![]() ![]() I am an Architect with expertise in Application Life Cycle Management. I only hope that Setup Developers will give InstallScript a second chance. Now that's what I call Hard Core Setup Engineering.Ĭongratulations InstallShield. No C++ to write, no CLR to invoke, no configuration of the system such as COM registration or putting assemblies in the GAC needed to call your managed code. How easy could that be? No ActiveScript to blow 1720 error messages at you. Set m圜lass = CoCreateObjectDotNet( supportDir ^ "myassembly.dll", "myNameSpace.m圜lass" ) MsiGetProperty( handleInstaller, "CustomActionData", supportDir, bufferSize ) After building the assembly you simply drop this assembly in your SUPPORTDIR view ( No COM Registration Required! ) And call it from our InstallScript: ![]() It basically works like this: Your write a class in VB.NET/C# and declarate it with. a Domain Specific C-like scripting language ( I'm not sure why they call it script anymore, it doesn't really have a scripting engine! ) that gives you an integrated IDE, Compiler, Linker, Debugger, a host of functions, simplistic datatypes, and the ability to easily invoke Native Win32API, COM and Managed Code all in one package with easy access to the MSIHANDLE.Ī couple versions back InstallScript added the CoCreateDotNet() function. Imagine all of the glory of InstallScript. These means the only real difference between a C++ custom action created in VS6.0 and an InstallScript Custom Action is how much time and effort to took to write it. I am pleased to report that both of these problems are HISTORY! InstallScript CustomActions now compile to Type 1 Custom Actions. ![]() msiĢ) The ISScript engine had so many bugs in it that it spawned a support website of its own. The 2 biggest problems with InstallScript have been:ġ) The need to bootstrap a scripting runtime. ![]() I think you'll like it enough to pass it along to other developers who have lost faith in InstallShield. Ok, I know, you might be saying 'Yuck, InstallScript' or 'Yuck, Script!' But give me a second here to explain. Buried in the "what's new" for IS12 (Beta) is this little blurb: In previous postings I've rambled on about the search for the Holy Grail of Custom Actions. ![]()
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