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SBO 2004 Installer with Installshield

Posted on Feb 08, 2005 at 01:52 AM 15 Views

Hi

I am new in SBO and Installshield. Pls anyone help me to write Intaller.

In installshield which project we have to select. BasicMSI?? or any other. because in BAsicMSI we can't write script.

And What are other settings.

Thanks in advance

Regards

Yashi

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    Posted on Feb 08, 2005 at 07:36 AM
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    Yashi,

    Keep in mind that the installation of an add-on in SBO is a totally "different animal", than regular Windows installation. If you are a VB.NET programmer there is very useful sample in the SBO SDK. The best approach IMHO is to write an add-on as a single-file EXE (e.g. myaddon.exe) along with the Interop.SAPbouiCOM.dll (I'm a C# developer and I'm not sure if a VB.NET project needs this dll to interoperate with the SBO API). Write a separate installer (myinstaller.exe) which includes myaddon.exe and Interop.SAPbouiCOM.dll as embedded resources (that is embedded as binary data in the myinstaller.exe). When you register your addon, actually you register the installer. SBO stores the installer file in its database as a binay data. Next time you or any other client restarts SBO, SBO detects that the add-on has not been installed on that particular client computer, then SBO copies the (single-file) installer program into a temporary folder and launches it. When the installer is started from this temporary folder, SBO provides the destination folder as a command line argument. The installer copies the add-on files (myaddon.exe and Interop.SAPbouiCOM.dll) to the destination folder as demonstrated by the c:\Program Files\SAP Manage\SAP Business One SDK\Samples\COM UI\VB.NET\14.AddOnInstaller sample.

    Let us know how are you progressing.

    Miki

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      Feb 08, 2005 at 08:17 PM

      Yashi,

      Your addon is not required to be single exe, it is the installer of the addon that must be a single file exe (myinstaller.exe).

      I see your points anyway, I'm in the .NET bandwagon and I cannot help with your Installshield questions. Our addon is developped with C#, so is the installer.

      Take care,

      Miki

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