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Hi Guys,

I'm a bit stumped on an issue our testers have identified with Write Registry and Create File Type commands.
Our software creates a File Association for a couple of exes in the registry. We use a shell verb with a DDE command: .

To create the File Association, I used the import feature in design view. When we install the project, the location in the registry where the DDE command should be contains a blank string. If I remove the square brackets and supply the string gets entered into the registry correctly.

The problem is we need the square brackets and I can't seem to find a way to get them to display. I tried to work around the issue by entering the value directly with Write Registry but the same behavior is displayed.

Maybe I have missed something in the help file or is this a issue with Installaware? I'm using IA 9 Studio. I have supplied a test project that replicates the problem.

Regards,

Drew.

File Attached:

My Project1.zip

Hi Drew,

It looks like the characters are being stripped in the registry routines; can you give me an idea why you are looking to put the square brackets in a string? I'll get this logged for a fix with the dev team as soon as possible.

can you give me an idea why you are looking to put the square brackets in a string?

No sorry, I don't really have a reason, other than this is how it was implemented in our previous Wise install script.

I'll get this logged for a fix with the dev team as soon as possible.

Thanks Andy, that would be appreciated

Did you find a solution to this problem?
I'm facing the same thing right now.
The square brackets seem to be required by the default MFC DDE handler.

Hi,

Please try either:
1. Turning on the Native Engine by setting the NATIVE_ENGINE variable to TRUE
2. Storing the string in a variable and writing it directly as part of the variable

I believe the characters [ and ] should be escaped because they ordinarily denote properties (kind of like variables) in the MSI world.

In an case, here is the proper MSI escape sequence:
[\[]Bracket Text[\]] resolves to [Bracket Text].

Hi giaviv,

thanks for answering.
In the meantime I solved it by using the "WriteRegistryPersist" plugin.

Rgds
Richard