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    Re: Run Program - Redirect Stdout Stderr

    My documentation must be way out of date and the Run Command must be buried. Can you point me to the command? Thx.
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    Re: Run Program - Redirect Stdout Stderr

    Sorry, I'm not getting it. Here's an example of what I'm trying to do (attachment).

    Stdout and stderr appear to get tossed.

    Thx.
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    Run Program - Redirect Stdout Stderr

    Hello,
    Is it possible to redirect stdout and stderr from an application that is launched with Run Program?

    e.g. Run Program c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c dir >> c:\foo.log

    "foo.log" doesn't...
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    Instr case insensitive

    I'm searching for a pattern in the path environment variable, using Instr. It appears to be case sensitive, but of course we know that Windows doesn't distinguish between C: and c:. Is there a way...
  5. Thread: Product Icon

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    Product Icon

    Is it possible to embed and assign a product icon? If the "Display Icon" is the method, then there's something I'm doing wrong, because it doesn't work (can sb5 extract an icon out of an ico file?).
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    Re: Blocking command line compile

    Hmmm... maybe it's just so fast that it returns in 2 secs! I'll check it out. Thx.
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    Re: Blocking command line compile

    Can you please post the fix for command line compiling to wait before returning? Thx.

    Also, is a log file generated to indicate compile success or problems/failure?
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    Set Variable - Bitwise OR

    Is there an operand to easily set a variable using bitwise OR's?

    I have a number of contants describing the positions in a checkbox variable. E.g.

    #set compiler variable [OPTION1] = "1"
    #set...
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    Variable Initialization

    Do Variables need to be initialized to 0 or ""?

    If my own variable already has a non-zero or non-null value at script entry, is it reasonable to expect that it was set by a command line option?
  10. Reboot & Continue, but oops, media has been removed

    Hello,

    Is there a way to check if the media where [EXENAME] was invoked still exists?

    Or perhaps, is there a way to identify the path to [EXENAME] so that I can check if the File-path exists?
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    Re: Can I set an expiry date for the EXE?

    It would be helpful if the document, sbuilder.pdf, refers to any relevant examples. I've been caught in this trap in the past myself. Sbuilder.pdf is the primary reference that I utilize. Thx.
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    Invoking Uninstall with /U

    Hello (Friederich),

    From the FAQ and documentation for invoking uninstall, the log is passed in via the /U paramenter.
    ref:...
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    Wait Dialog Hangs / Deadlocks

    Hello,

    I ran into an anomaly where I followed a Wait Dialog Display (Open) with another (instead of Wait Dialog Update Status Text). My install script hung.

    Admittedly, this was a sloppy...
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    Positioning a Dialog

    Is it possible to position a dialog? Ideally one could specifiy, TopLeft, TopRight, BottomLeft, and BottomRight, besides Center, or using coordinates.
    Thx.
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    Re: MessageBox + Checkbox Option

    Checkboxes don't work. I need to supply a paragraph of text, and Checkboxes cuts you off after a line or two (don't remember exactly).

    It would be nice to understand how Dialogs are constructed,...
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    MessageBox + Checkbox Option

    I'd like to add a MessageBox with a single Checkbox option. Is there a way to construct a dialog (and how)? Or is one constrained to the Define Wizard Dialog options?
    Thx.
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    Re: Removing Read-Only Attribute on a File

    Hello Friedrich,

    Adding a "Remove read-only attribute" option to "Delete Local File(s)" was a good thing. Can you add it to "Delete Folder Tree" as well?

    Many Thanks.
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    Displaying an Image During Installation

    There's a bit of trickiness during my installation and, well, a picture is worth a thousand words.

    Is there any way to post a window with my bitmap, say as part of a wait or messagebox dialog?
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    #include and compiler variable

    Can you embed a compiler variable into a #include?
    e.g.

    #set compiler variable [SCRIPTDIR] = D:\SB5_Projects
    #include script "[SCRIPTDIR]\Test.sbi"

    The compiler is throwing an error because...
  20. Thread: Unattended

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    Unattended

    Is there a way to run an sb5 script "unattended", like an Installshield .iss file... that is, to be able to record inputs the first time, and then use the file for inputs on subsequent executions? ...
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    Re: How to set debug breakpoints

    Yes, breakpoints(!) and the ability to change the PC (program counter) so that variables can be changed and the logic be re-executed w/o having to restart the script!
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    Default Radio Buttons (Dialog)

    When I create a Radio Buttons Dialog, it is posted with no options selected. Is it possible to set a default so that one of them (e.g. the first) is selected?
    Thx
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    Product Code/GUID Search/Extraction

    I need to uninstall 'some' previous version of ActivePerl.

    I can 'Run Program' msiexec.exe, but need to extract the uninstall command from the registry. "Ideally, Get Registry Key Value" would...
  24. Re: Passing a Constant or Variable Name to Install File(s)

    Thx. Works Great!
  25. Passing a Constant or Variable Name to Install File(s)

    I have a file which I wish to "Install", whose name will change from time to time. I'd like set a constant (or variable) to the name, so that I can easily change it, and avoid doing a massive...
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