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Monitoring a software installation.....Hi,
This is slightly OT, but here goes........ I have a VB6 project that works with a USB connected data acquisition module. I'm trying to build an installer (using Installshield) that installs my VB program AND the drivers for the USB device in one-shot WITHOUT requiring the user to run the USB device installer as a separate operation. I know this is possible, but the USB device vendor hasn't been too helpful in telling me all the files I need to load onto the target machine. I'd like to "reverse engineer" the process by running the USB installation software and seeing what changes are made to the system (files copied, registry changes, etc.) and was wondering if anyone knows of a software program that will record this information for viewing after the fact?? Thanks!! John Total Uninstall
http://freeware.it-mate.co.uk/?Cat=System#148 Show quoteHide quote "John Morley" <jmorley@nospamanalysistech.com> wrote in message news:O74c7z3ZFHA.3488@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > This is slightly OT, but here goes........ I have a VB6 project that > works with a USB connected data acquisition module. I'm trying to build > an installer (using Installshield) that installs my VB program AND the > drivers for the USB device in one-shot WITHOUT requiring the user to run > the USB device installer as a separate operation. I know this is > possible, but the USB device vendor hasn't been too helpful in telling > me all the files I need to load onto the target machine. I'd like to > "reverse engineer" the process by running the USB installation software > and seeing what changes are made to the system (files copied, registry > changes, etc.) and was wondering if anyone knows of a software program > that will record this information for viewing after the fact?? > > Thanks!! > > John
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"John Morley" <jmorley@nospamanalysistech.com> wrote in message The good news is.... a list of changes is easy. I use System Mechanic news:O74c7z3ZFHA.3488@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > This is slightly OT, but here goes........ I have a VB6 project that works > with a USB connected data acquisition module. I'm trying to build an > installer (using Installshield) that installs my VB program AND the > drivers for the USB device in one-shot WITHOUT requiring the user to run > the USB device installer as a separate operation. I know this is possible, > but the USB device vendor hasn't been too helpful in telling me all the > files I need to load onto the target machine. I'd like to "reverse > engineer" the process by running the USB installation software and seeing > what changes are made to the system (files copied, registry changes, etc.) > and was wondering if anyone knows of a software program that will record > this information for viewing after the fact?? > > Thanks!! > > John (http://www.iolo.com/sm/5/index.cfm) for things like this. You can create a "System Snapshot" and compare that to the current settings anytime you want. Especially handy right after an installation. The bad news is.... Installshield, or any other Windows Installer based installation utility won't be able to install device drivers for you (not directly anyway). You can add a custom action that'll launch a 3rd party driver installation package but Windows Installer itself won't install devices. If the driver's "Unsigned", forget about any of InstallShield's wizards too. I wish I could find the pile of support requests/replies we made after InstallShield sales told us that AdminStudio would do it "no problem". We bought it (about 2 grand) and it failed miserably. Their 30 day refund policy is a bit of a joke. We did get a refund but it took about 120 days (90 days to convince them that sales didn't know what the heck they were talking about and another 30 to get the check.). That was right after they were swallowed by Macrovision and their staff didn't know the difference between an installer and a flash movie. There's a bunch of info in InstallShield's forums that may help. "Currently, Windows Installer technology does not have any native support for installing Device Drivers. This can however be done through a custom action of your own in installscript." http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=125229 Some stuff from MSDN.... Authoring a Windows Installer Installation Package That Uses DIFxApp http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/install/hh/install/difxapp_d11632aa-4074-4b8a-8e1c-ccf805f2629a.xml.asp If interested.... Windows Driver Development Kit http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/ddk/default.mspx -- Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com DLL Hell problems? Try ComGuard - http://www.vbsight.com/ComGuard.htm Please keep all discussions in the groups.. Hi All,
As a followup to yesterday's post, I was able to determine the system changes using Total Uninstall and I have implemented them in my Installshield installation. It basically works, but....... After my installation runs, and I plug in the USB hardware device, Windows detects the device and then asks if I want to install software for it. When I agree, Windows then locates the appropriate driver on the machine and installs it just fine, and everythings works properly. I'm pretty sure there is a way to automate this final step, but for the life of me I can't locate any information on that! Thanks again guys! John John Morley wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Hi, > > This is slightly OT, but here goes........ I have a VB6 project that > works with a USB connected data acquisition module. I'm trying to build > an installer (using Installshield) that installs my VB program AND the > drivers for the USB device in one-shot WITHOUT requiring the user to run > the USB device installer as a separate operation. I know this is > possible, but the USB device vendor hasn't been too helpful in telling > me all the files I need to load onto the target machine. I'd like to > "reverse engineer" the process by running the USB installation software > and seeing what changes are made to the system (files copied, registry > changes, etc.) and was wondering if anyone knows of a software program > that will record this information for viewing after the fact?? > > Thanks!! > > John I don't use Installshielf myself but if it's anything like Inno (www.jrsoftware.org), it may have a "silent" switch for it somewhere (might want to check the docs or with the developers on this)
Show quoteHide quote "John Morley" <jmorley@nospamanalysistech.com> wrote in message news:#9EZANFaFHA.900@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Hi All, > > As a followup to yesterday's post, I was able to determine the system > changes using Total Uninstall and I have implemented them in my > Installshield installation. It basically works, but....... After my > installation runs, and I plug in the USB hardware device, Windows > detects the device and then asks if I want to install software for it. > When I agree, Windows then locates the appropriate driver on the machine > and installs it just fine, and everythings works properly. I'm pretty > sure there is a way to automate this final step, but for the life of me > I can't locate any information on that! > > Thanks again guys! > > John > > John Morley wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is slightly OT, but here goes........ I have a VB6 project that > > works with a USB connected data acquisition module. I'm trying to build > > an installer (using Installshield) that installs my VB program AND the > > drivers for the USB device in one-shot WITHOUT requiring the user to run > > the USB device installer as a separate operation. I know this is > > possible, but the USB device vendor hasn't been too helpful in telling > > me all the files I need to load onto the target machine. I'd like to > > "reverse engineer" the process by running the USB installation software > > and seeing what changes are made to the system (files copied, registry > > changes, etc.) and was wondering if anyone knows of a software program > > that will record this information for viewing after the fact?? > > > > Thanks!! > > > > John 
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