Serial Port Support

[DarrellBlack]

From the help files, I see there is no serial port support. Is there a way to open and send to the serial port using the LAU and not using a .bat or .cmd file? I know that most installers would not need this support but I need to talk to and comfirm that a device is on-line and ready during the install.

Any ideas?

[Ted Sullivan]

Hi Darryl,

You can use Setup Factory 7.0 to call DLL functions, or even run executables and wait for them to return. That would probably be your best best for interfacing with the serial port.

[DarrellBlack]

Hi Ted thanks for the reply. I have been doing that all along but it would have been nice to have buttons pick serial ports with, find ports that are advaliable and inuse without alot of fat code for support. SUF7 is great and I find myself writing many little widgets within the installer by shuting off all the logging and not really installing anything I have made some great "programs". Thanks anyway. if you ever roll another update please consider real basic port calls and even basic FTP and TELNET support. I have built into all my programs the ability to roll up trouble logs, install logs, runtime files into zips then FTP or send them via a command line SMTP client. Kinda cool stuff.

[Ted Sullivan]

Did you know that Setup Factory 7.0 can use the same action plugins that AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 and TrueUpdate 2.0 use? There's even a plugin for FTP.

You're right - Setup Factory 7.0 is a really powerful product. We'll continue to look at ways to add even more actions, such as the ones you mention in future versions. You can also check out the SDK for writing your own plugins that will integrate right into the IDE.