\"Removing Applications\"

[Nick]

Using InstallAWARE studio Version 5.0 (Build ponderosa_rtm.051213).

While the installer is installing the components it at one point shows the progress text of "Removing Applications".

That text freaked out our customers and we'd like to change it. I looked through our script and the global strings and couldn't find any reference to it.

Where is this text coming from? How can I change it?

Related to that, it's not really "removing applications", right? What is it doing? Some text that is less generic would be better..

[jimo]

I believe you will find that that is standard text returned from the Windows Installer Service.

[jsmith]

I also did not want our customers to see this text. So I hid it. I added an object rule for the ProgressText control on the Progress dialog to replace that text with somethin innocuous:

IF (ProgressText.Caption = Removing applications) THEN ProgressText.Caption := Finishing up;

It's not perfect; it does flicker a bit and if you're in the know you'll realize that it's displaying "Removing applications" for a brief moment before changing it to "Finishing up," but it's better than it was.

[stevierayhall]

I'm not sure how you add an Object rule. Could you please explain?

Thanks.

Steve

[ulrichard]

Hi Steve,

that's really simple.
- Open the progress dialog in the dialog designer.
- Doubleclick on the ProgressText
- switch to the Object Rules tab
- Add the rule as described in the post.

Rgds
Richard

[stevierayhall]

Thanks Richard!

[jsmith]

I've found that since upgrading to IA9, it no longer tries to print "Removing Applications."

[MichaelNesmith]

That is correct. A lot of customers were freaking out about this final Windows Installer stage - even though no applications were actually being removed - so as a customer centric organization, we figured it best to kill that stage altogether.