A couple of questions

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First of all is Friedrich away. I sent him a PM yesterday and he has not
replied which is unusual. Not to worry.

Anyway my questions ...

1. Is it possible prior to installing to request the installers email
address but verify it for accuracy so far as is possible? And also force
them to enter the address.
2. On completion of the install is it possible to send a standard email to
the installer at that email address? I know I can take them to a website but
I really want to send them a customized email on completion of the
installation.

Thanks

John


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> First of all is Friedrich away. I sent him a PM yesterday and he has not
> replied which is unusual. Not to worry.
>
> Anyway my questions ...
>
> 1. Is it possible prior to installing to request the installers email
> address but verify it for accuracy so far as is possible? And also force
> them to enter the address.
> 2. On completion of the install is it possible to send a standard email to
> the installer at that email address? I know I can take them to a website but
> I really want to send them a customized email on completion of the
> installation.

Hi John,

Probably the easiest way to do both things would be via a custom DLL that
you call from within the SetupBuilder script.


Charles


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>First of all is Friedrich away. I sent him a PM yesterday and he has not
>replied which is unusual. Not to worry.

yeah, once the people are used to get response withing minutes, no matter what
time of the day.... <g>


>1. Is it possible prior to installing to request the installers email
>address but verify it for accuracy so far as is possible? And also force
>them to enter the address.


>2. On completion of the install is it possible to send a standard email to
>the installer at that email address? I know I can take them to a website but
>I really want to send them a customized email on completion of the
>installation.

No idea if that works, but Charles already pointed to a custom DLL.

What I want to point out is that you better do not send a mail from that
customer PC. If you would send directly from there, you then would have had to
integrate your mail credentials into this program! (hmmm, was that
understandable?)

Now lets imagine, your mail account got hacked and you needed to change the PW.
All your installs which had been sent out, but not installed yet, are not
working anymore.

Better run a webserver (Nettalk comes to mind) and make your installer send a
XML-request with the required data. This Webserver is also a mail-client, which
converts the received data into a mail. Because this program is completely
under your control, you are free to change the login / PW, or the mail-server
itself, at any time you want, without breaking any installer. All you need is a
permanent accessible server. And because the traffic is tiny, you can run it
from your office - if you have a stable permanent connection.


Regards,
Wolfgang Orth
www.odata.de

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Hi John,

> First of all is Friedrich away. I sent him a PM yesterday and he has not
> replied which is unusual. Not to worry.

Family meeting to celebrate a protestant Confirmation. Emails + Church =
Devil <g>

> Anyway my questions ...
>
> 1. Is it possible prior to installing to request the installers email
> address but verify it for accuracy so far as is possible? And also force
> them to enter the address.

Sure. But how would you handle this verification scenario WITHOUT
SetupBuilder? We can then help you to convert the process to SetupBuilder,
absolutely no problem.

The standard process for this is: user enters email address, server
generates an unique link, automatically sends it to the registered email
address and waits for confirmation. User clicks link (e.g. from his
standard email client or web email, etc.). This verifies the user and your
server generates a verification code. Server saves the verification
status -- you can retrieve this status (and more information) from the
installer using the "Post to HTTP Server..." script function. User enters
verification code into the setup (or setup can retrieve it from your server)
and the installer continues with the installation process. Over the years
we have done quite a few consulting projects that do exactly this.

> 2. On completion of the install is it possible to send a standard email to
> the installer at that email address? I know I can take them to a website
> but I really want to send them a customized email on completion of the
> installation.

Yes, no problem. The setup can send a completion notification to your
server. Your server can then generate and send a customized email to the
user. The "Post to HTTP Server..." script function can send the data. You
can even send information after the uninstall process.

Friedrich

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Thx Friedrich.

John