Add Item After Reboot

[gott]

I need to add the following to an installer that I have created:

1. After clicking on Finish, the installer program needs to inform the user that the computer must be rebooted.

2. After reboot, a file will need to be altered based upon a registry setting

I have all of the code in place to perform the second operation, I just need some guidance or examples of how I can achieve the requirement for rebooting and, once rebooted, adding the option to change parameters of a file. Thanks.

[Adam]

To do the reboot it may be as simple as setting

_NeedsReboot = true;

or

System.Reboot();

Now to make a program run after reboot you can use the action File.RunOnReboot(). You may need to make this file a separate executable to make your changes after the system has rebooted.

Adam.

[gott]

For the file itself, is there any way to set some sort of flag in order for the initial installer to perform the file alteration upon reboot? All I need to do is to change a specific line within a text file based on where an application's home directory resides. Unfortunately, this does not seem to work during the initial install, as the registry entry is not picked up then. I would rather not create another executable just to change a line within a text file. Thanks.

[Adam]

Yes you certainly could set a flag to do this operation upon reboot. You could use Application.SaveValue() and Application.LoadValue() actions.

So for example you could put this at the end of your install:

Application.SaveValue("Yourcompany", "setupComplete", true);

Then your code on Startup could look something like this:

value = Application.LoadValue("Yourcompany", "setupComplete");
if value ~= "" then
     -- perform your task here
     Application.Exit(0);
end

Adam Kapilik