johnstory70451
2008-09-02, 05:36 PM
All,
We are trying to install Revit 2009, the tutorials, AutoCAD 2008 and a few other pieces through a single EXE "wrapper" program.
Problem is the "Setup.exe deployment.ini" start of the Revit and the AutoCAD installers does some things in setup.exe, then spawns a msi install not as a child "wait until it finishes" but as a new "start it and I am done". When setup.exe is complete, the real install has barely started, so if a wrapper program tries to wait for "Setup.exe" to finish, then continue, it will incorrectly see "setup.exe" stop and exit then continue with the next program in the "wrapper" install.
A colleague has seen that a temporary installer folder "_AIA.tmp" created in the "Temp" folder could be used in a "if exists must still be running" type scenario. However, that folder is not always deleted upon completion of the installer, in fact it is still on my machine.
Has anyone found a proper way to make this program "wait" or sense that it is still running so that the "wrapper" can properly sense it is still running and work as designed?
Thanks for any and all help,
John
We are trying to install Revit 2009, the tutorials, AutoCAD 2008 and a few other pieces through a single EXE "wrapper" program.
Problem is the "Setup.exe deployment.ini" start of the Revit and the AutoCAD installers does some things in setup.exe, then spawns a msi install not as a child "wait until it finishes" but as a new "start it and I am done". When setup.exe is complete, the real install has barely started, so if a wrapper program tries to wait for "Setup.exe" to finish, then continue, it will incorrectly see "setup.exe" stop and exit then continue with the next program in the "wrapper" install.
A colleague has seen that a temporary installer folder "_AIA.tmp" created in the "Temp" folder could be used in a "if exists must still be running" type scenario. However, that folder is not always deleted upon completion of the installer, in fact it is still on my machine.
Has anyone found a proper way to make this program "wait" or sense that it is still running so that the "wrapper" can properly sense it is still running and work as designed?
Thanks for any and all help,
John