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Thursday, September 04, 2008 4:18 PM

Common Task: Optionally Cleanup User Data on Uninstall

This is a common scenario... Your application, when it runs, creates log files, registry entries, and customized data files on the machine. These are files that were not installed by the installer. Therefore when you go to uninstall, these files would...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:26 PM

I'm a slacker!

I was reminded that I haven't posted in a while and that I've been a slacker. I profusely apologize and hereby seek to remedy that situation. So here's what I've been up to... Why should you avoid using the TypeLib table ? I have a customer...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:26 AM

Customizing the PathEdit and DirectoryCombo controls to validate path entries

My last post Common Tasks: Validating a Path received this comment from HookEm: Two of your 5 conditions can be handled without a custom action using the native MSI controls: "Must be less than 200 characters in length": see the Text property...
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Friday, May 02, 2008 8:44 AM

Basic Introduction to InstallShield and Windows Installer

The scenario here is that the previous install developer won the lottery and ran off to Bimini with his girlfriend, leaving YOU the job of taking over a dozen different InstallShield 12 install projects. Let's assume you know very little about installer...
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