Comments on: Files-In-Use Extension for Inno Setup

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:40:58 +0000

Me again. It looks like the new dll (1.0.3.453) doesn’t fix the problem that the file never gets deleted unter 64-bit Windows by the installer. I tried the included Demo.iss with InnoSetup5.3.8 (Ansi and Unicode Version). If you install the Demo, then {tmp}\IssProc.dll is not deleted and if you uninstall the Demo then {app}\IssProc.dll is not deleted. I tested with Vista Bussiness SP2 x64 German, if that helps. Send me an E-Mail if you need more information. Under 32-bit Windows everything seems to be OK for me.

Thanks and regards,
Frank

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:58:18 +0000

Just one translation point: If you right-click on a FileInUse-item then the menu entries are always in english (’Properties…’ and ‘End Process…’). Is there a way to change these strings to another language?

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:14:27 +0000

Thank you for this nice extension for Inno Setup.

By: zeroG

zeroG — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:02:29 +0000

With version 5.3.6 you will get an “Unknown type ‘PAnsiChar’” error if you do so.

Other than that, thank you for this add-on!!

By: TStarGermany

TStarGermany — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:45:08 +0000

superb add-on .. thanks !!!

By: Raz

Raz — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:00:27 +0000

Starting with Inno Setup v5.3.0 script the ‘PChar’ type has been renamed to ‘PAnsiChar’. Just Replace all occurrences of ‘PChar’ type to ‘PAnsiChar’.

By: zakyn

zakyn — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:29:14 +0000

Hello, I haqve a problem with compilation.

Parsing [Files] section, line 332
Reading version info: ..\InnoS
etup5_unicode\IssProc.dll
Parsing [Files] section, line 334
Reading version info: ..\InnoS
etup5_unicode\IssProcLanguage.ini
Parsing [Files] section, line 336
Parsing [Files] section, line 337
Compiling [Code] section
Error on line 506 in .\InstallationScripts\GrpOffice2.iss:
Column 51:
Unknown type ‘PChar’
Compile aborted.

What is wrong please?

Thanks

Zakyn

By: Xeek

Xeek — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:13:46 +0000

I made another extension that adds that functionality. It force kills an exe/module name you give, then I run raz’s extension after mine in case it doesn’t work out. Let me know if you want it, xeek@x3software.com

By: Kite

Kite — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:33:42 +0000

I have issue with not deleting IssProc.dll after uninstalling application on Win7 x64

By: Miguel Vivanco

Miguel Vivanco — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:55:29 +0000

Intenta de esta manera (Try this way):
Var
obj: Variant
va: MyVariableType;
Begin
//Starting
ExtractTemporaryFile(’MyDll.dll’);
RegisterServer(False, ExpandConstant(’{tmp}\MyDll.dll’), False);
obj := CreateOleObject(’MyDll.MyClass’);
//Using
va := obj.MyFunction();
//Finishing
UnregisterServer(False, ExpandConstant(’{tmp}\MyDll.dll’), False);
DeleteFile(’{tmp}\MyDll.dll’);
End;

Suerte (good luck)

By: David

David — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:32:40 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks.
The extension works great for me.

By: Clark L

Clark L — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:50:24 +0000

I should say, though, that the new DLL did fix the retry problem on 64-bit Windows for me, so I appreciate you fixing that!

By: Raz

Raz — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:09:27 +0000

Try to simplify it, make it more readable to find the problem, do something like this:

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{....blah blah init code...}

begin

  Result := true; {default return value } 

sModuleName:=ExpandConstant('{app}\Myprog.exe'); 

nCode:=IssFindModule(hWnd,sModuleName,'en',false,true);

if nCode=1 then  begin

       PostMessage (WizardForm.Handle, $0010,0, 0); {canceled}

end else if (nCode=0) or (nCode=2) then begin

 Result:=CheckNET();                               

end;

By: Raz

Raz — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:54:50 +0000

What do you mean by “It is not detecting program on running on installation.” are you sure you’re searching for the right one, with wildcard?

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:22:45 +0000

Need some help, I would like to use this with another feature but they both use the same function function NextButtonClick(CurPage: Integer): Boolean;

So I did this:
function NextButtonClick(CurPage: Integer): Boolean;
begin
if CurPage = wpReady then
begin
Result := CheckAppRun() and CheckNET();
end;
end;

and created function CheckAppRun(): Boolean;
with the code from the NextButtonClick minus the if CurPage = wpReady then. But now I when I run the setup program I’m unable to get next click to work. Any help on why this is please let me know?

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:23:55 +0000

The file is now being removed I guess it was an issue with the file.

Also new problem, It is not detecting program on running on installation.

By: Raz

Raz — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:26:08 +0000

Hi, sorry for the delayed response.

@Brandon, Clark L
Is this happening only on 64bit Windows? Because I can’t replicate. Thanks

By: Raz

Raz — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:24:25 +0000

Hi and thanks for the feedback,

I can make you a custom IssProc build, just drop me a mail with your texts to discuss further.

By: Clark L

Clark L — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:32:30 +0000

I also was finally able to try http://raz-soft.com/IssProcv1.0.3.453.rar and it fixes the ‘retry’ issue with 64-bit Windows, but I am also having an issue where the UnloadDLL call doesn’t seem to be working and the DLL can’t be deleted by the installer without a reboot.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:49:59 +0000

http://raz-soft.com/IssProcv1.0.3.453.rar

this fixed the issues with the 64 bit windows, but it didn’t uninstall IssProc.dll and yes I do have this in my code:

1	UnloadDLL(ExpandConstant('{app}\IssProc.dll'));

By: mlodyno

mlodyno — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:15:17 +0000

Hello. IssProc is great but I have a small problem. I use IssProcLanguage.ini to show instructions in Polish. It is ok in some WindowsXP and Vista but sometimes in win98 or some XPs instructions are shown in English. I guest that it is problem with including .ini and finally is shown oryginaly english instuction probably from issProc.dll.
It is very important to display all informations in Polish… Can I ask for help? May I ask for translated issProc.dll file? Or any other ways to solve my problem? Thanks!!!

By: Raz

Raz — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:43:06 +0000

Thank you. It will be usefull, but right now I’m to busy with other projects. If you really want this feature I can make a private build for you for a small donation

By: Raz

Raz — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:40:50 +0000

Thank you for your translation.

By: Raz

Raz — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:40:26 +0000

There is now way to do this ,you can hide the window but you can not kill the process automatically. I can add this feature in a new build…

By: Raz

Raz — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:38:11 +0000

It works just fine for shell extensions, this is the main reason why I made this extension. Just make sure you write the searched module with wildcard to match any folder: ‘*mymodule.dll’

By: Raz

Raz — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:34:46 +0000

Hi Clark,

This is a 64bit issue, I got a beta fix here if you want to give it a try. Please let me know if it works on you and I will release it as soon as posible. I don’t have suffcient resources for full 64bit tests, sorry.

Thanks.

By: Clark L

Clark L — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:35:29 +0000

Hello,

I just came across this extension and it does exactly what I was looking for. I’m having an issue with ‘Retry’. When I click it, even though I have exited the process I was checking for, it still shows in the list and I am unable to continue with setup. If I exit setup and re-run, I can continue on fine. Is it possibly something I need to put in to my setup script that controls this behavior? I’m running this on Server 2008 64-Bit and using the latest Inno Setup version.

Thank you,
Clark L

By: sg

sg — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:16:32 +0000

Hi Raz,

This one is an excellent one. One more thing I wanted to add is can we not give one more parameter so that we can kill the exe silentely insted of the user to end the process. That might be usefull when the user knows that only one exe is being used and he has to just kill it.
Hope you understand that iam saying. I had writen a small dll and was trying to achieve that feature but i am encountering some issues
“Cannot Import dll:”

Hope to see your reply soon

Regards,
-SG

By: Vaz

Vaz — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:36:28 +0000

Translation brazilian portuguese for IssProcLanguage.ini:

TopBoldLabel=Arquivos em uso
TopSubLabel=Alguns arquivos de precisam ser removidos estÃ£o em uso
MoreInfoLabel=As aplicaÃ§Ãµes listadas estÃ£o usando arquivos que necesitam ser removidos por este desinstalador.
Encerreas-as e clique em Tentar Novamente para continuar a desinstalaÃ§Ã£o
;*** Buttons ***
CancelButton=&Cancelar
IgnoreButton=&Ignorar
RetryButton=&Tentar Novamente

By: Syam S

Syam S — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:18:22 +0000

Hi,

Is there any way to disable the prompting the user for ending the running process?I need to kill the process from the setup without the intervention of user.

Please help….

Thanks and regards,
Syam S

By: Alexander

Alexander — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:31:40 +0000

Hi,

Is there a way to change the order of the Retry/Ignore/Cancel buttons? Its easy for a user who quickly hits ‘Next>’ to skip the popup dialog, because Ignore comes roughly at the same spot as ‘Next>’. I want to make Retry the middle button.

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:03:22 +0000

I’m trying to use your Inno code with a shell extension and am not having any luck at all. It never reports that the DLL is in use so it never prompts the user to do anything. It seems so straightforward that I can’t imagine what I’m doing wrong. Does it just not work for shell extensions?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:37:09 +0000

Hi,

Is it possible to get the name and icon of the file-in-use from the app’s main window, instead of getting it from the FileVersion info? This is what Task Manager does for the "Applications" tab, as it is generally more useful/correct than just the FileVersion info.

The exact problem I’m having is this: when the file-in-use is a Java app, IssProc will display something like "Java (TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition binary (javaw.exe)" with the ugly default icon. Of course, most users have no idea what that is!

I think that getting the icon and name from the FileVersion info is a good backup strategy for processes that don’t have any windows.

Thanks for a nice utility!

Daniel

By: Raz

Raz — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:55:22 +0000

Hi Neo,

You must modify your script and put additional checks: If the user has selected the english language then use IssProg with ‘en’ value on the language param. If it selects french then use IssProc with ‘fr’ and so on…You must have some experience with inno script (delphi/pascal) to make that work.

I can help you out with that too, but right now time is not on my side. Send me your script (attach the language file as well) and I shall modify it for you one more time

Raz

By: Neo

Neo — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:42:16 +0000

Hi,

Yes working great with : nCode:=IssFindModule(hWnd,sModuleName,’fr’,false,true);

and : nCode:=IssFindModule(hWnd,sModuleName,’fru’,false,true);

But in fact I use innosetup in multi language in my case the users select english or french during the first screen !

And right now I just can use IssProc in english or french but not the both.

I hope you understand what I mean !

Neo