ReadMe dialog

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Hi Friedrich,

On the ReadMe dialog box there is a checkbox "Read Readme File from
Absolute Path (RTF only), see http://screencast.com/t/VDp12OhNWh

I tried it and when I ran the install in test mode the install crashed!
This checkbox is not in the documentation so I'm not sure exactly what
it does.

I was having some issues with this file so I checked this to see what
happened;) My _guess_ is that it makes the installer read the rtf file
from a specific path on the target machine?

Question: Is it possible to detect when the installer is in "test"
mode, i.e. after you click the "Test" button in the SB toolbar? When
doing quick tests I don't always want it to show me all the dialog
boxes, so it would be cool to be able to use something like:

#ifdef TESTMODE Equals "1" Then
Define Wizard Dialog "WELCOME" (Welcome)
Define Wizard Dialog "PASSWORD" (Password) (%_SB_PASSWORD%)
Define Wizard Dialog "LICENSE" (License Agreement)
#end

to skip those 3 dialogs.

Best regards,

--
Arnor Baldvinsson
Icetips Alta LLC

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Arnor,

For detecting test mode, check "Retrieve Installer Flag" from the
documentation:

/*
! Is the installer running in TEST mode?

If %_SB_INSTALLERFLAG% Equals "1" on Position "$SB_TESTMODEFLAG$" Then
Display Message Box "This demo cannot be run in test mode!" -- "Test
Mode"
Exit Installation
End
*/

I think your best bet with the wizard dialogs would be to hide them in test
mode.

As for "absolute", from the "License Agreement Dialog" topic:

"Read License Agreement File from Absolute Path (RTF only)

[in] If this checkbox is marked, the installer reads the license agreement
from a file located on the target machine. For example:
local://%TMPDIR%\license.txt. "

HTH,

jf

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> If %_SB_INSTALLERFLAG% Equals "1" on Position "$SB_TESTMODEFLAG$" Then
> Display Message Box "This demo cannot be run in test mode!" -- "Test
> Mode"
> Exit Installation
> End

When I use:

If %_SB_INSTALLERFLAG% Equals "1" on Position "$SB_TESTMODEFLAG$" Then
Display Message Box "This is in test mode." -- "Test"
End

I get:

ITUtilities.sbp(31): error GEN1007: Reference to constant
$SB_TESTMODEFLAG$ has not been previously defined.

I wonder if some project or IDE settings need to be changed... This is
in SB 10.latest build.

> "Read License Agreement File from Absolute Path (RTF only)
>
> [in] If this checkbox is marked, the installer reads the license
> agreement from a file located on the target machine. For example:
> local://%TMPDIR%\license.txt. "

Thought as much:)

Best regards,

--
Arnor Baldvinsson
Icetips Alta LLC

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It's a constant defined on line 181 of the "Common Definitions.sbi" include
file that's created with a new installation project.
I'm still using SB 8.5.

#const $SB_TESTMODEFLAG$ = "6"

Jane Fleming

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Hi Jane,

> It's a constant defined on line 181 of the "Common Definitions.sbi"
> include file that's created with a new installation project.
> I'm still using SB 8.5.
>
> #const $SB_TESTMODEFLAG$ = "6"
>

Thanks - realized my problem: I'd put the code to test before the
include commons. Got it working now:)

Best regards,

--
Arnor Baldvinsson
Icetips Alta LLC

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Hi Jane,

> Thanks - realized my problem: I'd put the code to test before the
> include commons. Got it working now:)

All working now.

Best regards,

--
Arnor Baldvinsson
Icetips Alta LLC

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Hi Friedrich

> Hi Friedrich,
>
> On the ReadMe dialog box there is a checkbox "Read Readme File from
> Absolute Path (RTF only), see http://screencast.com/t/VDp12OhNWh
>
> I tried it and when I ran the install in test mode the install
> crashed! This checkbox is not in the documentation so I'm not sure
> exactly what it does.

I think the problem is that the readme dialog has
"file://C:\Products\ITUtilities\Latest\Welcome.rtf" and it should be
"local://C:\Products\ITUtilities\Latest\Welcome.rtf" However it should
probably detect that and throw an error rather than crash. Note that I
was running htis in test mode, so it's possible that the resulting exe
handles it more gracefully.

Best regards,

--
Arnor Baldvinsson
Icetips Alta LLC

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Arnor,

> "local://C:\Products\ITUtilities\Latest\Welcome.rtf"

Mine use "local://%TMPDIR%\YadaYada.rtf"

With this in the support files section...

#include support file "G:\InstallScripts\YadaYada.rtf"

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Hi Lee,

> Mine use "local://%TMPDIR%\YadaYada.rtf"

Note that I was just having a problem with the RTF so I turned this on
to see what it did and it crashed the installer in test mode. It's not
documented with the "Readme" dialog in the help. I simply wanted to
report this to Friedrich so he could check it out:)

Best regards,

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Arnor Baldvinsson
Icetips Alta LLC

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Arnor,

> Note that I was just having a problem with the RTF so I turned
> this on to see what it did and it crashed the installer in test
> mode. It's not documented with the "Readme" dialog in the help.
> I simply wanted to report this to Friedrich so he could check
> it out:)

I tried everything, but can't reproduce the GPF :-( It displayed an empty
RTF control in my tests. Could you please create a simple test project that
demonstrates this issue?

Thank you!!!

Friedrich

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Hi Friedrich,

> I tried everything, but can't reproduce the GPF :-( It displayed an
> empty RTF control in my tests. Could you please create a simple test
> project that demonstrates this issue? Thank you!!! Friedrich

See attached. It crashes immediately when it hits the Read Me dialog.

The compiled exe (also in the zip file) crashes also, so this is not
just in the test mode in the IDE.

Maybe it's the RTF file??? It's created with WordPad and it displays
perfectly when the absolute path thingy isn't checked:)

Best regards,

--
Arnor Baldvinsson
Icetips Alta LLC

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Hi Arnor,

I am still working on it. This is a low-level one.

Friedrich