Automate EXE installation with wait option

[water]

Check which function didn't work:

Run("C:\Client\Setup - ReInstallMIMSys.exe")
$hWindow = WinWait("MIMSys Install")
$iReturnValue = ControlClick($hWindow, "", "[CLASS:WindowsForms10.BUTTON.app.0.378734a; INSTANCE:2]")
$hWindow = WinWait ("MIMSYS HIS ERP SETUP - InstallShield Wizard")
MsgBox(0, "", "Winwait returned: " & $hWindow)
$iReturnValue = ControlClick($hWindow, "" , "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1]")
MsgBox(0, "", "ControlClick returned: " & $iReturnValue)

 

[amaged]

1 hour ago, water said:

Check which function didn't work:

Run("C:\Client\Setup - ReInstallMIMSys.exe")
$hWindow = WinWait("MIMSys Install")
$iReturnValue = ControlClick($hWindow, "", "[CLASS:WindowsForms10.BUTTON.app.0.378734a; INSTANCE:2]")
$hWindow = WinWait ("MIMSYS HIS ERP SETUP - InstallShield Wizard")
MsgBox(0, "", "Winwait returned: " & $hWindow)
$iReturnValue = ControlClick($hWindow, "" , "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1]")
MsgBox(0, "", "ControlClick returned: " & $iReturnValue)

 

 

returned the below value

then

Edited December 25, 2017 by amaged

[water]

Maybe if we specify the ControlId to use:

Run("C:\Client\Setup - ReInstallMIMSys.exe")
$hWindow = WinWait("MIMSys Install")
$iReturnValue = ControlClick($hWindow, "", "[CLASS:WindowsForms10.BUTTON.app.0.378734a; INSTANCE:2]")
$hWindow = WinWait ("MIMSYS HIS ERP SETUP - InstallShield Wizard")
MsgBox(0, "", "Winwait returned: " & $hWindow)
$iReturnValue = ControlClick($hWindow, "" , 1)
MsgBox(0, "", "ControlClick returned: " & $iReturnValue)

 

[Earthshine]

You need logging and such to debug

try my function 

 

[amaged]

still giving the same error WinWait Returned: code ,

[water]

As "Next" is already pre-selected we could simply send the needed key to the Window. As Send always interacts with the active window we need to make sure that the user can't interfere with our script. So we block user input while the script is running

#include <AutoItConstants.au3>
BlockInput($BI_DISABLE) ; Disable User Input
Run("C:\Client\Setup - ReInstallMIMSys.exe")
$hWindow = WinWait("MIMSys Install")
$iReturnValue = ControlClick($hWindow, "", "[CLASS:WindowsForms10.BUTTON.app.0.378734a; INSTANCE:2]")
$hWindow = WinWait ("MIMSYS HIS ERP SETUP - InstallShield Wizard")
MsgBox(0, "", "Winwait returned: " & $hWindow)
Send("!+n") ; Alt Shift n
BlockInput($BI_ENABLE) ; Enable User Input

 

[amaged]

well, that did freez the input. but I'm stuck on step 2 where the Next button is not clicked

[water]

Ok. Then please try the following Send statements (one after the other) until one of them works:

Send("!n") ; Alt n
Send("{ENTER}") ; Enter
Send("{SPACE}") ; Space

 

[amaged]

still same issue. I appreciate your help guys. we kept delaying our deployment and today after a couple of hours we will start the process manually . I have uploaded the installation client here   https://drive.google.com/file/d/19SYR_n8OjjSvNyLlYSXFzFhsNqcHYJOW/view?usp=sharing         as a final resort in case you need to have a closer /faster interaction . I really appreciate your help, time and patience so far regardless of any outcomes

Regards

 

Ahmed

[water]

When you manually try the above keys, which one works?

[Earthshine]

nothing like waiting until the last minute, and rar, seriously?

the way to have gone about this is to look in the registry for the installed applications. this thing wants to uninstall several apps then do a clean install. The installer utility front end is authored in WinForms, apparently, so forget conventional AutoIT methods there. had you shared this first off you would not have wasted so much time.

nobody can really test that installer utility because they don't have all that mimsys stuff installed. no way to help out. 

there are many ways to skin a cat, you can't always brute force your choice into being the right course of action. the registry contains installer info and if push came to shove you could delete their reg keys and files, then reinstall clean.

 

if you need help with the InstallShield part, I can help with that. that first bit, in the first directory was probably whipped up in C# using WinForms it looks like. The actual install can be automated, uninstall AND install. I've done it many times and know how InstallScript crap installers work.

my installscript installers support a /silent option I programmed and I don't even need the stupid response .iss file, except that you need a dummy at least or InstallShield will barf because it is missing. my installers are not stupid.

 

See FAQ 31 for ways to deal with WinFoms and WPF apps.

Edited December 27, 2017 by Earthshine

[Earthshine]

and you can tell them that both are the shittiest installers i have ever seen! can't even install the second one, says 205 GB isn't enough space! LOL. FAIL. good luck. I take back what I said. Those retarded installers probably cannot be silently installed. 

[Jos]

28 minutes ago, Earthshine said:

and you can tell them that both are the shittiest installers i have ever seen! can't even install the second one, says 205 GB isn't enough space! LOL. FAIL. good luck. I take back what I said. Those retarded installers probably cannot be silently installed. 

chill-pill time it is master Eathshine 

[Earthshine]

Well we had a ghost of a chance but when I inspected the installers all is lost

[Jos]

Just went to the new starwars movie so had to make a Joda comment.

[Earthshine]

it's really pitiful. i have never seen a setup so bad. well, i have, a buggy one.