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How do I add a directory to the system PATH? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 12:17
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How can I make the installer ask the user for a password during installation? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 12:12
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How do I request a text string from the user? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 12:05
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How can I direct the installer to ask the user to enter a file or directory? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 12:00
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How do I ask the user for more than one parameter in the same screen? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 11:57
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How can I arrange parameters horizontally? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 11:53
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How do I make the installer ask the user a yes/no question? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 11:47
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How do I display a read-only text information page to the user? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 11:35
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How can I direct the user to select a value among a predefined list? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 11:25
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How can I validate user input? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 11:03
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Inside my Windows post-installation script I do cd ${installdir} but it is not working. Why is that? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 11:01
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How can I create my own installer environment variables? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:57
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The installer I have built creates a shortcut in my desktop, but it does not show the right icon image. How do I fix that? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:56
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The shortcuts work fine in my system, but do not work or do not display an image when installed in a different system. Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:55
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On Linux, the installer I have built creates a shortcut in my desktop and points to the right file, but it still does not work. The script works fine from the command line. Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:51
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I made some changes to my installer but QuickBuild does not seem to include the changes. How do I update it? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:49
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How do I change the location or name of the uninstaller? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:46
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I changed the location of the uninstaller in the customization screen, and now the shortcut in the start menu does not work. How do I fix this? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:45
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How can I prevent the installer from creating a Start Menu? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:41
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What input can I ask the user for during installation? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:27
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Can InstallBuilder be customized with new installer pages? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:22
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How can I log a message to the installation log? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:09
1 vote 1 comment
What are the advantages of BitRock multiplatform installers over Java(tm)-based multiplatform installers? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 10:04
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Are BitRock installers suitable to distribute Java(tm)-based applications? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 09:58
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Can the Java autodetection just warn the user instead of aborting if there is not a JVM present? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 09:52
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I have an Open Source project, can I use InstallBuilder for free? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 09:22
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Is there a discount for license renewals? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 09:18
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My licensed version of InstallBuilder is working well for me. Do I need to renew the license? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 09:14
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What do ${installdir}, ${full_productname} and all the other installer environment variables mean? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 09:05
0 votes 1 comment
How can I access system environment variables? Answered
- Jake
- September 06, 2011 08:50
1 vote 1 comment