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==== RDKInstall, InstallShield and the Gas Gauge (OpenInsight Specific) ====
=== At 04 MAR 1999 05:53:43PM Ivan Richmond wrote: ===
 
{{tag>"OpenInsight Specific"}}
 
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I have written an install script for InstallShield that uses the installation DLLs to send commands to OI.  I've figured out how to call RDKInstall() and have gotten successful installations and upgrades out of all my hard work.



There's only one problem which is that I can't get a Status Meter or Gas Gauge to come up and show the user how it's processing their installation.  In other words, InstallShield does its stuff and, after taking the User through a few basic Install questions, and loading a few files, it interacts with Open Engine and runs RDKInstall.  At this point, the computer appears to the user to hang because it just shows them an arrow for about 5 minutes while RDKInstall() is running.



I want to know how I can bring up a status meter that accurately represents this part of the installation process.  My sources (names Aaron Kaplan, Sprezzatura) inform me that RDKInstall() should automatically include a gas gauge like the one we get when we install OI.  



If this is true, how come it's not coming up?  If this is not true, is there any way I could bring a gas gauge up so that our users can look at something other than a mouse arrow in front of a blue-scaled screen?





Ivan
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=== At 04 MAR 1999 07:30PM Don Bakke wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Ivan,



Not that I think it matters, but what version of InstallShield are you using? Can you post the relevant setup script that is performing your RDKInstall() function?



We get the status bar in our installations so maybe we can spot something odd that is suppressing it.



dbakke@srpcs.com

[url=http://www.srpcs.com]SRP Computer Solutions[/url]

[img]http://www.srpcs.com/srpicon1.gif[/img]

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=== At 05 MAR 1999 09:09AM akaplan@sprezzatura.com - [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]Sprezzatura, Inc.[/url] wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>When you fire up the script, you need to use RunOICommandPanel, not RunOICommand.





akaplan@sprezzatura.com

[url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]Sprezzatura, Inc.[/url]

[img]http://www.sprezzatura.com/zz.jpg[/img]

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