Hi John, *Shown or hidden based on properties* is exactly the thing I want to do. Which properties of MSI contain the current state of the installation?
Dirk 2009/8/12 John Ludlow <[email protected]> > I believe there are DTF-based frameworks for that but they're not very > complete yet. However there are other ways to customise the UI to > show different messages, depending on what the OP wants to do. > > For example, in an application I write the install for, we use > FatalError if there is an installation failure, but we also call a > config app during the installation. If that fails then we don't want > to roll back because it's something the user may be able to fix > themselves by re-running the app. To do that, I have a CA which swaps > out the value of the ExitDialog record in the sequence table to be > ConfigError (a dialog I put together which has an option for viewing > the logs and for adding ). > > You can also rework your copy of ExitDialog to have custom controls > with values which are based on properties (for example, a text label > whose text value is based on a property you can set with a CA) or a > shown or hidden based on properties. > > Like I say, it depends on what you want to do. > > John > > 2009/8/12 Peter Shirtcliffe <[email protected]>: > > > > Not all at. You can do all the UI customisation you like if you write an > external UI handler but thats a good amount of work. Maybe DTF would make it > easier - Ive never looked into it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dirk Räder [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 12 August 2009 13:26 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to display message depending on > installationstatus? > > > > Hi and thanks. > > > > So the only way is to make use of ExitDialog, Cancel Dialog and > FatalErrorDialog, right? Sad ... > > > > Dirk Räder > > > > 2009/8/12 Peter Shirtcliffe <[email protected]> > > > >> You define different dialogs for different status types and MSI will > >> show the right one. This should tell you what you need to know > >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368284(VS.85).aspx<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368284%28VS.85%29.aspx> > <http://ms > >> dn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368284%28VS.85%29.aspx> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Dirk Räder [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: 12 August 2009 11:29 > >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >> Subject: [WiX-users] How to display message depending on installation > >> status? > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I have an installer with an exit dialog. I want to have it display > >> different messages according to the installation status (success / > >> failure / user cancelled / ...). > >> > >> Are there any properties provided by MSI that I could check? If so, > >> for what values do I have to check? > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> > >> Dirk Räder > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> -------- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > >> Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration > >> and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application > >> coding. 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