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NickDay
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Setting Help Link

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The Project Options : Add-Remove dialog has:

Publisher Name
Contact Name
Help Link
Product Updates Link
Comments, Copyright

My installer switches between OEMs at runtime; is it possible that I can control these values with variables? Otherwise I will have to put in 'vanilla' values which apply to all OEMs which may not be acceptable to them.
giaviv
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Hi Nick,

As with the product code, all these variables are burned into the MSI tables and are not editable at runtime.
The only way to edit them "post-production" would be to edit the MSI tables.
Aviv Giladi
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NickDay
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Might this be a possibility in a later release, Aviv, using the native engine? It would allow us to write more versatile installers.
And in InstallAware 11, could we set these values using compile-time variables please?
giaviv
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Hey NickDay,

You cannot set these with compiler variables because it will cause a discrepancy between the MSI tables and the variables - very error prone.

Thank you for your input - we will consider this for later releases.
Aviv Giladi
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NickDay
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OK, thanks Aviv.
Nick
giaviv
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No worries.
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