Wise 4.0
Tech Support Questions

Q. Is there a way to add your application to Add/Remove Section of the windows95 control panel?
A. Yes, the sample script C:\WISE\SAMPLE\SAMPLE.WSE includes two lines that look like:
Registry Key Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wise 4.0...
These two lines add the line Wise 4.0 to the Add/Remove list.
Q. I need to be able to have the script execute a command normally performed from the Windows 3.1 or Win 95 Run command during the execution of the script. I get the error "Could not execute the external program C:\temp\setup\setup.exe" It continues "Use file-run from program manager to start Microsoft setup." How do I get around this? For the moment I just have a message telling the user to do it manually but that is not what I believe should be done.
A. You need to make sure the Execute Program script item EXE Path starts with a variable and contains the pathname of the EXE on the destination computer. You should also make sure to set the proper default directory in the Execute Program dialog.
Q. I like to use the Volume Id Number in a Password scheme. The Id Number is the 8 digit hex string which displays when you run the Vol Command from dos. The command would be 
  execute   'vol temp.txt'

I would then read the last nine bytes of the Temp.Txt file to extract the string. I assume I can use the Execute program script item and I hope that it will run in the background so the user is unaware of what I am doing.

A. You may want to write a small DLL to do this. That DLL function could then save the volume into a Wise variable. You can use the Execute Program script item to execute "C:\COMMAND.COM /C VOL >> %TEMP%\VOL.TXT" but that would require that the VOL.EXE program be in the current path. In addition you would then have to parse the TXT file that is created.
Q. How can I stop users entering long filenames into the directory dialogs using Wise 4.0? I think there used to be a way in the old versions, but I can't find a way now.
A. There is not a way to stop from entering a long directory name under Windows NT or 95 but you can convert it to a short filename right after they enter it. Use the Set Variable script item with the Convert to Short Filename selected as in: Set Variable MAINDIR to %MAINDIR%

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