how can I keep a dll resident in memory?

[sfoxover]

Hi,

Is there any way to keep a dll or plug-in resident in memory for the duration of the install. I have an exported function call that I run as soon as the installer loads. I then want to call the dll again after I insert a custom dialog. I have a lot of data persisted in the dll that I do not want to convert into a format that can be persisted in the InstallAware script. Is there any way to keep this dll alive for the entire install session?

Regards

Steve

[MichaelNesmith]

I am afraid you cannot - may I suggest for convenience your DLL save state information to a file in $SUPPORTDIR$ - it will then be deleted automatically when setup is finished.