Call 'File in Use' Dialog manually
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[font="trebuchet ms"]Can u pls help me in calling the 'File in use' dialog in Basic MSI project.
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[font="trebuchet ms"]When i install my msi with with winword open, the installer launches the 'File in use' dialog. This way it is good.
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[font="trebuchet ms"]But when an instance of winword is opened by someother application(say, When outlook is opened, it might have winword as its editor, so a winword.exe instance will be running), the installer is not showing the 'file in use' dialog. Rather, it is throwing an error.
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[font="trebuchet ms"]So, i created a VBScript CA which checks for any instances of winwor.exe is running and popped up a msg 'Please close any instances of winword, before installing this application', and aborted the installation.
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[font="trebuchet ms"]But I need to provide the user, the option to close the winword instances that are running, rather than just aborting the installation.
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[font="trebuchet ms"]Please help me in achieving this.
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[font="trebuchet ms"]Thanks.
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
15 years ago
Do I have this right, that your script currently prompts the user to close WinWord and then exits? If so, you simply need to alter your script to loop until the WinWord process no longer exists, having prompted the user, and then continue. If it were me, I'd build in a counter and have a 'Cancel' button so that the script can exit the loop after 'x' iterations and the user can cancel the install if they want.
Posted by:
vijayakumar
15 years ago
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[font="trebuchet ms"]Yes, u r right. But i feel this is a workaround for my problem.
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[font="trebuchet ms"]Because at times, the user may wonder how to close the 'winword.exe' instance, since winword is not actually opened(he may not know to close it from task manager). In those cases, if we could show the application which is holding winword(or which needs to be closed), it would be a good choice.
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[font="trebuchet ms"]That's y i thought of using the 'FileinUse' dialog. I believe this dialog does what i said.
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[font="trebuchet ms"]Can't this be achieved??
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[font="trebuchet ms"]Thanks Ian.
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Posted by:
vijayakumar
15 years ago
[font="trebuchet ms"]Any suggesions on this?
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[font="trebuchet ms"]Thanks.
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
15 years ago
As ever, Google to the rescue... search term was:
. "windows installer" "file in use" -appdeploy
http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/archive/2006/12/11/windows-installer-and-restart-manager-msi-files-in-use-v2.aspx
It's do-able but then this is meat-and-potatoes to a hacker like me. You may not want to venture this far for what is utlimately a simple thing to achieve. Most setups are happy to just tell users to close everything.
. "windows installer" "file in use" -appdeploy
http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/archive/2006/12/11/windows-installer-and-restart-manager-msi-files-in-use-v2.aspx
It's do-able but then this is meat-and-potatoes to a hacker like me. You may not want to venture this far for what is utlimately a simple thing to achieve. Most setups are happy to just tell users to close everything.
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