InstallAware

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:39 am**

Hi,

At what stage does a persistent variable actually become persistent?

Before or after Apply Install??

I have the following code that does not seem to work:

This happens before prerequisites install... So on every re-boot during prerequisites, the same code get executed, even though I only want it to execute the first time.

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 if Variable DATE_CHECK_PASSED not is Defined 
   Set Persistent Variable DATE_CHECK_PASSED to FALSE


   Do some work. On fail, Terminate Installation 

otherwise

   Set Persistent Variable DATE_CHECK_PASSED to TRUE
 end

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
D.

Posted: **Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:49 am**

Any ideas / help?

Thanks,
D.

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:27 am**

I believe they are persisted only after apply install, if you need to save a value before apply install write the value to the registry or to a text file.

Posted: **Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:31 am**

Thanks,

But doesn't Write to registry also only happen after Apply Install?

I'll try the write to file option then.