skipDownloadingComponents property

[clairealex7]

Hello, I came across "skipDownloadingComponents " property in Project Properties - Installation part of the reference doc installed with VMware InstallBuilder.
But it is not documented in the userguide.
I am wondering if this would do the following:

- When I am running an installer built with downloadable components, and I copy the pak files in the location the installer expects them locally, then the installer does not download the .pak files.?

If this is the expected behavior: If the installer was built without specifying skipDownloadingComponents =1, is there a way to pass this parameter to the installer at run time?

Thank you

Claire

[michieldhont_]

Hi @clairealex7,

- When I am running an installer built with downloadable components, and I copy the pak files in the location the installer expects them locally, then the installer does not download the .pak files.?

Yes, it will prevent the installer from retrieving the downloadable components. 

you can set it as follows:

<project>
  ...
   <skipDownloadingComponents>1</skipDownloadingComponents> 
 ...
</project>

Or you could set it at runtime:

<setInstallerVariable name="project.skipDownloadingComponents" value="1">
     <ruleList>
         <isTrue value="${skip_download}"/>
     </ruleList>
</setInstallerVariable>

 Where skip_download would be a hidden parameter:

<parameterList>
 ...
  <stringParameter ask="0" name="skip_download"/>
 ...
</parameterList>

Best regards,

Michiel

[clairealex7]

Thank you!