Running console application/batch file interactively inside Inno Setup

Question

From this post, I see that we can monitor the cmd output and show it in Inno setup UI:
Embedded CMD in Inno Setup installer (show command output on a custom page)

In my case , in Run section I launch a bat, which will do some process based on a user input.

(e.g whether install / modify a package - user will input Y/n – something like that)

Is it possible to embed an interactive cmd in to Inno Setup GUI? The problem is if user closes the cmd prompt in-between then the installation will not be proper and leads to corrupted files.

What is right way to handle this?

Answer 1

It's probably doable – but a lot of work and not user-friendly anyway.

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I'd use Inno Setup GUI to ask all questions in advance and then run the batch file non-interactively.

• Either by modifying the batch file to accept parameters to control its options.
  See Inno Setup: How to pass variable from [Code] to [Run] (or other section)

• Or, if you cannot modify the batch file, by providing an answer file.
  See How to provide an input to a batch file ran using Inno Setup installer?