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This is failing to overwrite the SofieAddIn.xla file. I've rewritten this trying to FileDelete, FileMove, DirDelete the whole directory and recreate, FileAttrib, but no luck. The DLL and the XLA both have the same attributes, but the dll gets overwritten no problem. Both are READ-ONLY and "File is ready for archiving" and "For fast searching, allow Indexing Service to index this file" are checked on both fiels. The return on the FileInstall for the XLA is always 0.

The date and tested return date on the XLA is 2009/03/10.

How can I overwrite or move or replace the XLA file? Thanks!

$SofieDir = (@ProgramFilesDir & "\Sofie")
$SofieAddIn = ("SofieAddIn.xla")
$AspEncryptDLL = ("AspEncrypt.dll")

If Not FileExists($SofieDir) Then DirCreate($SofieDir)

;AspEncrypt.dll  installation
If FileExists($SofieDir & "\" & $AspEncryptDLL) Then    
    ;Check date
    $DLLt = FileGetTime($SofieDir & "\" & $AspEncryptDLL)
    $DLLyyyymd = $DLLt[0] & "/" & $DLLt[1] & "/" & $DLLt[2]
    If $DLLyyyymd <> "2009/5/14" Then       
        Fileinstall("AspEncrypt.dll", $SofieDir & "\" & $AspEncryptDLL, 1)
        Sleep(3000)
        Run(@ComSpec & " /c regsvr32 /s " & $SofieDir & "\" & $AspEncryptDLL, "", @SW_HIDE)
    EndIf
Else
    Fileinstall("AspEncrypt.dll", $SofieDir & "\" & $AspEncryptDLL, 1)
    Sleep(3000)
    Run(@ComSpec & " /c regsvr32 /s " & $SofieDir & "\" & $AspEncryptDLL, "", @SW_HIDE)
EndIf


;SofieAddIn.xla  add-in installation
If FileExists($SofieDir & "\" & $SofieAddIn) Then
    ;Check date
    $t = FileGetTime($SofieDir & "\" & $SofieAddIn)
    $yyyymd = $t[0] & "/" & $t[1] & "/" & $t[2]

    If $yyyymd = "2010/5/25" Then
        Exit 
    Else
        MsgBox(0,"", "$yyyymd = " & $yyyymd)
        MsgBox(0,"", "About to install " & $SofieDir & "\" & $SofieAddIn)
        
        FileSetAttrib("""C:\Program Files\Sofie\SofieAddIn.xla""", "-RA")
        FileDelete("""C:\Program Files\Sofie\SofieAddIn.xla""")
        
        $SofieAddInFILEINSTLL = FileInstall("SofieAddIn.xla", $SofieDir & "\SofieAddIn.xla", 1)
        
        MsgBox(0,"","$SofieAddInFILEINSTLL " & $SofieAddInFILEINSTLL)
        
    EndIf
Else
    FileInstall("SofieAddIn.xla", $SofieDir & "\" & $SofieAddIn, 1)
EndIf



Sleep(5000)
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options", "OPEN", "REG_SZ", """C:\Program Files\Sofie\SofieAddIn.xla""")
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options", "OPEN", "REG_SZ", """C:\Program Files\Sofie\SofieAddIn.xla""")
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eviltoaster noticed the same thing I did. You have variables holding the proper path but you still try to use the full path, that makes no sense at all.

$SofieDir = (@ProgramFilesDir & "\Sofie")
$SofieAddIn = ("SofieAddIn.xla")
$AspEncryptDLL = ("AspEncrypt.dll")
FileSetAttrib("""C:\Program Files\Sofie\SofieAddIn.xla""", "-RA")
FileDelete("""C:\Program Files\Sofie\SofieAddIn.xla""")
Else
    FileInstall("SofieAddIn.xla", $SofieDir & "\" & $SofieAddIn, 1)
EndIf
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options", "OPEN", "REG_SZ", """C:\Program Files\Sofie\SofieAddIn.xla""")
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options", "OPEN", "REG_SZ", """C:\Program Files\Sofie\SofieAddIn.xla""")

Should be

$SofieDir = @ProgramFilesDir & "\Sofie\"
$SofieAddIn = "SofieAddIn.xla"
$AspEncryptDLL = "AspEncrypt.dll"
FileSetAttrib($SofieDir & $SofieAddIn, "-RA")
FileDelete($SofieDir & $SofieAddIn)
Else
    FileInstall("SofieAddIn.xla", $SofieDir & $SofieAddIn, 1)
EndIf
RegWrite("HKCU64\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options", "OPEN", "REG_SZ", $SofieDir & $SofieAddIn)
RegWrite("HKCU64\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options", "OPEN", "REG_SZ", $SofieDir & $SofieAddIn)

Obviously those lines are not in their proper positions so you will have to find them in your script and make the changes.

In fact I would change

$SofieAddIn = ("SofieAddIn.xla")
$AspEncryptDLL = ("AspEncrypt.dll")

To

$SofieAddIn = $SofieDir & "SofieAddIn.xla"
$AspEncryptDLL = $SofieDir & "AspEncrypt.dll"

Then make the appropriate changes in the code I just gave you. A few message boxes for testing can help you out as well.

The last remaining item is, you can't delete a file that is in use by anything so make sure there are no open file handles and that the files are not currently in use by an application or service.

EDIT: My prefered method of doing this would be to use a proper installer like Inno Setup to handle it all. It's a very simple script in Inno and if that file can't be changed because something has it locked you can have it replaced on restart and force (or not) the restart. There is even a File_in_use extension available for Inno.

Edited by GEOSoft

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