Hi Casper, The technique that I've taken in the past for a database configuration screen is just creating a dialog from the custom action dll/exe. That way, you can modify the gui elements easily. Otherwise, I'm sorry, but I don't have a good answer for populating an msi dialog control with values.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Casper Hornstrup Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 12:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [NAntC-Dev] Custom action registration This is not possible? Casper > -----Original Message----- > From: Casper Hornstrup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10. april 2004 12:18 > To: 'James Geurts'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [NAntC-Dev] Custom action registration > > Hi James. > > Thanks. I have a few more questions. I would like to create > some dialogs, how do you normally create these? With orca, > VS.NET, nant xml or other software? I guess there exists no > Visio -> MSI dialog converter. Basicly I need to retrieve > information from the user and write some .config files. > I use MySQL for the database and would like for the installer > to query MySQL for existing databases and allow the user to > select one of these or create a new one. This means I need to > fill a drop-down box with the available databases from my > custom action. How do I do this? > > I know I can get the parameters in the custom action using: > > public override void > Install(System.Collections.IDictionary stateSaver) > { > base.Install(stateSaver); > string ParamA = > this.Context.Parameters["ParamA"]; > } > > but not how to manipulate GUI elements from the custom action. > > Casper ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ NAntContrib-Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nantcontrib-developer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ NAntContrib-Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nantcontrib-developer
