Vfp9.0sp2, InstallShield. The setup of my application always interrupts before completed.

I transfer my old application (contains and a OLE server exe) written in
Vfp6.0sp5 to Vfp9.0sp2.
Runs fine, no problem in the development environment...

The InstallShield Express Limited Edition v5.0 that cames with Vfp9.0
creates the setup.exe of <MyApplication> without any error (only with the
Self Registering the OLE server.exe, never mind!).

I run the setup.exe, starts OK everything goes ok but before the last screen
I have the message:

"The wizard was interrupted before <MyApplication> coulg be completed
installed...
... run setup again."

No error code, nothing!
What goes wrong?

Any idea?


My best wishes to all of us, for the 2008 !

Have a nice day (or night),
Nick Pofiris,
ErmisPliroforiki
Athens-Greece
www.ermis-pliroforiki.com.gr

Gregory
Mon Dec 31 10:06:58 CST 2007

Nick,

This is not an anwer to your question.
I've been using (the free version of) Install Creator. Never had any
problems

http://www.clickteam.com/eng/installcreator.php

ps: Should you use xml, it is best to install xml4 sp2
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3144b72b-b4f2-46da-b4b6-c5d7485f2b42&displaylang=en
take the msxml.msi download ) as well

You can add the msi file to run after (or at the end) of your install

Gregory
_____________
"Porfyris Nick" <nickpor@ermis-pliroforiki.com.gr> wrote in message
news:OsUCfp6SIHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I transfer my old application (contains and a OLE server exe) written in
>Vfp6.0sp5 to Vfp9.0sp2.
> Runs fine, no problem in the development environment...
>
> The InstallShield Express Limited Edition v5.0 that cames with Vfp9.0
> creates the setup.exe of <MyApplication> without any error (only with the
> Self Registering the OLE server.exe, never mind!).
>
> I run the setup.exe, starts OK everything goes ok but before the last
> screen I have the message:
>
> "The wizard was interrupted before <MyApplication> coulg be completed
> installed...
> ... run setup again."
>
> No error code, nothing!
> What goes wrong?
>
> Any idea?
>
>
> My best wishes to all of us, for the 2008 !
>
> Have a nice day (or night),
> Nick Pofiris,
> ErmisPliroforiki
> Athens-Greece
> www.ermis-pliroforiki.com.gr
>
>

Porfyris
Mon Dec 31 14:22:44 CST 2007

Thanks Gregory.
I will try it!..

"Gregory" <Gregory@NoAddress.com> wrote in message
news:OseQ8c8SIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Nick,
>
> This is not an anwer to your question.
> I've been using (the free version of) Install Creator. Never had any
> problems
>
> http://www.clickteam.com/eng/installcreator.php
>
> ps: Should you use xml, it is best to install xml4 sp2
> (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3144b72b-b4f2-46da-b4b6-c5d7485f2b42&displaylang=en
> take the msxml.msi download ) as well
>
> You can add the msi file to run after (or at the end) of your install
>
> Gregory
> _____________
> "Porfyris Nick" <nickpor@ermis-pliroforiki.com.gr> wrote in message
> news:OsUCfp6SIHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I transfer my old application (contains and a OLE server exe) written in
>>Vfp6.0sp5 to Vfp9.0sp2.
>> Runs fine, no problem in the development environment...
>>
>> The InstallShield Express Limited Edition v5.0 that cames with Vfp9.0
>> creates the setup.exe of <MyApplication> without any error (only with the
>> Self Registering the OLE server.exe, never mind!).
>>
>> I run the setup.exe, starts OK everything goes ok but before the last
>> screen I have the message:
>>
>> "The wizard was interrupted before <MyApplication> coulg be completed
>> installed...
>> ... run setup again."
>>
>> No error code, nothing!
>> What goes wrong?
>>
>> Any idea?
>>
>>
>> My best wishes to all of us, for the 2008 !
>>
>> Have a nice day (or night),
>> Nick Pofiris,
>> ErmisPliroforiki
>> Athens-Greece
>> www.ermis-pliroforiki.com.gr
>>
>>
>

Porfyris
Thu Jan 03 05:48:51 CST 2008

It seams very robust, light and pretty good.



But I am totally lost in space...



With the native setup of Vfp6.0sp5 all I have to do are: select my directory
with my distribution files and do the following clicks:



1.Visual FoxPro runtime.

2. ActiveX controls... and selects the "Microsoft Chart Control 6.0(SP4)
(OLEDB)"

3. COM components... add "myOLEserver.exe",

Click the "install remote components" (for
client installation only),

Click at "Details" and select "Local
Server" or "Remote Automation" (for server or client installation)



So I had in few seconds, two setups: one for the server and one for the
client machine and that's all!



BUT NOW with Vfp9.0sp2? I am really stuck in!



- How can I do the same with the InstallCreator?



- How can I do the same with the Inno Setup?



- Reading the vfp9.0 help file for InstallShield no luck.

Also I do not find how to "install remote components" with InstallShield.

Also InstallShield cannot extract COM information from myCOMserver.exe, so I
set the option to self register.

But even with this, the Setup.exe that InstallShield creates, always stops
with the message:

"The wizard was interrupted before <MyApplication> could be completed
installed... run setup again."

(The absolute Chaos...)



- Is there any documentation how to "do by yourself" (i.e. copy and paste
what files into what directories and how to self register them?) without the
help of any installer software?



- Just wondering: For what reason the vfp9.0 has not any more the simple and
effective vfp native setup wizard?



Nick.

Dan
Thu Jan 03 10:15:27 CST 2008

Porfyris Nick wrote:
> - Is there any documentation how to "do by yourself" (i.e. copy and
> paste what files into what directories and how to self register
> them?) without the help of any installer software?

http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFP9RuntimeFiles~VFP will tell you what
files need to go where.

> - Just wondering: For what reason the vfp9.0 has not any more the
> simple and effective vfp native setup wizard?

Insufficient resources, and standardization across MS products.

Dan

nickpor
Sat Jan 12 13:46:06 CST 2008

> But even with this, the Setup.exe that InstallShield creates, always stops
> with the message:
>
> "The wizard was interrupted before <MyApplication> could be completed
> installed... run setup again."
>
> (The absolute Chaos...)

I don't know why, but when I unchecked the check box for the MSXML 3.0 merge
module the wizard ran OK!!
The created Setup.exe also ran OK!.
Till now, I have no problem with the instalation of my aplication, using the
InstallShield.

Nick.