Re: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets
Hmm.. I did it some other way; maybe the wrong way? But it is much easier (at least it seems to me and it works); 1. Copy the WixUI_xxx.wxs (for example the WixUI_Mondo.wxs) to your projects include folder (yes, i really using them) as WixUI_MyCustom.wxi 2. Edit the WixUI_MyCustom.wxi: Change theUI idUI Id="WixUI_Mondo" into UI Id="WixUI_MyCustom" 3. Remove/insert your refs to dialogs and reorder the dialogs, if you like, by changing the WixUI_xxx_Next and WixUI_xxx_Back properties for the appropriate dialogs 4.Optional: Create your own wxi files with the dialogs in it; copy sample code from the library sources but don't use fragments. (Make sure to use unique IDs like MyCustomLicenseAgreementDlg) 5. Optional: Include your dialog include files in WixUI_MyCustom.wxi with ?include ...? (try to maintain the same structure in your dialog as in the code in the WixUI lib-sources) 6. Include WixUI_MyCustom.wxi in your wxs file and use the UIRef UIRef Id="WixUI_MyCustom" / 7. Build your project This way there is no need to build a seperate wixlib and you can keep everything in one project easily. It would be neat if you could 'override' a specific dialog. Then you you can change a single dialog tou your own needs without all the other fuss.. As said; it works for me. Now in Wix-2.0. But i don't know if it'll work in Wix-3.0 (most likely not ?) But then again, i hope the UI handling in Wix-3.0 is somewhat 'better' (don't ask me how to define 'better' :-) ) Hope this can help heating the discussion? smile / Albert van Peppen Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Neil SleightholmVerzonden: donderdag 22 juni 2006 20:50Aan: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netOnderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets The WiX Tutorial covers some of this but the process I used: 1. Copy all the files in src\ui\wixui to a newfolder 2. Copy src\ui\wixui\mondo\WixUI_Mondo.wxs (or which ever base file you want) to the same folder. 3. Rename WixUI_Mondo.wxs and edit it to add/remove the features you want. 4. Remove any redundant wsx files. 4. Compile with: candle*.wxs 5. Followed by: lit -out customui.wixlib *.wixobj 6. Copy the wixlib file (customui.wixlib) to your main WiX folder (where candle.exe etc is). 7. You can then reference the new ui in your wxs file: UIRef Id="WixUI_MyUI" / and light against the new wixlib file. e.g. light -out Setup.msi *.wixobj customui.wixlib -loc WixUI_en-us.wxl Hope this helps Neil From: John Hidey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 June 2006 18:29To: Bob Arnson; Neil SleightholmCc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: RE: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets After doing this, does anything need to be recompiled? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob ArnsonSent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:13 PMTo: Neil SleightholmCc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: Re: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets Neil Sleightholm wrote: In the online help there is this paragraph: "You can most easily add and remove dialogs from the stock dialog sets by copying one of the existing sets and modifying it. For an example, see the project in the doc/examples/wixui/custom directory." This example doesn't seem to exist, is it missing from the downloads? Is the example available somewhere? It's currently broken, which is why it hasn't been added. It's on my bug list but hasn't come up the priority list yet. All I want to do is remove the License dialog as it is not appropriate for internal releases. Is there an easy way to remove it? What the example shows is copying one of the "set" fragments (e.g., WixUI_InstallDir.wxs) and modifying the properties and adding/removing DialogRefs to point to different dialogs. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets
Albert van Peppen wrote: This way there is no need to build a seperate wixlib and you can keep everything in one project easily. True, though you're recompiling more every time than if you built a new .wixlib. It would be neat if you could 'override' a specific dialog. Then you you can change a single dialog tou your own needs without all the other fuss.. The reason you need a new "dialog set" fragment for that is that there's no way to specify an order for which property values should take precedence. As said; it works for me. Now in Wix-2.0. But i don't know if it'll work in Wix-3.0 (most likely not ?) But then again, i hope the UI handling in Wix-3.0 is somewhat 'better' (don't ask me how to define 'better' :-) ) In WiX v3, it will be easier to override a dialog when I get around to replacing the current properties with WiX variables because they have explicit overriding. We've also pulled out the controls' Publish elements into the dialog set fragments. That will let you add functionality in one place more easily. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets
Neil Sleightholm wrote: In the online help there is this paragraph: "You can most easily add and remove dialogs from the stock dialog sets by copying one of the existing sets and modifying it. For an example, see the project in the doc/examples/wixui/custom directory." This example doesn't seem to exist, is it missing from the downloads? Is the example available somewhere? It's currently broken, which is why it hasn't been added. It's on my bug list but hasn't come up the priority list yet. All I want to do is remove the License dialog as it is not appropriate for internal releases. Is there an easy way to remove it? What the example shows is copying one of the "set" fragments (e.g., WixUI_InstallDir.wxs) and modifying the properties and adding/removing DialogRefs to point to different dialogs. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets
After doing this, does anything need to be recompiled? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:13 PM To: Neil Sleightholm Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets Neil Sleightholm wrote: In the online help there is this paragraph: You can most easily add and remove dialogs from the stock dialog sets by copying one of the existing sets and modifying it. For an example, see the project in the doc/examples/wixui/custom directory. This example doesn't seem to exist, is it missing from the downloads? Is the example available somewhere? It's currently broken, which is why it hasn't been added. It's on my bug list but hasn't come up the priority list yet. All I want to do is remove the License dialog as it is not appropriate for internal releases. Is there an easy way to remove it? What the example shows is copying one of the set fragments (e.g., WixUI_InstallDir.wxs) and modifying the properties and adding/removing DialogRefs to point to different dialogs. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets
The WiX Tutorial covers some of this but the process I used: 1. Copy all the files in src\ui\wixui to a newfolder 2. Copy src\ui\wixui\mondo\WixUI_Mondo.wxs (or which ever base file you want) to the same folder. 3. Rename WixUI_Mondo.wxs and edit it to add/remove the features you want. 4. Remove any redundant wsx files. 4. Compile with: candle*.wxs 5. Followed by: lit -out customui.wixlib *.wixobj 6. Copy the wixlib file (customui.wixlib) to your main WiX folder (where candle.exe etc is). 7. You can then reference the new ui in your wxs file: UIRef Id="WixUI_MyUI" / and light against the new wixlib file. e.g. light -out Setup.msi *.wixobj customui.wixlib -loc WixUI_en-us.wxl Hope this helps Neil From: John Hidey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 June 2006 18:29To: Bob Arnson; Neil SleightholmCc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: RE: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets After doing this, does anything need to be recompiled? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob ArnsonSent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:13 PMTo: Neil SleightholmCc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: Re: [WiX-users] Customizing dialog sets Neil Sleightholm wrote: In the online help there is this paragraph: "You can most easily add and remove dialogs from the stock dialog sets by copying one of the existing sets and modifying it. For an example, see the project in the doc/examples/wixui/custom directory." This example doesn't seem to exist, is it missing from the downloads? Is the example available somewhere? It's currently broken, which is why it hasn't been added. It's on my bug list but hasn't come up the priority list yet. All I want to do is remove the License dialog as it is not appropriate for internal releases. Is there an easy way to remove it? What the example shows is copying one of the "set" fragments (e.g., WixUI_InstallDir.wxs) and modifying the properties and adding/removing DialogRefs to point to different dialogs. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
