I had a similiar problem with a C++ custom action that needed to display a confirmation dialog. ::MessageBox() had the same issue, so I had to switch to using MsiProcessMessage from the Windows Installer API. This worked out fine for me, but in your case, I think you're stuck. MS puts a lot of roadblocks in fromt of applications that want to force their way to the top of the z-order.
I'd google 'win32 z-order vista' and see what you can do about bringing your app to the front of the desktop. Alternatively, you could lauinch the app via a bootstrapper once installation is complete (as opposed to just finalized). Hugh Emberson wrote: > Hello, > > I'm developing an installer in WiX 2.0, it works well except for one > thing ... > > I have a CustomAction which launches a configuration application after > then installation has been finalized. On XP, this works fine, but on > Vista the application window pops up under the installer UI window. > > I'd like the application window to pop up on top of the installer UI > (I'm using Wix_UI_InstallDir). Does anyone know how to make this > happen? > > The CustomAction looks like this: > > <CustomAction Id='LaunchConfigApp' > Execute='deferred' > FileKey='configappEXE' > ExeCommand='' > Impersonate='no' > Return='ignore' />""") > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action='LaunchConfigApp' > Before='InstallFinalize'>NOT Installed</Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > Thanks, > Hugh > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > -- Teleoperate a roving mobile robot from the web: http://www.swampgas.com/robotics/rover.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
