[TC10.51] Installer /Z"INSTALL.ZIP", wrong error if file does not exist

[white]

Run:

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tcmd1051x32_64.exe /Z"INSTALL_OOPS_TYPO.ZIP"

The error message says:

The setup information file was not found!
You need to unpack the whole archive before running install.exe!

The current installers can no longer work with unpacked files, can they?

[ghisler(Author)]

They can, but it seems that the ZIP file wasn't found, or doesn't have zero compression, or doesn't contain the install.inf file.

[white]

The current installers can no longer work with unpacked files, can they?

They can..

Not when I test it. Please tell me how to accomplish that. The old installers INSTALL.EXE and INSTALL64.EXE didn't work with packed installation data that was added to the installer files. They worked with unpacked installation files and looked for an .INF file with the same name as the installer, so INSTALL.INF and INSTALL64.INF respectively. That no longer works. Not even when I take the sfxhead part from the new installers and rename it to INSTALL.EXE.

..but it seems that the ZIP file wasn't found..

That is what the report is about, which is indicated by the text "if file does not exist" and the file name used in the example: "INSTALL_OOPS_TYPO.ZIP".

The error message is still the same as when the installer didn't support the installation files to be stored in a ZIP file. The statement "You need to unpack the whole archive before running install.exe!" is no longer correct. TC is no longer downloaded as a ZIP file you need to unpacked fully before running install.exe. The installer is no longer named install.exe and the data is packed.

[ghisler(Author)]

Ah, sorry, I misunderstood you. Yes, the new installers can't work directly with cab etc, they need a ZIP file with zero compression.

[ghisler(Author)]

I will change it to:

The setup information file was not found!
The installer can only install from a ZIP archive with zero compression!
Installation aborted!

Die Setup-Informationsdatei wurde nicht gefunden!
Das Installationsprogramm kann nur aus einem ZIP-Archiv mit 0 Kompression installieren!
Installation abgebrochen!

[white]

26.09.22 Fixed: Show more meaningful error when installer is called with invalid install file as parameter (32/64)

Tested OK with all installers of TC10.52rc1.

Moderator message from: white » 2022-10-05, 09:41 UTC

Moved to Fixed bugs.