Excuse me while I have a short conversation with myself, with the hopes that my posts to myself will in fact help another new user of the wix system...it seems posting helps me find the stuff I need...
The "ConfigurableDirectory" property of Feature allows the user to Browse to select a path for each component, right there on the Feature dialog, thereby eliminating the need for the InstallDirDlg. next time I'll do some research and then post... MarekS wrote: > > My question has morphed.... > > Say I have a Feature list as displayed in the WixUI_FeatureTree UI where > you can choose to install 1 or more components. > > Can anyone shed some light on the general approach to allowing a user to > select an install directory for each of these features separately? > > I suppose I could customize the InstallDirDlg to show a Folder > location/Browse line for each component, but I'm wondering if anyone has > any suggestions on the approach with ideally a sample showing exactly how > it's done! > > -m > > > > > > As for my original question below: > > I figured out that the dialog sequences, need to be customized by copying > the <UI> sections from the extensions...as shown here and > http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_Custom > > The post on this forum called: > "Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs" > was also really helpful (perhaps should've read that before posting... > > > > MarekS wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Showing Browse / Install Directory with WixUI_FeatureTree or >> WixUI_Advanced or WixUI_Mondo doesn't work? Is there anything that I need >> to do to allow the Browse dialog to show? I can only get it to display >> only if I use WixUI_InstallDir but in that case I can't have a feature >> selection dialog, nor the options available with WixUI_Advanced. Also, >> when using WixUI_Advanced the Welcome dialog doesn't appear, it skips >> straight to the License Agreement dialog. I'm using the latest v3 build: >> Version 3.0.4513.0. >> >> Thanks, >> -m >> _________________________________________________________________ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Browse---Install-Directory-dialog-not-appearing-for-WixUI_FeatureTree%2C-WixUI_Advanced-or-WixUI_Mondo-tp1110619p1110996.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
