Change of text files?
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:17 pm
Hi All,
I am currently using InstallShield Limited Edition that comes with Visual Studio, but I am looking for something better. One of the main requirements is that I need to change a text file that I am installing with the product based on user input at install. The file is a .addin file, which is just xml under the hood, and it has a placeholder for the install location. The user should be able to select a new location to install the product to if they choose and the install needs to replace that placeholder in the .addin file with the final program files location.
One twist to this; I'm currently able to do this in InstallShield limited, but only by creating my own exe to do so and having it run as part of the installer. However the exe does not get the same elevated permissions as the main installer so it can't change anything on a locked down machine (the .addin needs to be in an all users location) and gives a failure.
So can InstallAware do this? and if so what license level would I need to perform this action? I have looked around the site but couldn't find anything definitive on this...
I am currently using InstallShield Limited Edition that comes with Visual Studio, but I am looking for something better. One of the main requirements is that I need to change a text file that I am installing with the product based on user input at install. The file is a .addin file, which is just xml under the hood, and it has a placeholder for the install location. The user should be able to select a new location to install the product to if they choose and the install needs to replace that placeholder in the .addin file with the final program files location.
One twist to this; I'm currently able to do this in InstallShield limited, but only by creating my own exe to do so and having it run as part of the installer. However the exe does not get the same elevated permissions as the main installer so it can't change anything on a locked down machine (the .addin needs to be in an all users location) and gives a failure.
So can InstallAware do this? and if so what license level would I need to perform this action? I have looked around the site but couldn't find anything definitive on this...