Running an external exe

[Stephen Ibbs]

As part of the installation process I need to interrogate a DBF data table (holding data about our products) and abort the installation if the data comes back invalid. My idea is to write and run a small exe somewhere in the installation. This exe checks the data table and if valid, stores a small file somewhere. The installation then checks for the presence of this file, and if found, continues, otherwise the installation aborts.

If this idea is feasible, and there isn't a better way, how do I run an external exe in Installaware and pause until the exe has finished and either created the semaphore file or not.

Thanks

Stephen

[MichaelNesmith]

Its a simple checkbox in the Run Program command.