Software Deployment

Sean,

You really need to explorer doing VB Script rather than this Wise Script stuff!

I admittedly have not tried setting a Property with the wise script objects since WFWI 3.5x. Frankly I got tired of the frustration, cause it never worked right.

VB Script is native to the installer, and runs quite well.

I would respectfully like to suggest that a copy of the, “Windows 2000 Scripting Guide”, needs to be in your next trip to Amazon.
At least down load the help repository;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=B4CB2678-DAFB-4E30-B2DA-B8814FE2DA5A

Additionally you might like to down load the book "VB/VBA Developer's Guide to the Windows Installer"

Mike Gunderloy has posted his out-of-print book as a free download on his website. He says: "This is a book I did for Sybex, based on the 1.0 release of the Windows Installer. It didn't do especially well in the market, and the rights have reverted to me. So, if you want, you can download the uncorrected galleys and read it for free now. Out of date, but perhaps still useful."

http://www.larkware.com/InstallerBook.zip

I never understood why this book did not take off. At the time of its printing it was the only non –vendor specific Windows Installer book on the market. And in many ways still is. It is still to date the only readable book that I have found that has a good grasp of the basics needed to understand the workings of the MSI.

Good Luck

Regards,

Thanks for the reply.

I DO need to learn VB scripting, but I'm a Delphi coder as well, and SOMETIMES VB frustrates the hell out of me, compared to the visual pascal I'm used to.

I ended up using the Get and Set Windows Installer Property WiseScript actions - although, the Set action hasn;t worked for me yet.

Here's the code I used:

item: Custom Script Item
Filename=Get Windows Installer Property.wse
Variable Name1=_PROPERTYNAME_
Variable Value1=CURRENTLOCATION
Variable Name2=_PROP_VAR_
Variable Value2=CURRENTLOCATION
Variable Name3=HELPFILE
Variable Value3=C:\Program Files\Wise Package Studio\HELP\WiseScriptEditor.chm
end
item: If/While Statement
Value=Len(CURRENTLOCATION) = 1
Flags=00001101
end
item: Custom Script Item
Filename=Set Windows Installer Property.wse
Variable Name1=_PROPERTYNAME_
Variable Value1=CURRENTLOCATION
Variable Name2=HELPFILE
Variable Value2=C:\Program Files\Wise Package Studio\HELP\WiseScriptEditor.chm
Variable Name3=_PROPERTYVAL_
Variable Value3=%CURRENTLOCATION%___
end
item: End Block
end
item: If/While Statement
Value=Len(CURRENTLOCATION) = 2
Flags=00001101
end
item: Custom Script Item
Filename=Set Windows Installer Property.wse
Variable Name1=_PROPERTYNAME_
Variable Value1=CURRENTLOCATION
Variable Name2=HELPFILE
Variable Value2=C:\Program Files\Wise Package Studio\HELP\WiseScriptEditor.chm
Variable Name3=_PROPERTYVAL_
Variable Value3=%CURRENTLOCATION%__
end
item: End Block
end
item: If/While Statement
Value=Len(CURRENTLOCATION) = 3
Flags=00001101
end
item: Custom Script Item
Filename=Set Windows Installer Property.wse
Variable Name1=_PROPERTYNAME_
Variable Value1=CURRENTLOCATION
Variable Name2=HELPFILE
Variable Value2=C:\Program Files\Wise Package Studio\HELP\WiseScriptEditor.chm
Variable Name3=_PROPERTYVAL_
Variable Value3=%CURRENTLOCATION%_
end
item: End Block
end

VB Script is good......except there is no error checking or controls. So if it dont work.....take a shovel and dig :)