Actual Installer Forum

Hello,

I have created a few variables in the System->Variable section. All variables are correctly populated with Registry Key values except the one for Apache Tomcat. Here is what I have as my defined variable:

Variable Name: <TomcatInstallPath>
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat\7.0\Tomcat7 (copied/pasted from RegEdit)
Value Name: InstallPath
Value Type: STRING

This variable always contains an empty value. Why does this variable doesn't behave like the other one? Is there a maximum number of variables that can be defined? (I currently have 4).

Also, if I want to compare a version number for a software value taken from registry with a version I expect, is there a way to convert the string to int or float so that proper comparison can occur?

Thank you!

Hi and welcome!

Please send your project file (has extension .AIP ) and screenshot of the specified Registry key at email listed here.

Hello,

Here is the information you requested for my issue. The company I work for is looking to purchase Actual Installer. I'm currently recreating an installer for some of our software to compare it with our existing installer software.

Hi -

I've used several installers in the past, but think AI is the best being simple yet powerful.

One thing I do miss however is the ability to look at the list of files to be installed in a classic Windows treeview.

My main project has about 10 files in the <InstallDir> plus a subfolder Examples which in turn contains examples for use in 6 different scenarios. In total there's about 30 files.

In other installers I can look at this as a treeview and don't have to open the Examples folder unless I need to. In AI I always get a long list of the 30 files on the Additional Files tab which is much less clear.

My proposal is that you provide a pair of radio buttons to show the Additional Files as either a list view as at present, or a treeview in Windows file browser style.

Does anybody else agree?

Regards

Tony Reynolds (UK

Hi Tony,

Thank you for this suggestion.
This feature will be available in the new upcoming version 6.0.
Registered users will be notified about update.