To the best of my knowledge you can't launch a custom UI from a Custom Action. I believe you would need to take over full control of the UI in order to achieve this.
Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Connatic <richardpgi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HI Again, > > i have 1 final issue with my Wix Install, one of my colleagues has written > a > c++ dll which is basically a Network Folder Browser. > > I want to Call this Custom Action from a Dialog and return a path value. > > Obviously it is not working currently, there is no error, when you click on > the associated browse button it just moves you to the Finish dialog, and > doesn't install. > > This is the code i have so far > > <Binary Id="WiXFolderBrowse" > SourceFile="$(var.SourceDirectory)\CustomActions\WiXFolderBrowse.dll" /> > > <CustomAction Id="NetworkBrowserDialog" BinaryKey="WiXFolderBrowse" > DllEntry="BrowseDlg" Execute="immediate" /> > > > and i have this inside a Dialog - > > <Control Id="Browse" Type="PushButton" X="260" Y="88" Width="65" > Height="15" > Text="&Browse..." TabSkip="no"> > <Publish Event="DoAction" Value="NetworkBrowserDialog">1</Publish> > <Publish Event="NewDialog" Value="ReadyToInstall">NOT SERVER_ROOT = > "" AND NETWORK_OK = 1</Publish> > <Publish Property="DATA_ROOT" Value="[SERVER_ROOT]">1</Publish> > <Publish Event="[SERVER_ROOT]" Value="[SERVER_ROOT]">1</Publish> > </Control> > > The dll returns the value SERVER_ROOT > > basically the question i have is am i missing something ? > > I have seen lot of examples of custom action but not any that are called > from a Dialog so i am not sure. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Custom-Action---tp2752485p2752485.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations > Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of > expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry > leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf > and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
