As part of a deployment project I have a custom action (JScript) that
simply executes an exe after installation.  I pass the following
custom action data /name="[TARGETDIR]\".
I know in VBScript I can access the data by the following:

I am fairly new to Win2K Pro or Win 2K for that matter.  I have a fairly
new system with much installed on it and have been playing with VS
VB.net recently.  Well Windows Updates says that there is a critical
update for the .NET framework.  I am hoping this will fix my VS ...

I am in the Process of Creation of Setup for my project.
i do need to check if Dotnet Framework 1.1 is present in my system or not ??
whats r the ways i can do this ?
i do neeed to this at the runtime of the setup ....

Is there any way to know that if a .NetframeworkSp2 is
installed on a machine ? I had deployed .Netframework 1.0
on the target machine which included .NetframeworkSP2. i
reinstalled   .NetframeworkSP2 on the machine expecting

I created a setup program using Microsoft Development Environment 2003
When I run the install it works fine.  When I rerun the install with the same version number it prompts me to uninstall manually from add/remove programs even though I have the property RemovePreviousVersion ...

I have written a Setup & Deployment project that installs services.  If,
while the setup is being run, which could take a couple of minutes, the user
does something else like check his email, or do something in Windows
Explorer or anything to any another process, when the Set ...

I've created a setup with VS.NET 2003 (vb.net). Added a installer class to
my project. Used some custom actions to override Install method (creates a
file and some registry entries). Installation using the option "for
everyone" has no problems. But when I login on the same machine ...

I have been trying to install Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 but am unable to do so. IE 6.0 just displays an error saying "The page cannot be displayed". Actually I installed Visual Studio.NET 7.0 & during the process .NET Framework 1.1 also got installed automatically but since ...

I am using Visual Studio to create a Setup Project for a C# desktop
application. I want to offer the user the option to create shortcuts on the
desktop and in their programs menu rather than forcing them to be created. I
know that I can use the Condition property e.g. Condition ...

In the CustomActionData property in the properties window of custom action in a merge module's custom actions editor, enter a string like /bcpSwitches="-t \"<row*end>\n\""
The string retrieved via Context.Parameters["bcpSwitches"] is "-t \"<row*end>\\n\""
Note that the backslash ...

I am curious.
I have a project that needs to be built (vb.net)
Then obfuscated with the community edition, then build the setup, and
several other things need to take place.

Was wondering if someone whould know whats going on I have installed Windows
XP about month or so ago and have been having few problems which I have been
working through (autorun on cd not autorunning, not detecting ISA modem
can't install at all) but my major problem at this time ...

I have an app that I upgrade a lot. When I install it, it overwrites a .mdb
file I use for the app. What can I do to avoid that? Maybe a dialog box
asking if the database should be overwritten, or existing should be used.
I appreciate any help I can get.

I am thinking of upgrading from framework 1.0 to 1.1 but am a little afraid. Currenly I have win 2k advanced server with the latest sp(4 I think) installed
If I install this will it give me any problems, has anyone else had problems, are there any frequently occuring problems?

im on windows 2000 pro with SP4 and while trying to install th
framework the progress bar stops at 52 2nds remaining and says
"stopping services"
"service: issadmin"