Need answer from InstallShield staff please regarding Windows Vista Logo Program Test

[Christopher Painter]

I've been told that a developer at ULead successfully passed Vista Logo testing ( with the help of Macrovision explaining the intent of the law vs the letter of the law ) using an InstallScript MSI project compressed in a setup.exe.

Microsoft is a big company and sometimes inconsitent in their direction, but it can be done and you might want to consider contacting InstallShield Technicial Support if you want to try to enlist their assistance in accomplishing your certification. You should not have to switch to Basic MSI.

Hopefully after enough people come to the table with this project type it'll get easier for the rest to follow.

[Chanchito]

Hi,

Frankly speaking, not all test cases cannot pass.
With InstallScript MSI you can build your installer into separte setup.exe and a msi file.

Until now, the problems I found are

test case 19: the required UninstallString value is missing and located in another location

test case 25: the MsiRMFilesInUse dialog is missing. Actually it doesn't have dialog table if you open the msi file using Orca

I'm currently working on 23. Actually, I don't know if all problems can be fixed, but I'm still trying.

Thank you guys and any discussion is welcome

[Christopher Painter]

The MSIRMFilesInUse dialog check is simply incorrect. InstallShield MSI projects use an external UI handler and don't rely on the internal mechanisms for UI such as the dialog table. InstallShield could put a fake dialog table just to shut the test up, but why should they?

Many Microsoft installs also use their own custom UI handler. .NET framework and Visual Studio are two examples. How do they pass their own tests??

This is all really a non-issue... it's just getting the right people in Microsoft convinced by the other right people in Microsoft.

[Chanchito]

Thank you all for the help. We've pass the certification with InstallScript MSI project

[Christopher Painter]

Congratulations!

Funny thing is in 10 years of setup development I've never gone certified because none of my employers/clients had interest in it. If I ever need to, I'll be looking for help!