'OK', the file gets finally opened, but all macro are removed from it. There is a message about the repair:
The log file is added at the end of this post.
We don't understand where the issue exactly is, this is what we tested:
the same new users recently hired can use the file with the macro without any issue on another machine
users that could use the file on their machine, can't on the new machine of our new colleague (for the test, they log in with their own credentials)
other macro files can be opened without any problem on the computer of our new colleague
we have fully reinstalled the computer, and still it bugs...
Log message:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<recoveryLog xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"><logFileName>error242560_01.xml</logFileName><summary>Errors were detected in file 'S:\MyDistriplus\DI SAP OPERATIONS\Création articles\Templates Création\TEst (2).xlsm'</summary><removedParts><removedPart>Removed Part: /xl/vbaProject.bin part. (Visual Basic for Applications (VBA))</removedPart></removedParts></recoveryLog>
The problem is with the machine (the new computer).
Although you've performed a clean installation (reinstalled), you probably installed the same (probably corrupted) version of Windows and Office.
Try to open OneDrive and change this setting:
Try to install the same version of Windows and Office that's installed on the rest of the computers.
Note: Make sure to include all needed apps, addons, and files to the problematic device.
I had a similar issue, although not the locked by another user dialog. Losing the VBA made no sense to me. It turned out my issue was from duplicating a sheet in VBA that contained an image.
I think I was creating a duplicate ListObject entry for the picture, which would crash excel. My solution was to duplicate the image separately.
If your code is duplicating sheets, try removing any ListObjects and see if the problem persists.

RPA Blueprism release file Successfully imported but not visible in processes list

I've successfully imported a *.bprelease file to my Blue Prism environment, but the contents are not visible in processes list.
What can I/should I do to have the contents of the package appear in the list after importing?
This problem lies in a bug in new version of Blue Prism. It is actually quite common, I've seen this happen for a few people in my team. There are two things needed to know to fully understand the problem:
Since 6.3 (the multi-team env. upgrade) when you import an object/process that is not in a group, it will be added to a new group called 'Default'
Blue Prism will not allow you to manually add a group with the name of an existing group (under the same parent group)
If a group with a duplicate name gets created anyway (by an import or by DB command), one of the groups will not be displayed
And that is what happened here.
The easiest thing to resolve this problem is to simply rename the 'Default' folder you see to something else and then refresh the view (hit F5). You should see a new folder pop-up, with your invisible objects.
Alternatively, you could achieve the same results with a couple of SQL scripts, but this is much quicker.
Sometimes even renaming the default folder does not work.
It is because there is a previous object (for example) with the same name, but not assigned to any folder.
We have solved the issue importing the object alone, and chosing "renaming the previous version" option instead of overwriting. So, the object is properly imported and placed in the Default folder, from where you can move it to the right one

How can I use a dialog to define the program group name in Installshield 2015

I am currently trying to expand our installation program with an option for the user to specify the name of the program group where shortcuts are created under the start menu. (I am aware that this is a somewhat outdated concept)
I am using InstallShield 2015.
I created a localizable property named [PROGRAMGROUP_NAME]. This has automatically created an {ID_STRING46} which I've set to the desired default value. So far so good.
I managed to create a custom dialog with an edit control, which is linked to the above property.
Now comes the tricky part: Under Shortcuts, under "Programs Menu" I first want to add a folder with the program group name, under which to place several shortcuts.
If I enter [PROGRAMGROUP_NAME] that is literally what the name becomes. If I use {ID_STRING46}, it uses the default value, and not what I've entered in the dialog.
Incidentally, when I tried to rename ID_STRING46 to something more meaningful, other things started going wrong so I've left that as is.
What is going wrong here? How do I get the value of the property to be used for the folder name?
EDIT
I am trying to use a custom action now, but I have trouble defining it. My Dialog that sets the property is after CostFinalize, so I assume I have to use SetDirectory - but I have trouble defining it. I get an error stating "could not access network location "
EDIT
I've managed to progress a step. I have manually added a directory with key DIRECTORY_PROGRAM_GROUP (important that it's all caps to make it public) to the directory table. Then, I use a custom action to set that directory to the desired value [ProgramMenuFolder][PROGRAM_GROUP_NAME] after I've run my dialog, and I've modified the shortcut to be created in that folder.
Seems to work great, however, now the program group is no longer removed when uninstalling...
Shortcuts are installed to folders, and the name of the folders below ProgramMenuFolder become the program group as you describe it. So you will need to either build up the Directory table (either directly---note that the DefaultDir column is localizable, and there may already be a string you can update---or through the Files and Folders view) to do what you want, or use custom actions (set property, if before costing; set directory, if after costing) to adjust the location to which your shortcut is installed.
As for the problems renaming ID_STRING46, odds are you didn't update a reference after you changed the name of the string. The simplest way to track down where these are may be to examine differences in the built installer (perhaps using InstallShield's MSI Diff) and then update the relevant references using the direct editor if you can't find them in the normal views.

Lightweight Migration, how to set the version?

I ran into my first Core Data versioning problem - learn something every day!
Following instructions found here, I made a new version of the model, added the code for lightweight migration, and then went to set the active version…
Uhhh, where do you do that? The docs don't actually say, and other threads here talk about "click on the main file". WHAT "main file"?
The original xcdatamodel has no version number in it. Is that a problem? Is the Migration Manager still going to be able to figure this out?
All I did was add a field, this seems like a lot of work…
Core Data model files don't use version numbers. The files might include a number in their name, but that's for people to see, Core Data doesn't care about it. It uses entity hashes to compare models.
The "main file" is the .xcdatamodeld that contains all the versions (which have names ending in .xcdatamodel).
Select that then look in the file inspector pane on the right. It has a pop-up menu that you use to select the current version.

SharePoint 2007 - Copy files and assign attributes?

I've got this one thing I'm not really sure where to begin with. In our SharePoint 2007 solution, we've got this project room where each employee has their own folders with their resumé etc. And we want this information to be distributed to their MySite.
I've noticed that I can basically copy the files from one are to the other. But the files in MySite are connected to the corresponding user based on properties of some sort. But they are not regular file properties is seems. When I open all of the files in the MySite files collection, I can see categories such as Title and Name. If I copy a file in there, these properties are blank. And if I manually assign a username to the Name property, the file automatically appears in the correct user's MySite.
Probably horribly explained.. But, is it possible to program this somehow? I would like a nightly or weekly schedule that basically copies the content and assigns the username and title to the correct fields. I can pick up both the title and the username based on the folder names. This I can probably solve later. It's just where to begin that's bothering me. Do I use SharePoint designer? Can I user VB code? Do I have to code at all? I've never developed a thing for SharePoint before. And no, I do not want to be redirected to a basic "Getting started with developing for Sharepoint" site.. Just a simple answer really, on where to begin.
Simple answer: Yes you can use VB. Create Timerjobs.
TimerJobs you can set to start on specific weekdays, specific hours etc. and they do exactly whatever you program them to do.

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