How to pass parameter to custom Action script in InstallShield?

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I made the following script "[SystemFolder]cmd.exe" /c "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="RuleName" action=allow protocol=TCP dir=in localport=399"

and i made a dialog in setup that take the Port number and set it to a property called ServerPort .. now my question is how to pass this value to this script ?

Cosmin · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-09 08:50:32Z

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First you should change the property name to SERVER_PORT so it's public. Properties with lowercase letters do not pass their modified values to InstallExecuteSequence.

After that, you can try something like this:

"[SystemFolder]cmd.exe" /c "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="RuleName" action=allow protocol=TCP dir=in localport=[SERVER_PORT]"

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 8:50

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Christopher Painter Over a year ago

It should also be marked Secure. BTW, if it was me, I'd create a WiX merge module and use the Firewall extension to do this. The module can then be merged into the InstallShield project as I've described in my blog. blog.deploymentengineering.com/2011/01/…

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