Re: [WiX-users] OpenFileDialog fails in Win7

IT WORKS!! I have to do a little tidying up and add the code to set my WIX property with the selected file but the dialog now appears! Thanks very much for your help Mike, I think I may be able to finish the week on a high after all! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml

Re: [WiX-users] OpenFileDialog fails in Win7

That's great Mike, thanks, I'll give it a go. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/OpenFileDialog-fails-in-Win7-tp5538592p5542668.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] OpenFileDialog fails in Win7

I ran into this same problem when trying to use OpenFileDialog(). You need to make a new thread with a different appartment type for the UI to show. Here is a sample of what I did to make it work. // create a new thread with appropriate apartment state to launch UI FileBrowser fileBrowser =

Re: [WiX-users] OpenFileDialog fails in Win7

Thanks for the reply Nick. I tried the BrowseDlg but it only goes down to directory level and doesn't allow you to select individual files. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/OpenFileDialog-fails-in-Win7-tp5538592p5539413.html Sent from

Re: [WiX-users] OpenFileDialog fails in Win7

WiX does offer up a browse dialog control called DirectoryList. It's often paired up with a PathEdit control to display the path you've selected, a button to navigate up one directory (PushButton control that publishes the DirectoryListUp event), a button to create a new folder (PushButton that pu