bbh
13th March 2002 00:33 UTC

disable a section based on an error
Hi,

I have a section of my installer that I don't want run if there has been an error in a previous section. Right now I have it set up like:

Section SectionB
IfErrors SkipSectionB

MessageBox MB_OK "Do stuff in section B"

SkipSectionB:

SectionEnd

So basically I call "SetErrors" in the previous section. If any error occurred, then sectionB is skipped.

This works, but I was wondering if there is a better way to accomplish the same thing.

Thanks,
Beth

bballer182
13th March 2002 04:53 UTC

looking for
the way that you have it setup now looks good. Are you looking for a way to involve the user less, something that take less script, or something that runs faster?

bbh
13th March 2002 16:55 UTC

Not necesarily any of those options.

I just was wondering if there was a better (i.e. cleaner) way of disabling a section. I wasn't able to find a way to do this except for ensuring the error flag is set in a previous section and then checking that value before continuing in the new section. I suppose I could accomplish the same thing by using a variable other than the error flag.

Like I said, it works. I was just wondering if there were other ways to accomplish the same thing.

Thanks,
Beth