Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-11-02 Thread Richard
In article , Tom Crozier writes: > My application is installed at an enterprise level where there are > separate S QL servers, SSRS servers and IIS servers and even if you have > admin privileges on one box you may (and probably won't) on another > box. I understand that this is not a typi

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-11-02 Thread Tom Crozier
idden test field on the dialog when the next button is pressed which will work. I appreciate you help and suggestions. - Tom -Original Message- From: Richard [mailto:legal...@xmission.com] Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:35 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-user

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-11-02 Thread Tom Crozier
Thanks, that is what I ended up doing. Not exactly what I wanted to do but it will work -Tom -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 8:11 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-11-01 Thread Richard
In article , Tom Crozier writes: > The lengthy CA validates the users credentials [...] Why does your application need a user's credentials? If your application needs to do something that requires a specific privelege, create an account that has interactive logins disabled that has the n

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-11-01 Thread Bob Arnson
Tom Crozier wrote: > When I try using 'asyncNoWait' I get: > error CNDL0038 : The CustomAction/@Return attribute's value, 'asyncNoWait', > cannot be specified without attribute ExeCommand present. > Right, sorry; it's valid only for .exe CAs. > What I don't understand is that I would think the

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-11-01 Thread Tom Crozier
allow DoAction to be called after it. -Original Message- From: Richard [mailto:legal...@xmission.com] Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 10:21 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question In article , Tom Crozier writes: > As far as the as

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-11-01 Thread Tom Crozier
M To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question In article , Tom Crozier writes: > Is there some simpler method to allow me to put up a Please wait > dialog while a long CA is running and then have it taken down. Let me take a step back from the det

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Richard
In article , Tom Crozier writes: > As far as the async goes there are 2 synchronous methods for calling > CA's Che ck and Ignore. And there are 2 async methods asyncWait and > asyncNoWait. asyncNo Wait is only allowed for an EXE action but I am > allowed to use asyncWait which I have done

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Richard
In article , Tom Crozier writes: > Is there some simpler method to allow me to put up a Please wait > dialog while a long CA is running and then have it taken down. Let me take a step back from the details and see if I can understand what you are trying to do in a larger context. What do

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Tom Crozier
31, 2009 8:04 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question In article , Tom Crozier writes: > Richard - Sorry I didn't see your post until now. The order they > are declared in is the order they are assigned as can be seen in the > Cont

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Richard
In article , Tom Crozier writes: > Richard - Sorry I didn't see your post until now. The order they > are declared in is the order they are assigned as can be seen in the > ControlEvent table via Orca. Well, *I* can't see them in Orca because I don't have your MSI. Orca shows them in *an

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Tom Crozier
PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question In article , Tom Crozier writes: > > > > 1 > 1 > You are not specifying the order in which to publish these events. I don't kno

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Tom Crozier
e do you know how to get a hold of the Installer's window handle so I can make the dialog a child of it? Thanks - Tom -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:53 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML tool

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Bob Arnson
Tom Crozier wrote: > But from what I read in MSDN about the SpawnWaitDialog ControlEvent > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371864(VS.85).aspx it is for what I > am trying to do. Just display a Please wait message while the CA is running. > I am incorrect? > Try asyncNoWait for your

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Tom Crozier
[mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:49 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question Tom Crozier wrote: > but does not beep until 10 seconds after I cancel the dialog. (For some > reason the SpawnWaitDia

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Bob Arnson
Tom Crozier wrote: > but does not beep until 10 seconds after I cancel the dialog. (For some > reason the SpawnWaitDialog is blocking the CA from running) > I suspect that's how it's supposed to work. SpawnWaitDialog is typically used to show a costing dialog, which is shown until a system pr

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Richard
In article , Tom Crozier writes: > > > > 1 > 1 > You are not specifying the order in which to publish these events. I don't know what WiX will do with this, whether or not it will create order numbers that are all the same, or create appr

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Tom Crozier
--Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 8:37 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question According to Richard, the conditions employed by the dialogs don't recognize chang

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-30 Thread Richard
In article , "Blair" writes: > According to Richard, the conditions employed by the dialogs don't recognize > changes to the properties unless you "set" the property to the new value of > that property. This only happens when the properties are changed by a custom action in a DoAction cont

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-30 Thread Blair
ows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question Anyone have any idea on how to get SpawnWaitDialog to work? I have tried various ways without success. (Calling the custom action as check and asyncWait) Setting various options on the dialog SystemModal, Modeless, KeepModeless a

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-30 Thread Tom Crozier
age- From: Tom Crozier [mailto:tcroz...@rackwise.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:36 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question Thanks for the reply Bob, but I have tried using the SpawnWaitDialog control without success. What a

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-30 Thread Tom Crozier
Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question Tom Crozier wrote: > In my installer I validate data on a dialog by performing a > DoAction event (calling a custom action) on a next button press. It can take > a minute or more to validate so

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Tom Crozier wrote: > In my installer I validate data on a dialog by performing a > DoAction event (calling a custom action) on a next button press. It can take > a minute or more to validate so I need to either display a popup dialog > saying "Validating - Please wait..." or disp

[WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-29 Thread Tom Crozier
All - In my installer I validate data on a dialog by performing a DoAction event (calling a custom action) on a next button press. It can take a minute or more to validate so I need to either display a popup dialog saying "Validating - Please wait..." or display the text on top o