InstallShield 11.5 - reg entries from standard.nir do not make it into my ISM
Hello
I have recently realized the problem with a repackage I am working on is because a lot of entries are missing. I used repackager (InstallShield 11.5/AdminStudio 7.5) in a two step snapshot and this generated a big standard.nir, and after cleaning a few minor things with that I built my ISM and all seemed fine except the final package will not work. If I export the HKCR keys from the final package, even if unattended the size is much smaller than if I save only the HKCR keys from the Standard.nir. It took a few minutes but I eventually confirmed my suspicious by comparing a few random keys and found several that were definitely missing.
Does anyone know why some entries would be missing from HKCR that were originally in the Standard.nir, when I never excluded anything from HKCR?
As for a work around I think I will attempt to re-import the HKCR keys copied manually from the standard.nir file, but would still like to know what gives??
Thank you
I have recently realized the problem with a repackage I am working on is because a lot of entries are missing. I used repackager (InstallShield 11.5/AdminStudio 7.5) in a two step snapshot and this generated a big standard.nir, and after cleaning a few minor things with that I built my ISM and all seemed fine except the final package will not work. If I export the HKCR keys from the final package, even if unattended the size is much smaller than if I save only the HKCR keys from the Standard.nir. It took a few minutes but I eventually confirmed my suspicious by comparing a few random keys and found several that were definitely missing.
Does anyone know why some entries would be missing from HKCR that were originally in the Standard.nir, when I never excluded anything from HKCR?
As for a work around I think I will attempt to re-import the HKCR keys copied manually from the standard.nir file, but would still like to know what gives??
Thank you
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Posted by:
turbokitty
15 years ago
HKCR is a merging of HKLM\Software\Classes and HKCU\Software\Classs. Could the NIR be sorting the keys differently?
Posted by:
bspies
15 years ago
I do not think so, unless it is not an obvious process. The file is just a regedit4 file renamed to "standard.nir". If I open it with a text editor I see entries for HKCR under [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT] and none of these are listed under HKLM. I know that is how Windows really works but even under the Editor of the final project the registry keys are listed seperately from HKLM.
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
15 years ago
So the obvious question is, what happens if you change the header from 'HKCR' to 'HKLM\Software\Classes'?
Posted by:
bspies
15 years ago
Well that is not how the product works, but I tried it anyway and, it does not work. Now nothing from those entries gets imported.
A consultant I work with just told me older versions of InstallShield had a similar problem to this, and that he had to re-import the registry keys afterwards as I think I will have to do now.
I sure wish this client I am working for switched to Wise...
A consultant I work with just told me older versions of InstallShield had a similar problem to this, and that he had to re-import the registry keys afterwards as I think I will have to do now.
I sure wish this client I am working for switched to Wise...
Posted by:
turbokitty
15 years ago
I think you should post this issue in the Acresso forums. I've used Installshield for about 8 years and I've never seen this problem. I wouldn't jump to any conclusions just yet.
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
15 years ago
I sure wish this client I am working for switched to Wise...As a user of both products, I can tell you that all that would achieve is the xchange of one set of issues for another.
Posted by:
Inabus
15 years ago
If you have captured HKCR then half of that stuff would of gone into the relevant advertisinig tables, thus meaning the end result of how big your HKCR hive is would be small after the repackager has associated stuff to the various different MSI tables.
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Posted by:
bspies
15 years ago
some of the missing registry entries are for file associations so I do not think that is the case (that they are just in some other table etc). Also I have spoken with two people now that tell me in AdminStudio 7 and 7.5 this was a known issue, and fixed in later releases. I cannot find anything online to show my client this though. Apparently they have maintenace so I am going to try and get them to upgrade to 9.0.
Thank you for your replies.
Thank you for your replies.
Posted by:
turbokitty
15 years ago
Installshield is famous for bugs.
In the meantime, download the latest trial. It's good for 21 days and it isn't crippled. That way you can get on with this package while you wait for maintenance.
In the meantime, download the latest trial. It's good for 21 days and it isn't crippled. That way you can get on with this package while you wait for maintenance.
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
15 years ago
two people now that tell me in AdminStudio 7 and 7.5 this was a known issue, and fixed in later releases.Had your 'Subject' line mentioned 7.5 instead of 11.5 perhaps you could have saved some time....
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