How do I set property "REBOOT" to a value of "ReallySuppress".
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Carl Olsen
July 10th, 2009
I have a custom extension that runs at the very end of Wise that determines whether the computer needs to be rebooted by a normal reboot, or in the case of certain hardware attached, reboot by totally powering down.
It works great, except that Wise sometimes also decides that it needs to handle the rebooting. Since I am already rebooting, I need to tell wise "don't bother rebooting ever".
From studying the help screens and searching other messages, it appears as though I need to set the propert "REBOOT" to a value of "ReallySuppress"
Now this may seem extremely basic to those who know, but I can't find this property anywhere. I found a table called "Properties", but I see no "REBOOT" in there.
How / where do I do set this?
Thanks,
Carl
Go into the Property
Go into the Property table.
If you can't find the REBOOT property then you need to add it and give it a value.
Thanks! The fact that it is
Thanks!
The fact that it is something to be manually added is the key piece of info I needed, since I could not find it already there.
Carl.
Oops, that does not work.
When I do this, I get a warning:
"Warning: The property 'REBOOT' is a predefined property. Its value will be overwritten during the install."
So, it seems that although I can put it there, it is of little use. Any other spot I should put it?
Thanks again,
Carl.
Reboot Property
The message that you are referring to is a bit misleading. It will be overwritten during the install, really means that it will be overwritten during the install if there is something to overwrite it. This property could be passed from the command line which would overwrite the property that you had authored in to you package. I would like to add to AngelID's point that you can just add the property, or you can pass it on the command line.
Hope that helps. Talk to you soon,
Scot
Thanks!
AngelD and Scot:
I think I got it now.
Thank you very much!
Carl.
REBOOT=R is all that is required
For the record, it is only necessary to state the first letter of "ReallySuppress", so REBOOT=R is sufficient, as windows installer only checks the first letter anyway. Can be useful if entering a load of properties via the MSIEXEC command line as it saves a few characters.
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