REG: run a program or set of programs before install finish

[lmodern1878]

Hello:

I am on IA 15 Studio Admin and am in the process of repackaging on older install. Once all files are copied we need to run the following in order before the install is done:
1. $TARGETDIR$\MaterAtoms.exe --then--
2. $TARGETDIR$\MakeDesk.exe
3. display the finish

then upon uninstall/repair we need to ensure that all the data from the application folder (including data that the user placed there) is totally purged from the computer. How to ensure this?

thanks for any help:

[FrancescoT]

Dear lmodern1878,

for what concerns your first question, you may use the following code just after the "Apply Install" statement in your main script.

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Apply Install (get result into variable SUCCESS)
     
if Variable SUCCESS Equals COMPLETE
    Run Program $TARGETDIR$\MaterAtoms.exe
    Run Program $TARGETDIR$\MakeDesk.exe
end


*the above sample executes the "EXE" files if the installation completed successfully.
You may eventually use a custom variable to get the value returned by your executables

Regarding your second question, you may use the following code just after the "Apply UnInstall" statement in your main script.

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Recursively Delete Files $TARGETDIR$\*.*

To do the same when the setup gets executed in Repair mode, you may use the following snippet at the very beginning of the "Perform First Time or Maintenance Installation" code region of your main script ( ...and before of any "Install Files" command).

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[DEFINE REGION: Perform First Time or Maintenance Installation]
   
  if Variable MAINTENANCE Equals TRUE
    if Variable REPAIR Equals TRUE
      Recursively Delete Files $TARGETDIR$\*.*
    end
  end
   


Hope this helps you.

Regards

[lmodern1878]

Looks like most of that worked. Thanks. The only thing that failed on this was that the installation folder was left empty. What is the "remove folder" command? thus the ability to delete the now empty folder (in testing "C:\SASIxp32")

[FrancescoT]

Dear lmodern1878,

you may use the approach described with the following thread.
http://www.installaware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10457&hilit=+RemoveDirectory

Regards