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Posted: **Fri May 18, 2007 11:10 am**

I use a script developed with IA 5.5.
Everything was allright. Now I have to upgrade my install, that's why I upgrade IA to 6.6 but I met some troubles.
I explain to you my problem.

In my my script I use a sub-script A which calls a sub-script B like that:

Main script:

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include sub-scriptA

sub-scriptA:

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set Variable SPE to A
include sub-scriptB

set Variable SPE to B
include sub-scriptB

set Variable SPE to C
include sub-scriptB

subscriptB:

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Edit ini file $TARGETDIR$\\MyIniFile.ini, [PREFIX_$SPE$] title=blabla
Edit ini file $TARGETDIR$\\MyIniFile.ini, [PREFIX_$SPE$] description=blablabla

this was perfectly working with IA 5.5, but whith IA 6.6, I obtain only
[PREFIX_C] title=blabla
[PREFIX_C] description=blablabla

do you know what happened ?

Posted: **Tue May 22, 2007 6:32 pm**

The problem is that the command you are "looping over" is an MSI command. InstallAware will generate only one database entry for this command when setup is running. The 5.5 version used a less efficient database generation method, which ironically made this code work for you.

What happens at runtime is that the actual code runs, but only the last "iteration" of the code actually has any effect. Please read this whitepaper for the answers to "why":

http://www.installaware.com/msicode_scr ... nology.pdf

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:51 am**

Thanks for your help.
I have "broken" the loop, and it's working.

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troubles with IA 6.6

troubles with IA 6.6