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I want to use Inno Setup to install a third party exe file. How can I get inno setup to automatically run an exe file before running my installation files?

Asked by: blackbookcoder2

I want to use Inno Setup to install a third party exe file.  How can I get inno setup to automatically run an exe file before running my installation files?  thanks in advance.  Inno setup is found at http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

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by: moorhouselondonPosted on 2008-08-26 at 12:20:26ID: 22318374

It can be done.  This is taken from the Pascal Scripting Help section of Inno:

Exec Prototype:
function Exec(const Filename, Params, WorkingDir: String; const ShowCmd:  Integer; const Wait: TExecWait; var ResultCode: Integer): Boolean; Description:
Executes the specified executable or batch file, using the same credentials  as Setup/Uninstall. The Wait parameter specifies whether the function should  return immediately or wait until the launched process has termimated or is idle.  Returns True if the specified file was executed successfully, False otherwise.  If True is returned and Wait is ewWaitUntilTerminated then ResultCode returns  the exit code of the process. If False is returned then ResultCode specifies the  error that occurred. Use SysErrorMessage(ResultCode) to get a description of the  error. Remarks:
TExecWait is defined as:
TExecWait = (ewNoWait, ewWaitUntilTerminated, ewWaitUntilIdle);
Use the ShellExec function instead  if you need to launch a file that is not an executable or batch file.
Do not include quotes in the Filename parameter; the function will add them  automatically.
The WorkingDir parameter can be an empty string, in which case it will try to  extract a pathname from the Filename parameter and use that as the initial  current directory for the process. If no pathname was specified in Filename, the  process will inherit Setup/Uninstall's current directory.
If you have a single string containing both a filename and parameters (e.g. a  command line obtained from an UninstallString registry value), you need not  separate them yourself; just pass '>' in the Filename parameter, and  the full command line in the Params parameter. (Note that when this is done, the  function's special platform-independent support for .bat and .cmd files is  disabled; it simply passes the specified command line to CreateProcess without  any processing.)
By default, when Setup/Uninstall is running in 64-bit mode, this function disables WOW64  file system redirection when calling CreateProcess. It is possible to override  this by calling EnableFsRedirection. Example:var   ResultCode: Integer; begin   // Launch Notepad and wait for it to terminate   if Exec(ExpandConstant('{win}\notepad.exe'), '', '', SW_SHOW,      ewWaitUntilTerminated, ResultCode) then   begin     // handle success if necessary; ResultCode contains the exit code   end   else begin     // handle failure if necessary; ResultCode contains the error code   end; end; See also:
ExecAsOriginalUser  

 

by: moorhouselondonPosted on 2008-08-26 at 12:21:04ID: 22318380

Prototype:
function Exec(const Filename, Params, WorkingDir: String; const ShowCmd: Integer; const Wait: TExecWait; var ResultCode: Integer): Boolean;
 
Description:
Executes the specified executable or batch file, using the same credentials as Setup/Uninstall. The Wait parameter specifies whether the function should return immediately or wait until the launched process has termimated or is idle. Returns True if the specified file was executed successfully, False otherwise. If True is returned and Wait is ewWaitUntilTerminated then ResultCode returns the exit code of the process. If False is returned then ResultCode specifies the error that occurred. Use SysErrorMessage(ResultCode) to get a description of the error.
 
Remarks:
TExecWait is defined as:
 
TExecWait = (ewNoWait, ewWaitUntilTerminated, ewWaitUntilIdle);
 
Use the ShellExec function instead if you need to launch a file that is not an executable or batch file.
 
Do not include quotes in the Filename parameter; the function will add them automatically.
 
The WorkingDir parameter can be an empty string, in which case it will try to extract a pathname from the Filename parameter and use that as the initial current directory for the process. If no pathname was specified in Filename, the process will inherit Setup/Uninstall's current directory.
 
If you have a single string containing both a filename and parameters (e.g. a command line obtained from an UninstallString registry value), you need not separate them yourself; just pass '>' in the Filename parameter, and the full command line in the Params parameter. (Note that when this is done, the function's special platform-independent support for .bat and .cmd files is disabled; it simply passes the specified command line to CreateProcess without any processing.)
 
By default, when Setup/Uninstall is running in 64-bit mode, this function disables WOW64 file system redirection when calling CreateProcess. It is possible to override this by calling EnableFsRedirection.
 
Example:
var
  ResultCode: Integer;
begin
  // Launch Notepad and wait for it to terminate
  if Exec(ExpandConstant('{win}\notepad.exe'), '', '', SW_SHOW,
     ewWaitUntilTerminated, ResultCode) then
  begin
    // handle success if necessary; ResultCode contains the exit code
  end
  else begin
    // handle failure if necessary; ResultCode contains the error code
  end;
end;See also:
ExecAsOriginalUser 
                                              
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by: moorhouselondonPosted on 2008-08-26 at 12:22:42ID: 22318393

Sorry about the first post, forgot to use the Code Snippet feature.  As stated above, this is from the Pascal Scription secion of the Help file

 

by: matrixnzPosted on 2008-08-26 at 21:24:40ID: 22321836

If you wish it to execute before the setup then just use the following code, changing the path and the name of the exe.  This will execute before the InnoSetup Compiled Setup starts.

Cheers

[Code]
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
var
	ResultCode: Integer;
begin
 If Exec(ExpandConstant('{src}\FiletoExecute.exe'), '', '', SW_SHOW, ewWaitUntilTerminated, ResultCode) then
        result := true
    else
        result := false;
end;

                                              
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by: blackbookcoder2Posted on 2008-08-27 at 11:56:43ID: 31490401

thanks for all your help

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