Scripting

Office is one of the few applications that slipstream the updates into memory and then after reboot fully apply them. So even if a user is using office at the time it should still install the update fine. In fact you can't check to see if the Office Applications are in use with Wise.

However, in the future you can check if an exe is in use pretty easily. You can copy the below text and paste it into Wise to see how this is done. I am using notepad.exe as an example.

item: Remark
Text=EXAMPLE SCRIPT TO CHECK FOR A FILE IN USE BEFORE CONTINUING AN INSTALLATION
end
item: Remark
end
item: Remark
Text=CHECK IF THE FILE IS IN USE
end
item: Remark
Text=NOTE: THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK IF THE EXE IS SIMPLY IN MEMORY BUT NOT BEING ACCESSED LIKE FOR OFFICE APPLICATIONS
end
item: Remark
end
item: Custom Script Item
Filename=Check In-use File.wse
Variable Name1=_INUSE_VAR_
Variable Value1=EXCEL_INUSE
Variable Name2=HELPFILE
Variable Value2=C:\Program Files\Wise Package Studio\HELP\WiseScriptEditor.chm
Variable Name3=_INUSE_PATH_
Variable Value3=%SYS32%\NOTEPAD.EXE
end
item: If/While Statement
Variable=EXCEL_INUSE
Value=IN-USE
Flags=00000100
end
item: Remark
Text=HERE IS WHERE YOU WOULD DISPLAY YOUR PROMPT TO THE USER
end
item: Custom Script Item
Filename=Display Progress Message.wse
Variable Name1=_CENTER_
Variable Value1=AB
Variable Name2=_WIDTH_
Variable Value2=250
Variable Name3=_MSG_TITLE_
Variable Value3=FILES IN USE
Variable Name4=HELPFILE
Variable Value4=C:\Program Files\Wise Package Studio\HELP\WiseScriptEditor.chm
Variable Name5=_OPTION_
Variable Value5=B
Variable Name6=_MSG_TEXT_
Variable Value6=THE INSTALLATION CAN NOT PROCEED UNLESS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS ARE CLOSED: EXCEL
Variable Name7=_Y_POS_
Variable Name8=_HEIGHT_
Variable Value8=150
Variable Name9=_X_POS_
end
item: Remark
end
item: If/While Statement
Variable=EXCEL_INUSE
Value=IN-USE
Flags=00110100
end
item: Custom Script Item
Filename=Check In-use File.wse
Variable Name1=_INUSE_VAR_
Variable Value1=EXCEL_INUSE
Variable Name2=HELPFILE
Variable Value2=C:\Program Files\Wise Package Studio\HELP\WiseScriptEditor.chm
Variable Name3=_INUSE_PATH_
Variable Value3=%SYS32%\NOTEPAD.EXE
end
item: Remark
Text=PAUSE FOR A LITTLE WHILE SO PROCESSOR TIME ISN'T HAMMERED THEN CHECK AGAIN
end
item: Custom Script Item
Filename=Pause.wse
Variable Name1=_PAUSE_TIME_
Variable Value1=500
Variable Name2=HELPFILE
Variable Value2=C:\Program Files\Wise Package Studio\HELP\WiseScriptEditor.chm
end
item: End Block
end
item: Custom Script Item
Filename=Display Progress Message.wse
Variable Name1=_CENTER_
Variable Name2=_WIDTH_
Variable Name3=_MSG_TITLE_
Variable Value3=
Variable Name4=HELPFILE
Variable Value4=C:\Program Files\Wise Package Studio\HELP\WiseScriptEditor.chm
Variable Name5=_OPTION_
Variable Value5=A
Variable Name6=_MSG_TEXT_
Variable Name7=_Y_POS_
Variable Name8=_HEIGHT_
Variable Name9=_X_POS_
end
item: End Block
end
item: Remark
end
item: Display Message
Title=DONE
Text=INSTALL COMPLETE
end

can you send me this file in wse extention,for example notepad.wse

I can't attach a file nor do I have your email address. The email option in the forum doesn't seem to allow attachments.