Re: [WiX-users] Display dialog despite LIMITUI

2010-12-21 Thread Thorsten Tarrach
That is a good idea. The problem is that the property still appears in the Log if I set it on the command line. Here is how I declared it in WiX: Here is how I set it: msiexec /i TestProject1.msi /l* log.txt TEST=abc And this is in the log file: Property(S): TEST = abc Thorsten > -Origi

Re: [WiX-users] Display dialog despite LIMITUI

2010-12-21 Thread Christopher Painter
You can't. Understand that /quiet ( /qn ) means that the UI sequence is skipped and only the execute sequence is displayed. That means no dialogs will be displayed. As an aside, trying to place dialogs in the execute sequence results in a validation error and the installer will just skip over

Re: [WiX-users] Display dialog despite LIMITUI

2010-12-21 Thread Thom Leigh
I doubt it's possible, it seems to go against the spirit and the letter of the Windows Installer SDK documentation at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372391(v=vs.85).aspx Maybe you should make your own custom ui? As ever tramontana's tutorial is probably useful for you: http://www.t

Re: [WiX-users] Display dialog despite LIMITUI

2010-12-21 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
You can't. Instead, define a hidden, public property for the password and add a launch condition that aborts the installation if the property isn't defined. For the instances where LIMITUI and /quiet aren't specified, you can add the dialog in the UISequence as normal. -Original Message-

[WiX-users] Display dialog despite LIMITUI

2010-12-21 Thread Thorsten Tarrach
Hi, I generally want the installation to be silent or with the basic UI, except that it should ask the user for a password if that is not specified. So I basically want to display one dialog no matter that LIMITUI is set or that /quiet is specified. How can I force a dialog to open anyway,