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I found a previous post from Linder who mentioned an undocumented feature for doing this.

Note I think that all dialog box control IDs should be documented in common definitions or...

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I would like to disable a checkbox based on conditions set in my script. I've got the conditional logic down, but I don't know what the control ID is for the check boxes using the standard...

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Here's what I'm after, I have 3 versions of the application and what I want to do is the following:
1) if any version in installed and there is no previous version, run it just like a...

Well, I'm a bit late to the party on this one but here's for nothing:

If you have a different configuration of a software (example: you want one build with a help file included and one without),...

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I've been fighting with this for the last several hours and here's the flow:

1) User selects from radio buttons and the response is stored in variables on next (if option 1 set variable 1 =...

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Just got the latest beta in an XP vm today for testing and at least to me the drop-down arrow to the right of the toolbar's "Open" button (that results in a "Pick" screen) seems a bit smashed...

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I recently came across an old version of InstallShield (around the 11.x days) and thought I'd give it a try to see if I could acquire a taste for it (nope! still don't like it) and in my...

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I am curious if SB can be run on windows terminal services? My reasoning for this is that I want to load my current production license into a terminal server where I can run it as remote...

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I'm curious how I can clone an existing dialog (say the topics dialog for example) to use in the Visual Dialog editor to allow me to take all the functionality then say add a small graphic...

I am curious as to the following:

How do I loop a dialog? As to say I've got a text box dialog that is supposed to act as a "User Check" meaning that they will read through a bunch of screens...

I'm honestly excited for what the new versions might bring. Friedrich, You folks are amazing (I still don't use anything else to build my installs)

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I often need to re-deploy installations made by others in my organization using the advanced installation features of SB and recently I found a wonderful "free to use" tool called...

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I’d like to check if a service pack is installed on the target OS (if so, which service pack). How can i do this?

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As of right now, the included SB uninstaller cannot add components to an existing deployment, remove only certain features of an existing deployment, or repair the existing feature set. As a...

Thanks for that! At least I know ive not lost my mind :)

So, I’m working on a huge installation project and when I go to debug it, it seems as if it’s reading that the installer is in the installation folder for my SB program. The reason why this is a bit...

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I’ve managed to DIY a solution together using Microsoft cab files and a free extraction program. So now on my files are grouped into appropriate cab files, and then at set up time based on the...

Just wanted to take a minute and say that you’re welcome for any help that I was able to provide as well as if I was able to point you at least in the right direction if not answer your question out...

How to get “and” as well as “or” conditions is



variableName
comparison


test value
next step (then, and, or) as a drop down list

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Can you point me in the direction of a few suggestions? I use fileMaker for my database applications, but would like to expand my skills

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I actually had this very same question in relation to the ready to install dialogue myself. And basically the trick is that you want the following


if %SB_DIALOGNEXID% = $REGISTER$ then...

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I am curious if there exists a programming language or even tools that use existing languages that work how set up builder works? Mostly working in point and click visual areas but if need...

1. As far as I can reasonably tell, this is a hard limit with the welcome dialogue.
2. I’ve used external RTF files that get combined into the set up at compile time slightly larger than that and...

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Well my 33k+ line script monster has been tamed and ultimately re-done using the *.* trick linder provided :). I’m compiling now to give it a run. That compile will take 4+ hours on my...

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So in my latest internal project, there are several large files and during the install the second progress bar displays which seems to track the copy of large files. My question is what...