SoftPro order can have documents attached to the folder in any collection of folders you find useful. This page will be a collection of ways to interact with attachment files, folders, and items with IronPython. This is a frequent ask so the Automation Snippets can perform logic in this area. Typical Imports including LINQ Imports These are the… Read More »
While working on a project that uses WCF to connect to an endpoint that checks SQL for my credentials, I suddenly started receiving errors from SQL Server in the Event Log reporting: The transaction log for database ‘…’ is full due to ‘LOG_BACKUP’. Then the app was stuck with the message whenever I (attempted to) start it. After… Read More »
When writing code, I frequently add Debug checks to alert me that an incorrect assumption has been made. During development (debug build code), I want to know I haven’t handled a case. During production (release build code), I don’t want to interrupt the user experience. This means that for an unhandled case, the method should be written to… Read More »
I need to test the uninstall feature of Inno Setup scripts. The easiest way I have found to do this is to directly manipulate the registry to add the log switch on the command line. [Setup]: AppId According to the Inno help, AppId also determines the actual name of the Uninstall registry key, to which Inno Setup tacks… Read More »
Much of this information is in pulled directly from the Inno Setup Installation Order page on the web. I wanted to add a bit of additional information regarding when Inno calls pre-defined Pascal scripts. My comments are in yellow and I have added function/procedure definitions where applicable. Installation Order Once the actual installation process begins, this is the… Read More »
I use Inno Setup to create installers. It is simple to use but has many complex capabilities. This page is just general information and links to important information. Links Inno Setup main site page – Inno Setup (jrsoftware.org) Main help file – Inno Setup Help (jrsoftware.org) Inno Setup Preprocessor (ISPP) help file – Inno Setup Preprocessor Help (jrsoftware.org)… Read More »
Inno Setup allows you to send logging information to a file during install/uninstall operations. You must specify the log option and destination file on the command line. Example Installation The InitializeSetup() function is called shortly after the installer/uninstaller starts. It runs before the user has been prompted for a target folder so {app} is undefined here. In fact,… Read More »
I needed to search an entire database to find 64-bit integer data types were being used to make sure I was handling them correctly. I needed to create a query to find all the columns in the database that are SQL bigint type. I found a and modified it to get the location information I needed. Other Uses
When adding shell package to the SoftPro Select client GUI application, you must do a two step process. First is to pass your package to a Select command line tool that puts package entries in the registry. Second is to start the Select application with a command line argument that forces it to merge all the shell package… Read More »
SoftPro Select has the option to create a development environment using non-production registry entries for new code. This registry key and its children can be deleted and recreated as needed. If development efforts have made a mess out of registry by not uninstalling packages correctly or polluting registry with crap, you can use the procedure below to delete… Read More »