FireWall Exceptions

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I initially install to an upgrades folder.

When adding to the firewall exceptions, do I manually enter
%_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Process.exe
or use the pick list that defines it as
%_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Upgrades\Process.exe

The end result is that I want the exception for the Application Folder
%_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Process.exe

Sooo, which one to do the trick?

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Dan Scott
Garage Partner Pro
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Hi Dan,

> I initially install to an upgrades folder.
>
> When adding to the firewall exceptions, do I manually enter
> %_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Process.exe
> or use the pick list that defines it as
> %_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Upgrades\Process.exe
>
> The end result is that I want the exception for the Application Folder
> %_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Process.exe
>
> Sooo, which one to do the trick?

If your Process.exe application is located in %_SB_INSTALLDIR% then you add
%_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Process.exe to the Windows Firewall Exception List. You
can't add a "folder" to the firewall exception list, only an application (or
a port). If Process.exe is located in %_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Upgrades then you
add %_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Upgrades\Process.exe to the list.

BTW, where is this "pick list" that defines it as
%_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Upgrades\Process.exe?

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Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
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Friedrich

Wrong Terminolgy, When picking the File for Exception, the only place
install files are listed is in my
Application Folder\Upgrades folder, They don't get to the application folder
until after my programs are run after install. I use AutoNet,
so that is where the files are initially installed so the network can find
them to do the actual upgrades.
Seems to work fine using %_SB_INSTALLDIR%\Process.exe
--
Dan Scott
Garage Partner Pro
www.garagepartner.com

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Any way for SetupBuilder to know an EXE is included in the *.* that is being
installed?
Then, it can be "picked" from the drop list in the exceptions.

I changed my install to exclude *.exe, and then added all my exe's
separately, so they could be added to the firewall settings.
(suppose I could have typed them in, but being a programmer, I cannot spell,
so I really like pickers! HA!)

Thanks,
-Glenn.

*** Programmers need not spell acurately (acruately? accurattely?
correctly!),
*** only consistantly (consestently? u know... same all the
time...).

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Hi Glenn,

> Any way for SetupBuilder to know an EXE is included in the *.* that is
> being installed?
> Then, it can be "picked" from the drop list in the exceptions.
>
> I changed my install to exclude *.exe, and then added all my exe's
> separately, so they could be added to the firewall settings.
> (suppose I could have typed them in, but being a programmer, I cannot
> spell, so I really like pickers! HA!)

If you have defined the file(s) in the Files and Folders Visualizer then you
can use the "Browse for File" dialog in the Firewall Exception dialog to
select the file(s).

If you are using wildcards, then this is not possible because the files are
linked-in dynamically at "compile-time", not "design-time".

So <Ctrl>+<right mouse> to select the folder variable and then entering the
filename is the recommended way to handle this.

HTH,
Friedrich

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Makes perfect sense.
Thanks!

Glenn Paschal