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Add Text to INSTALL.LOG

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SVS variables or WiseScript variables that resolve to a valid SVS path. Example:
[PROGRAMFILES]\Application\Readme.txt.
See SVS Variables on page 161.
Return variable
(Optional.) Enter a name for the return variable. When this script action runs
successfully, either 0 or 1 is placed in this variable.
See also:
About SVS Script Actions
This action adds commands to the installation log (Install.log).
Use the Open/Close Install.log action to create the installation log.
See Open/Close Install.log
As the installation runs on the destination computer, each action it performs is logged in
the installation log (installation of files, additions or changes to registry, and so on).
Failures are listed also, with the reason for failure. The uninstall reverses each action
recorded in the Install.log, starting at the bottom of the log and going up. Typically, you
add commands to the Install.log to customize the uninstall process for an application.
Because the log is written continuously during installation, the location of the text in the
log depends on where in the script you place the Add Text to Install.log script line.
Note
When a WiseScript is called by a Windows Installer installation, the Windows Installer
installation does not recognize changes that the WiseScript makes to the destination
computer and will not uninstall them. Therefore, you must provide a way to uninstall or
repair such changes. See Uninstalling Changes Made by a WiseScript in the Windows
Installer Editor Help.
To complete the dialog box
Log Text
Enter the text to be added to the log file. You can enter variables surrounded by %.
To see the format of lines, open existing log files.
Examples
By default, uninstall does not remove files that were installed to Windows,
Windows\System, or Windows\System32. To remove these files, place an Add Text to
Install.log script line directly before the Install File(s) script lines that install files to one
of these directories. Type the following as the Log Text (exactly as shown because it is
case-sensitive):
Non-System File:
You can add a line to the Install.log that pauses the uninstall, executes an application
until it finishes, then resumes the uninstall. To do this, type the following as Log Text,
substituting your own path to the .EXE (case-sensitive):
Execute path: %MAINDIR%\Remove.exe
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