Re: [WiX-users] WebBrowser control in custom UI dialog

2010-09-25 Thread Blair
us why you aren't using IDCRL, which doesn't require a UI IIRC. -Original Message- From: Pratapa Reddy Sanaga [mailto:pratap.san...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 10:33 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WebBrowser

Re: [WiX-users] WebBrowser control in custom UI dialog

2010-09-07 Thread Pratapa Reddy Sanaga
I have six options for the UI 1. In the bootstrapper exe - retrieve the token using the UI and pass it on as a command line arg to the msi as a serialized string. 2. Msi External UI - I don't quite understand the difference between this and the first option. Any code samples for external UI would

Re: [WiX-users] WebBrowser control in custom UI dialog

2010-09-06 Thread Rob Mensching
Deferred custom action? What user context is that running under? You might be surfing the web from an elevated process which seems incredibly dangerous. I've been disappointed by embedded UI (random limitations). At this point, I've focused on building a really solid external UI. On Tue, Aug 31,

Re: [WiX-users] WebBrowser control in custom UI dialog

2010-08-31 Thread Pratapa Reddy Sanaga
Infact, I'm able to put up a WebBrowser control in my deferred custom action. So, is there any reason why I should not be using a WebBrowser in the deferred custom action itself? Thanks, Pratap. On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Pratapa Reddy Sanaga < pratap.san...@gmail.com> wrote: > Figured ou

Re: [WiX-users] WebBrowser control in custom UI dialog

2010-08-26 Thread Pratapa Reddy Sanaga
Figured out that embeddedUI is introduced with Windows Installer 4.5, but I need to be compatible with Windows Installer 3.1. So, embeddedUI is not an option for me. I'm now left with two options. 1. In the bootstrapper exe, I can show a window, get the user credentials, get the token from the se

Re: [WiX-users] WebBrowser control in custom UI dialog

2010-08-24 Thread Pratapa Reddy Sanaga
When is my embedded UI called into during the execution sequence? Is it called during InstallUISequence or InstallExecuteSequence? On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Blair wrote: > Only via your own UI (either embedded, external (requires a bootstrapper > where you can place your UI), or in your o

Re: [WiX-users] WebBrowser control in custom UI dialog

2010-08-20 Thread Blair
Only via your own UI (either embedded, external (requires a bootstrapper where you can place your UI), or in your own bootstrapper before starting the MSI transaction. You could use IDCRL from a custom action. -Original Message- From: Pratapa Reddy Sanaga [mailto:pratap.san...@gmail.com]