I don't think MSI will do that sort of stuff.  MSI really wasn't meant to be a UI framework, but an installation framework.

However, you can write your UI that hooks into the MSI.  And at that point, you can do just about anything you want using the MSI APIs.

Magus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I'm looking for something a bit more like what you would find on a new PC
game styled installer. No dialog boarder, transparent graphics that sort of
thing.

Jason Swager wrote:
>
> One possible solution can be found out at
> http://www.skincrafter.com/skincrafter_installer.html. It uses the MSI
> API to hook in an external UI. For some people, this isn't an appropiate
> solution because the MSI gets wrapped up by a boot-strapping EXE.
>
> You could heavily modify the normal installation templates - which will
> keep you within MSI (and WiX). Although not as flexible as some would
> like, you can play around with the buttons, backgrounds and bitmaps and
> make the typical interface rather different.
>
> Jason Swager
>
> Magus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have no idea where to even begin in this. I need my installer to have a
> look that isn't a standard Windows dialog look. Is there a way to set
> this
> up so that it looks like what I need it to look like? I don't know how to
> do an external UI I think I saw something on that.
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