SuiteGetProperty

InstallShield 2015 » InstallScript Language Reference

Project: This information applies to the following project types:

InstallScript
Suite/Advanced UI

Note: This function is available for InstallScript installations that may be included as InstallScript packages in an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI installation. For more information, see Adding an InstallScript Package to an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI Project.

This function is also available for InstallScript actions that are included in Suite/Advanced UI installations. For more information, see Working with an Action that Runs InstallScript Code in a Suite/Advanced UI Installation.

This function returns an error in the following scenarios:

The function is called in an InstallScript installation that is launched directly (that is, not from an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI installation).
The function is called in an InstallScript installation that is included in an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI installation as an executable package.

The SuiteGetProperty function retrieves the value of an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI property from the Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI installation that is running the InstallScript package, or from the Suite/Advanced UI installation that is running the InstallScript action. The function stores the property value in a string variable.

Syntax

SuiteGetProperty (string szName, string svValue);

Parameters

SuiteGetProperty Parameters

Parameter

Description

szName

Specify the name of the Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI property whose value you want to retrieve.

svValue

Specify the string variable that you want to contain the value of the Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI property.

Return Values

SuiteGetProperty Return Values

Return Value

Description

ISERR_SUCCESS

The function successfully retrieved the property value.

ISERR_ISERVICE_NOT_ENABLED

The function was not called in an InstallScript package that was launched from an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI installation, or from an InstallScript action in a Suite/Advanced UI installation. It was called in an InstallScript installation that was launched directly, or from an InstallScript installation that was included as an executable package in an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI installation.

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