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How can I launch another application when setup.exe is finished?
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Article: P692
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PROBLEM:
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Is it possible to launch other applications after the setup.exe file generated by the AutoPackager has finished installing your program?
SOLUTION:
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To do this, locate the [DefaultComponent] group in the .asu file generated by the AutoPackager. You will need to add a line after the DefaultMessage entry for every application you want to launch.
The syntax that should be added should be written in the following format:
Action0="<exe file>"
for example:
Action0="yourInstallApp.exe"
for multiple installs simply increment the numeral following "Action". For example:
Action0="yourInstallApp.exe"
Action1="yourSecondInstallApp.exe"
Action2="yourThirdInstallApp.exe"
It is also possible to launch existing applications and pass them command line arguments. The syntax for this is as follows:
Action0="<exe file>[,<arguments>]"
The command line supports the following delimiters: $INSTALL$, $COMMON$, $SOURCE$, $SOURCEDRIVE$, $WINDOWS$, or $SYSTEM$. These can be used to launch an application that resides in a particular directory such as the windows system directory. The following example illustrates how to launch the notepad program and pass it a readme.txt file located at the directory where the setup.exe file was launched from (typically the root directory of the CD):
Action0="$SYSTEM$ otepad.exe,$SOURCE$\readme.txt"
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