# Wednesday, September 17, 2014


Last year I wrote a blog post on on how to run Stylus Studio installer in silent mode titled How to Run Unattended Stylus Studio Install

Here I will show you how to run the uninstaller.

First you need to create a response file running the uninstaller, using the following commands which creates the response file at c:\uninstall1.iss.  
It really important to use a path with ASCII letters only.

SET X15_R2_GUID={CE879889-18D1-410C-8FEB-561243541860} 
SET UNINSTALL_FOLDER=c:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\%X15_R2_GUID% 
SET UNINSTALL=%UNINSTALL_FOLDER%\Setup.exe 
"%UNINSTALL%" -uninstall /r /f1c:\uninstall1.iss 

Once the un-installation process is completed you can perform the un-installation in silent mode
 
SET X15_R2_GUID={CE879889-18D1-410C-8FEB-561243541860} 
SET UNINSTALL_FOLDER=c:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\%X15_R2_GUID
SET UNINSTALL=%UNINSTALL_FOLDER%\Setup.exe 
"%UNINSTALL%" -uninstall /s /f1c:\uninstall1.iss 

Notice that each Stylus Studio version and edition use a different GUID; these are stored in a hidden folder
c:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information

If you need help to locate your Stylus Studio GUID post a message on the Stylus Studio Developer Network

Hope this helps
Ivan Pedruzzi
Stylus Studio Team


posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 2:39:07 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
# Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Starting with Stylus Studio X15 Release 2 is possible to transfer a license from one computer to another without contacting our support team. 


When you activate Stylus Studio we build a unique hardware identifier and passed to our license server, this is helpful for tracking software usage with large organizations which may run hundreds of Stylus Studio instances. If you work on multiple workstations and try to activate your Stylus Studio license on a different hardware you get stuck on the following error:




This is no longer the case, just run the Stylus Studio un-installer ( Control Panel ->  Unistall Programs) and you are free to re-install on a different system.




There are actually two additional methods for deactivating a license: 


  • From inside the IDE, click on Help -> Deactivate From this Computer.  This command is disabled in evaluation mode.











  • Using a command line switch with the Stylus Studio executable





 

 

Let us know what you think about this new feature

Ivan Pedruzzi

Stylus Studio Team



posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:31:34 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
# Friday, July 26, 2013


Starting with Stylus Studio X15 you can use the following instructions:

Create a response file running the installer using the following command line. Be careful, there is no space after the f1 argument and, the file path cannot contain special characters like a space or underscore ( _ )

stylus-studio-professional-15r1.exe -r /f1c:\StylusStudioPro.iss

The command starts the Stylus Studio installer in interactive mode. Follow the installation steps, click yes on the license page, choose the destination folder, etc. 
When the installation is completed, your actions are captured into 

c:\StylusStudioPro.iss 


You can now install Stylus Studio on the target machine in silent mode. 

Create a simple text file named “X15 XML Professional Suite.key” with the activation key in it.

The procedure needs 3 files: the installer, the response file and the license key file

- stylus-studio-professional-15r1.exe
- StylusStudioPro.iss
- X15 XML Professional Suite.key

To run the installer, use the following command line. Notice that the process returns when the installation is completed. The path to the .iss file can be different as long as there are no special characters. 

start /wait stylus-studio-professional-15r1.exe -s /f1c:\StylusStudioPro.iss

After your script has performed the above steps, copy “X15 XML Professional Suite.key” to
c:\ProgramData\Stylus Studio\X15 XML Professional Suite.key


Hope this helps
Ivan Pedruzzi
Stylus Studio Team



posted on Friday, July 26, 2013 12:43:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback