Abort an Installation

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How to abort the installer if a certain condition is not met.

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There might be times during an installation that you want the installer to abort if a certain condition is not met. There is no default abort install action in InstallAnywhere, but here are two workarounds that can be used instead.

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Workaround 1:

Use a Show Message Dialog and show one button and set the button to "Cancel and Exit".
Then attach a rule to this Show Message Dialog so if the rule is evaluated to true, the Message Dialog will be displayed and at that point, the user only has the choice to cancel and exit.
This work around only works in GUI mode.
If the Show Message Dialog is placed in the Install Sequence, a roll back will take place before the installer aborts.

Workaround 2:

Go to this link and download the AbortInstallAction plugin:
http://www.flexerasoftware.com/products/installanywhere/files-utilities.htm

Once downloaded, open the zip file and you'll find a readme inside with instructions on how to use the plugin. The source code is also inside.

In your project, add the AbortInstallation action located in the plugins tab. Now you can add a rule to this plugin so that if the rule is evaluated to true, the installer will abort. Since this is a custom action plugin, this works in GUI, Console and Silent modes. But unlike workaround 1, the installer will not perform a roll-back if this plugin is added in the Install Sequence. If the code runs after a file has been installed, the file will remain on the target system.

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For additional information regarding rollback in InstallAnywhere 2010 and later, please see this HelpNet article.

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