question

DanielShepherd-8507 avatar image
0 Votes"
DanielShepherd-8507 asked DanielShepherd-8507 commented

Setup installer not lettintg me change product name

I am making a setup installer for a game I made, and I set the productname to adventure game. it used to be adventuregamesetup. when I rebuilt it and ran it in the file explorer, it would not change. is there a way to fix this? also i am using visual studio 2019.

c++
· 2
5 |1600 characters needed characters left characters exceeded

Up to 10 attachments (including images) can be used with a maximum of 3.0 MiB each and 30.0 MiB total.

@DanielShepherd-8507

Could you please tell us what kind of project do you use to make the setup installer?

0 Votes 0 ·

just for informational purposes, here is what project it is:
87710-thing.png
it requires the setup installer extension by microsoft.


0 Votes 0 ·
thing.png (5.1 KiB)

1 Answer

cooldadtx avatar image
0 Votes"
cooldadtx answered DanielShepherd-8507 commented

I'm assuming you mean you have downloaded the extension Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects and are trying to use it. I'm a little confused as to what you mean by "it would not change". It sounds like the setup program itself was fine but perhaps the title shown in the UI is wrong.

If you use the Properties window on the Setup project you can change the ProductName which is what the welcome text uses by default. There is also the Title property. The executable name follows the project name. Not really sure what the Title property impacts at this point.

Can you clarify where the text is wrong?

· 5
5 |1600 characters needed characters left characters exceeded

Up to 10 attachments (including images) can be used with a maximum of 3.0 MiB each and 30.0 MiB total.

here is a screenshot of the incorrect in the installer view:
87440-example.png


here is what the text is supposed to be via the productname in visual studio:
87465-screenshot-2021-04-13-162936.png


0 Votes 0 ·
cooldadtx avatar image cooldadtx DanielShepherd-8507 ·

That text is backed by ProductName which is what you changed. Couple of things come to mind.

  1. Did you recompile the code and happen to get any errors such that it didn't replace the original binary?

  2. Are you sure you are running the binary that got built (e.g. Debug and not Relesae)? Cleaning the build first would help here.

  3. Did you modify the Welcome message (although the title bar seems messed up too)?


0 Votes 0 ·

where is this welcomemessage property?

0 Votes 0 ·
Show more comments