Mar 28, 2011 Adding VB Script to Custom Actions and passing parameters for that. The question about InstallShield is off. A parameter 3 VBScript custom action. Executing a script file from a Windows Installer Custom Action. In-depth explanation on why you should avoid scripted custom actions: VBScript (and Jscript) MSI.

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I extensively use InstallScript for my custom actions – it provides great flexibility in accomplishing specialized requirements. I have tried some custom actions using VBScript – but I have encountered some hardened Operating Systems in which VBScripts are considered malware and they have removed the extension association for.vbs – so your custom actions will fail. In this blog, I will walk you thru the steps needs to create and sequence a custom action using InstallScript.

As an example, I will create scripts that will determine what the Operating system and log it to the MSI logfile. Create the initial script file by right-clicking on the InstallScript file and selecting “New Script File 2. A new file “setup.rul” will appear with quite a lot of commentary. In my InstallScript functions, I want only the following to appear in the setup.rul:. Includes for InstallScript functions and any Windows API functions. Prototype statements for all InstallScript functions called by the Script Engine. Prototype statements for all InstallScript functions called by other script functsion.

Include statement for other script RUL files. Remove the script statements and replace with these entries ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // IIIIIII SSSSSS IIIIIII // II SS II Install Solutions, Inc. // II SSSSSS II (c) 2001-2010, Install Solutions, Inc. // II SS II All rights reserved. // IIIIIII SSSSSS IIIIIII // // This template script provides the code necessary to build an // entry-point function to be called in an InstallScript custom // action.

I was recently dealing with an application install and wanted to selectively activate some features via scripting. Turns out the application had three platforms and one of the platforms had four separate options. The typical method was to use the Custom Setup, but I wanted more flexibility. Here was the situation, I created two screens that the user would be able to choose selections; the first was a Platform screen, And then if Balance was chosen then they could pick components (one, none or all) from the four that were available. What I wanted to achieve was to have InstallShield features created for the following:. CommonFiles – this contains all common files needed by application, regardless of the platform chosen.

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Stability – these files would be delivered if customer selected Stability as a platform. Balance – this was some core files for Vision that would be required when the platform Balance was selected.