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03-13-2007, 05:59 AM
You folks are going to ban me before I am able to get this mess straight.
But seeing you haven't as of yet I have a good one and I know it has to do
with the manifest and Makeover.
SetupBuilder 6 with the Vista manifest and program code signing. The
applications we sell are all compiled in Clarion 55. I also have the code
signing for the installation. There are eight (8) different applications
and the same number of installation files.
I tested the installs on 3 of the 6 computers I have access to at this time.
1 XP Home SP2,
1 XP Media SP2, This is my workstation,
1 Vista Home Premium Upgrade.
Every installation worked properly on all the above workstations. After
some struggles and a lot of guidance I uploaded all of the new installs to
my site. I received an email from on of my loyal customers thanking me for
the bug fix but he was concerned that the checkboxes were just 'black
rectangles'.
I had not seen the problem so I tried the two computers I had not used for
the tests. Please take a look at the attached GIF file. I then downloaded
all of the new installations and ran them. Every program had the same
problem except one.
After a lot of frustration looking at the checkbox properties I could not
see a difference in the problem programs and the one that was fine. So I
looked at the install. I had used a template for all but had not changed
the file path for the manifest file. So with the program that did not have
the 'black rectangles' the Vista manifest was not pointing to the correct
file.
That is the only difference. I have never experienced a problem with video
cards and/or monitors since the days of DOS. I do have Capesoft's Makeover.
I remarked the Vista manifest and the program code signing line and
recompiled the install. But that did not make any difference.
I then disabled Makeover. That made a difference.
So I then experimented. The results I found is:
1. Makeover must be disabled, and
2. The Vista manifest must not be included.
Either one of these will result in the check box displaying as "black
rectangles".
Then there are certain combinations of video and monitor that do work fine
regardless of the manifest or presence of Makeover.
I can not believe no one else has seen this. Is it a 55 problem that will
disappear when the move to 6 is complete? I like Makeover because I can
highlight required fields using a different color. I do not want to make
any changes to the 55 apps but move to 6.
I have uploaded all of my installations built with version 4 of
SetupBuilder. I installed over one problem installation and I do not have a
problem. Other than the fact I can't use the better installation created
with SetupBuilder 6 and the certificates.
The program code signing doesn't make a difference one of or the other. Can
it be included without the Vista manifest?
Any ideas?
Is this a Clarion 55 problem that will clear up when I move to 6.X?
Bob
But seeing you haven't as of yet I have a good one and I know it has to do
with the manifest and Makeover.
SetupBuilder 6 with the Vista manifest and program code signing. The
applications we sell are all compiled in Clarion 55. I also have the code
signing for the installation. There are eight (8) different applications
and the same number of installation files.
I tested the installs on 3 of the 6 computers I have access to at this time.
1 XP Home SP2,
1 XP Media SP2, This is my workstation,
1 Vista Home Premium Upgrade.
Every installation worked properly on all the above workstations. After
some struggles and a lot of guidance I uploaded all of the new installs to
my site. I received an email from on of my loyal customers thanking me for
the bug fix but he was concerned that the checkboxes were just 'black
rectangles'.
I had not seen the problem so I tried the two computers I had not used for
the tests. Please take a look at the attached GIF file. I then downloaded
all of the new installations and ran them. Every program had the same
problem except one.
After a lot of frustration looking at the checkbox properties I could not
see a difference in the problem programs and the one that was fine. So I
looked at the install. I had used a template for all but had not changed
the file path for the manifest file. So with the program that did not have
the 'black rectangles' the Vista manifest was not pointing to the correct
file.
That is the only difference. I have never experienced a problem with video
cards and/or monitors since the days of DOS. I do have Capesoft's Makeover.
I remarked the Vista manifest and the program code signing line and
recompiled the install. But that did not make any difference.
I then disabled Makeover. That made a difference.
So I then experimented. The results I found is:
1. Makeover must be disabled, and
2. The Vista manifest must not be included.
Either one of these will result in the check box displaying as "black
rectangles".
Then there are certain combinations of video and monitor that do work fine
regardless of the manifest or presence of Makeover.
I can not believe no one else has seen this. Is it a 55 problem that will
disappear when the move to 6 is complete? I like Makeover because I can
highlight required fields using a different color. I do not want to make
any changes to the 55 apps but move to 6.
I have uploaded all of my installations built with version 4 of
SetupBuilder. I installed over one problem installation and I do not have a
problem. Other than the fact I can't use the better installation created
with SetupBuilder 6 and the certificates.
The program code signing doesn't make a difference one of or the other. Can
it be included without the Vista manifest?
Any ideas?
Is this a Clarion 55 problem that will clear up when I move to 6.X?
Bob