Bugs item #1655432, was opened at 2007-02-08 18:28 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by ssmmhh You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=1655432&group_id=105970
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: wixui Group: v3.0 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 4 Private: No Submitted By: Simon Harrison (ssmmhh) Assigned to: Bob Arnson (barnson) Summary: Irritating flicker when launching an installer with WIXUI Initial Comment: I don't know if this is specific to Win2k3 (which I'm running it on). I took the latest version and modified wix\examples\first\product.wxs, added WIXUI_INSTALLDIR property and UIRef element. You could live with it for the odd open-source project, but I think for any commercial use this would be unacceptable. The flicker is still there in v3 but different in nature. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Simon Harrison (ssmmhh) Date: 2007-02-09 22:45 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=775521 Originator: YES Yes, flicker, was perhaps not the ideal choice of words. Once I had added extra files to the installer, I then got to read the dialogs, so I guess that's the work-around. Since there will be very few installers that will be so small in size, I guess it's not really a bug. Might be worth a FAQ entry, to re-assure people trying out wix for the first time though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Bob Arnson (barnson) Date: 2007-02-09 18:28 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=26581 Originator: NO There are two modeless dialogs that appear in a typical WixUI installer before the "hi, I'm the wizard" modal dialog with a Next button. The first comes from MSI and says "preparing to install." MSI shows it while it opens the .msi and determines what kind of UI is authored (and many other things). The second is a "preparing" dialog that stays up during AppSearch, costing, and so forth. With fast IO (e.g., local drive -v- network) or a small package, those dialogs appear and close quickly. I wouldn't call it flicker but the preparing dialog and the first modal page have a similar layout, so making them look very different might help prevent it looking like it's one dialog. I'll keep this bug open for future work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Mike Green (ferrysoft) Date: 2007-02-09 12:14 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1108842 Originator: NO I’ve noticed this issue as well. I think it is due to the text in the initial setup window changing very quickly. Initially it displays: "Please wait while the Setup Wizard prepares to guide you through the installation. Computing space requirements" That text is then replaced with: "The Setup Wizard will install <Application Name> on your computer. Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit the Setup Wizard." On my system, the text changes almost instantaneously. It happens so quickly that it took me several attempts to capture a screen image of the initial text. The rapidity of the text change produces a flicker effect from the user’s perspective. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Bob Arnson (barnson) Date: 2007-02-09 06:16 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=26581 Originator: NO I can't really comment about the problem without more detail. What flickers? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=1655432&group_id=105970 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
