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Nested Inno Setup exe won't execute

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:19 am
by Dre'
Hi, fairly new to InstallAware, having come from Inno Setup, I am in a bit of a bind: for now I try to nest an old Inno Setup installer inside my new InstallAware installer, by copying in the file, and executing it if a given selection is activated. (I do this because the old Inno setup does a few things which I haven't mastered yet in InstallAware) While debugging I see the file being copied, but notice it never arriving in the targetdir. Then when the debugger claims to execute it, nothing happens, which is obvious. I've removed any spaces from the filename, but haven't removed all spaces from the input filepath yet. Should really matter anyway, should it? (In fact it doesn't: copied it straight from C:\\test.exe, and it still won't copy)

Can anybody please give me an idea what I'm doing wrong?

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:45 am
by MichaelNesmith
InstallAware 101: Purple commands are not executed until Apply Install is called.

For your case, its probably better to use File Bag or add the setup as a support file, so you do not need to install it and can run it directly.

Thanks Guys....

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:00 am
by Dre'
Making it a support file did the job.

Thanks again,


Dre'