Re: [WiX-users] Changing checkbox background color

2008-07-16 Thread Alex Goryuk
with a couple >> of gotchas: >> 1 - you can't click the text to toggle the checkbox >> 2 - screen readers (such as those used by blind people) will probably get >> a bit confused >> >> Rob >> >> Rob Mensching wrote: >>> The Windows Install

[WiX-users] Changing checkbox background color

2008-07-15 Thread Alex Goryuk
Hi, How would one change the foreground/background color of a checkbox? I need to change the WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX from gray background to transparent/white in the Exit Dialog ( http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=ExitDialog ). Thanks, Alex G. --

Re: [WiX-users] License File

2008-07-15 Thread Alex Goryuk
Hey Mike, Two things: 1) Does your UI reference the Localization dialog? 2) During the build process, you can either reference License.rtf or force 'light' to use a license ie. light -dWixUILicenseRtf=eula.rtf Alex G. On 7/15/08 6:59 AM, "Michael Faden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi

Re: [WiX-users] MSI to EXE and Dark Exception

2008-07-14 Thread Alex Goryuk
Tony, Also look into PaquetBuilder ( http://www.gdgsoft.com/pb/ ), it has features that setupbld.exe doesn't provide. Depending on your requirements for setup.exe / bootstrapper. For example, PB provides a language selection dialog. It does have drawbacks for automation (even when using "directive

Re: [WiX-users] Realizing a property during a major upgrade

2008-06-27 Thread Alex Goryuk
___ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Goryuk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:57 AM > To: discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Realizing a property during a major upgrade > > Hi, >

[WiX-users] Realizing a property during a major upgrade

2008-06-24 Thread Alex Goryuk
Hi, Is it possible to pass PUBLIC properties to products (.MSI) being removed during RemoveExistingProducts (during major upgrade)? My installer 1.0.0 * installs the 1.0.0 product * launches a custom action based on a property IS_MAJOR_UPGRADE My installer 2.0.0 * removes a previous product

Re: [WiX-users] UI extension and XmlConfig locales

2008-06-17 Thread Alex Goryuk
Thanks Bob, I definitely clicked on the wrong folder when I was browsing haha Here's what I was looking for: http://wix.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/wix/wix/src/ext/UtilExtension/wixl ib/en-us.wxl Thanks, Alex G. On 6/16/08 11:57 PM, "Bob Arnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[WiX-users] UI extension and XmlConfig locales

2008-06-16 Thread Alex Goryuk
Hi, Can someone point me to the following English strings? 1. !(loc.msierrXmlConfigFailedRead) 2. !(loc.msierrXmlConfigFailedOpen) 3. !(loc.msierrXmlConfigFailedSelect) 4. !(loc.msierrXmlConfigFailedSave) Apparently they are only translated into en-US, as part of WixUtilExtension.dll,

Re: [WiX-users] What kind of "How To" docs would you like to see?

2008-06-06 Thread Alex Goryuk
t; knew how to do it :) > Neil > > > From: Alex Goryuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 5:40 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Neil Enns > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What kind of "How To" docs would you like to see? > > I'd like to see

Re: [WiX-users] What kind of "How To" docs would you like to see?

2008-06-06 Thread Alex Goryuk
I'd like to see a comprehensive set of docs for adding/modifying custom UI pieces. Things like sequencing UI dialogs one after another has been brought up multiple times. I found websites like this one: http://www.dizzymonkeydesign.com/blog/misc/adding-and-customizing-dlgs-in-wi x-3/ help out a lot

Re: [WiX-users] Newbie questions

2008-06-04 Thread Alex Goryuk
I recommend going through the WiX v2.0 tutorial ( http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/) and making a localized project, then convert to WiX 3 format. That being said, here's the WiX 3 locale files (4 of them have been moved to the new format, the rest you have to modify but those are easy changes). ht

Re: [WiX-users] Show dialog before ExitDialog

2008-05-29 Thread Alex Goryuk
Hey Tony, I just went through a similar process and I'd suggest reading: http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_Custom And http://www.dizzymonkeydesign.com/blog/misc/adding-and-customizing-dlgs-in-wi x-3/ Alex G. On 5/29/08 10:10 AM, "Tony Juricic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using t

Re: [WiX-users] Create EXE wrapper around my MSI?

2008-05-27 Thread Alex Goryuk
WiX 2.0 doesn¹t have a built in Setup.exe bootstrapper, but WiX 3.0 does, you can¹t ³wrap² the .MSI into the Setup.exe but you can use it as something that launches your MSIs elevated. Have you tried PaquetBuilder for wrapping the MSI into a .EXE ? As far as I can tell, the main reason to use a b

Re: [WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs

2008-05-23 Thread Alex Goryuk
That¹s a good point, so it¹s the magic combination of Installed AND NOT RESUME AND NOT Preselected And Sequencing within the UI element. Thanks, Alex G. On 5/22/08 8:56 PM, "Bob Arnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Goryuk wrote: >> Re: [WiX-users] Custom W

Re: [WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs

2008-05-22 Thread Alex Goryuk
m/blog/misc/adding-and-customizing-dlgs-in-wix- > 3/ may be a help for you. It was so for me. > > Good luck, > >> > Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:48:44 -0400 >> > From: Alex Goryuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - over

Re: [WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs

2008-05-21 Thread Alex Goryuk
ot;Next" and "Previous" actions to match > what you're expecting. > > Adding and changing the dialog flow is identical. If you know how to add a > dialog into the flow, you know how to change it. It's the same mechanism. > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:32

Re: [WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs

2008-05-21 Thread Alex Goryuk
nsion > > You can see a sample of a Custom UI: > http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_Custom > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Goryuk > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:01 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourcefor

[WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs

2008-05-21 Thread Alex Goryuk
Hi, How do you override the dialogs provided in WixUIExtension.dll ? I¹m trying to override the default behavior of MaintenanceWelcomeDlg. Here are 2 things I¹ve tried: 1) Inserting a copy of this dialog into the sequence causes Œlight¹ to display the duplicate dialog name found [exec]

[WiX-users] WiX 3 CustomActions in Fragments

2008-05-19 Thread Alex Goryuk
Hi, How does one go about placing CustomActions in a fragment (separate file) and then include them at build time? I¹ve tried creating the following 2 files with a reference to the Fragment file 1) installer.wxs * ... 2) custom_actions.wxs * Candle gives the