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cnickl - 22 Oct 2006 22:24 GMT

I’m trying to create an installer for an application. The installer has a
custom dialog with two checkboxes determining if shortcuts should get created
on the desktop and in the Start menu. Regardless what I do, and what I check
the shortcuts always get created in both.

In the User interface Setup I have:
Checkboxes (A):
Checkbox1Label    Desktop
Checkbox1Property    CHECKBOXA1
Checkbox1Value    Unchecked
Checkbox1Visible    True

In the FileSystem/User’s Desktop I have the shortcut defined and the
properties are:
AlwaysCreate    False
Condition        CHECKBOXA1=Checked
Transitive        True

I have tried all permutations of the condition I can think of (Checked, 1,
0, nothing) even named the checkboxes differently. Nothing helps. Can
somebody help?

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Bryan Phillips - 28 Oct 2006 18:45 GMT

To test if the checkbox is checked, enclose 1 in quotes:

CHECKBOXA1 = "1"

Bryan Phillips
MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
Blog: http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com

> I'm trying to create an installer for an application. The installer has a
> custom dialog with two checkboxes determining if shortcuts should get created
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> 0, nothing) even named the checkboxes differently. Nothing helps. Can
> somebody help?

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cnickl - 09 Nov 2006 16:22 GMT

i enclosed it i n quotes and it still installes the shortcuts regardless of
the checkbox.

> To test if the checkbox is checked, enclose 1 in quotes:
>
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> > 0, nothing) even named the checkboxes differently. Nothing helps. Can
> > somebody help?

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Bryan Phillips - 09 Nov 2006 20:28 GMT

As a workaround, you could write a custom action to remove the shortcuts
if the checkbox is not checked. Still, I can't see anything wrong with
what you are doing.

I would suggest downloading Orca (it's a part of the Windows Installer
SDK) and opening your MSI file to see if the data matches your
selections in the setup project.

Bryan Phillips
MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
Blog: http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com

> i enclosed it i n quotes and it still installes the shortcuts regardless of
> the checkbox.
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
> > > 0, nothing) even named the checkboxes differently. Nothing helps. Can
> > > somebody help?

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