Advanced - Actions page
The Tarma QuickInstall 2 Advanced - Actions page has been renamed to Actions in InstallMate. The overall purpose of the page is still the same: it defines the actions that the installer executes. However, the InstallMate action sequences and actions are much more flexible than their Tarma QuickInstall 2 counterparts. Tarma QuickInstall 2 contained a dozen predefined actions and had one type of custom action. In contrast, InstallMate contains more than 50 standard actions, plus many different custom action types. The (single) Tarma QuickInstall 2 custom action type corresponds to the Run Program custom action in InstallMate.
Custom action settings (Tarma QuickInstall 2)
The Tarma QuickInstall 2 custom action corresponds to the Run Program action in InstallMate. The following table shows how Tarma QuickInstall 2 custom action settings are converted to the InstallMate Run Program action.
| Tarma QuickInstall 2 | InstallMate | Changes and conversion notes |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | Action name | New in InstallMate; used to identify the action in its sequence. |
| Action title | Description | In InstallMate, the action description may be localized. |
| Target path | Installed path | No changes. |
| Arguments | Arguments | No changes. |
| Start in | Start in | No changes. |
| Run program | Show | No changes except for the new name. |
| Condition | Condition | In InstallMate, conditions can use the full conditional expression syntax. |
| Prompt | Prompt | In InstallMate, the prompt text may be localized. |
| Synchronous | n/a | Combined with Timeout (see below). |
| ShellExecute | ShellExecute | No changes. |
| Reboot | n/a | No longer supported. You can set the TsuRebootRequired variable if you need to reboot the system. |
| Not silent | Not silent | No changes. |
| Timeout | Timeout | In InstallMate, this option combines the Synchronous and Timeout from Tarma QuickInstall 2. |
| Wait for process | Process 2 | No changes (both Tarma QuickInstall 2 and InstallMate wait for the Installed path process first, then for the optional second process if any is specified). |
| Win16 | n/a | Waiting for 16-bit processes is no longer supported. |
| Exit code | Exit code | No changes. |
| Platforms | Platforms... | Similar, except that the platform selection is in a separate Select Installation Platforms dialog box. |