4 replies to this topic

[vincejairam]

I need to change the product name that is displayed in the add/remove dialog.

I can do it by changing product name in the installer but i then all dialogs get changed as well.

does anyone know how to just change the add/remove string. I need it to display company name then product e.g ABC my product.

I had asked this question a while back on the installshield site: http://community.ins...threadid=128162

and someone "David Lock" stated that it may not be doable in ISDEV8 and that I would need to create another property and have the dialogs reference this another property.

Is it possible to do this with an easier less cubersome solution.

[Zweitze]

You could create a CA that sets this property (ProductName) to the name for ARP dialog, and schedule it before InstallInitialize in the execute sequence.
Most dialogs should be OK, only a few are shown during execute (eg. the dialog that urges you to close programs). Create another CA that sets ProductName to the original name, and schedule it after InstallFinalize.

[vincejairam]

Zweitze I tried your suggestions but no luck I still see the Original Product name "ABC my product" instead of "my product" in all of the setup screens.

[dbeachy1]

Actually, that worked for me. The trick is that you have to have the CA in BOTH the "User Interface" and "Execute" sequences:

User Interface: After CostFiinalize
Execute: Before InstallInitialize

The "User Interface" sequence handles the dialogs, and the "Execute" sequence handles the "Add/Remove Programs" setting.

[frede]

The uninstall string is in the registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Find the GUID for your product and change the DisplayName value. You could write a CA that changes this registry values. I don't know exactly when this value is written by setup though.