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[vishnub]

Hi all,

I am using InstallShield X automation interface, in that i can able to export a project using ExportProject method which converts the .ism file to .isv (text file format), at the same time while importing a project(.isv to .ism) i got an error
here is the code:

\\ Exporting Section :

set oISWiProject = CreateObject("ISWiAuto10.ISWiProject");
if (IsObject(oISWiProject) = FALSE) then
MessageBox("Error in Project",0);
return -1;
endif;

oISWiProject.OpenProject("C:\\My InstallShield X Projects\\MsiObj.ism");

sIsv = "C:\\My InstallShield X Projects\\SampleMsiObj.isv" ;
nResult = oISWiProject.ExportProject(sIsv);

oISWiProject.SaveProject;
oISWiProject.CloseProject;


\\ Importing Section :
set oISWiProject = CreateObject("ISWiAuto10.ISWiProject");
if (IsObject(oISWiProject) = FALSE) then
MessageBox("Error in Project",0);
return -1;
endif;


sDIsm = "C:\\My InstallShield X Projects\\MsiObjSample.ism";
sIsv = "C:\\My InstallShield X Projects\\SampleMsiObj.isv" ;

nResult = oISWiProject.ImportProject(sDIsm, sIsv);

oISWiProject.SaveProject;
oISWiProject.CloseProject;


The error is :

Error Number: 0x800A03F1
Description: An error occured while Importing the project: Invalid procedure call or argument
>ISMImportExport.CTextLayer.DoOldImport
>ISMImportExport.CTextLayer.ITextLayer_Import

Setup will now terminate.


Can anyone help me in this issue.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Vishnu

[Stefan Krueger]

Maybe this is no longer supported in InstallShield X? The preferred method is now to switch the project file format to XML which eliminates the need to export or import.

[vishnub]

Thank you Stefan, for your support.

Yes, instead of exporting the project, if i change the project file format from binary to XML. I get the same effect. So how can i do for importing.

Thanks,
Vishnu

[Stefan Krueger]

The idea behing exporting is to convert the binary project file to a text format. By switing to XML the project file itself is already in text format (xml file with .ism extension) thus amking export/import functionaliyt obsolete.

[vishnub]

Thanks Stefan, I got the concept of saving the project as XML file format.