Options for maintenance mode

[MikeFieger]

Hello!

Maybe I´ve missed something, but I just don´t know how Installaware knows which options were set and which were not when the setup runs in maintenance mode to repair a setup.
Can you give me a hint?

Mike

[CandiceJones]

Hi Mike!

If you are referring to options like the setup folder, selected features, and so on - these are stored by InstallAware. So it automatically reloads this information the moment you start a setup in maintenance mode.

Let me know if I understood your question correctly!

[MikeFieger]

Hi!

When our product is installed a desktop shortcut is created when desired:

if Variable CREATE_DESKTOP_SHORTCUT Equals TRUE
Create Shortcut $DESKTOPDIR$\\Start to $TARGETDIR$\\Program.exe
end

When the setup runs in maintenance mode this shortcut shall only be restored if the user told installaware to do so at the previously install.


Now I tried to save and retrieve this information by using 'Define Component' and 'Get Component State' but I could not get this to work.

So the question still is: How can I retrieve an information ('Create Desktop Icon') that the user gave upon install, when I am in maintenance mode (repair)?

[MichaelNesmith]

Hi Mike,

You can store this selection information in the registry, or in a text file...just try the Write/Read Registry commands and Write to/Read from Text File commands.