Starting and stopping services during install and uninstall

[MGS]

Hi,

we have 2 questions regarding services.

• 1. If I need to start a service during install is there a way to tell the installer to continue the installation? On our current installer there is only an option to cancel the whole installation.
  2. If I need to (force) stop a service without any confirmation can I do this with the Services -> Control Operations? If not is there a way in the installer to do this?

Best regards,
Kilian

[Catalin]

Hello Kilian,

1. If I need to start a service during install is there a way to tell the installer to continue the installation? On our current installer there is only an option to cancel the whole installation.

By using the predefined support (Control Operations), I'm afraid that this might not be possible.

However, if you start the service through a custom action, you can uncheck the "Fail installation if custom action returns error" and that should give you the desired result.

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2. If I need to (force) stop a service without any confirmation can I do this with the Services -> Control Operations? If not is there a way in the installer to do this?

Yes, this should stop the service silently.

Best regards,
Catalin

[MGS]

Hi,

Where can I find the "StopService" action? I only can add "StopServices" and I can't edit anything there.

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It also doesn't stop the services silently. Is there a hidden option to make it silent?

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Best regards,
Kilian

[Liviu]

Hello Kilian,

Sorry for the delayed reply on this.

You can find the Stop service custom action in the predefined list:

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Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Liviu

[MGS]

Stopping the service with a condition does not work during uninstall. If I set the condition to 1 it is executed.
I need the StopService action only if my service is being installed/reinstalled/upgraded/uninstalled.

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Conditions i tried so far that are not working:

• ((&LIMS_Service_x64 = 2) AND (!LIMS_Service_x64 = 3)) //Feature is being unintalled

• (&LIMS_Service_x64 = 5) //Feautre is being reinstalled

• (&LIMS_Service_x64 = 2) // Feature action absend

• (&LIMS_Service_x64 = 3) // Feature action install locally

• (&LIMS_Service_x64 = 4) // Feature action installed, run from source

The dialog that the application needs to be closed still pops up with any/all of these conditions.

What do I need in the condition field to execute it only if the feature is involved ?



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The StartService custom action is also never executed. Not even if the condition is set to "1". When i check the services after installation of my program the service that was installed is not running.

Best regards,
Kilian

[Liviu]

Hello Kilian,

Can you please send us the .AIP (setup project) file and an installation log by email to support at advancedinstaller dot com so we can further test and investigate this?

Best regards,
Liviu