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[dkenny]

I want to test a connection to a database using details entered during an install.
I am currently using the LaunchAppAndWait function to call a batch file that executes an osql query.

This sets %ERRORLEVEL% to 0 if is suceeds in contacting the database and 1 or -1 otherwise..

Is there any way to check this from within installshield or can someone suggest another way

Thanks,

[Perotin]

If ERRORLEVEL still exists after closing the batch file's DOS session, IS may be able to get the system variable's content, but a different approach may be to get the error level within the batch file and write the return code into a text file which can be analyzed by the installation script ...