Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

2007-12-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Adam Langley wrote: > You might want to use the VS extension -- it has the AppSearches and custom actions for devenv.exe. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future o

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

2007-12-05 Thread Julie Campbell
Message- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:20:37 +1300 From: Adam Langley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks Daryn, tha

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

2007-12-04 Thread Adam Langley
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2007 11:29 a.m. To: 'Adam Langley'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action Adam Langley wrote: > ... > the Progress Text in the dialog shows "Removing Backup Files" > during

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

2007-12-04 Thread Daryn Mitchell
Adam Langley wrote: > ... > the Progress Text in the dialog shows "Removing Backup Files" > during the execution of my slow custom action, it never > renders my text > ... > My guess: You should make your action be deferred instead of commit. a) Wix ProgressText maps to Windows Install

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

2007-12-04 Thread Adam Langley
ists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action Hi Adam... You should use the ProgressText element Description of the custom action Of course you can also use the $(loc.LocalizedDescription) notation for the description (in conjunction with .wxl files) Regards

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

2007-12-03 Thread Stefan Pavlik
Hi Adam... You should use the ProgressText element Description of the custom action Of course you can also use the $(loc.LocalizedDescription) notation for the description (in conjunction with .wxl files) Regards Stefan Adam Langley wrote: > Hi guys, > > > > I have a custom action which c

[WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

2007-12-03 Thread Adam Langley
Hi guys, I have a custom action which calls a batch file during installation, and it takes a couple of minutes to execute. How can I have the progress-text display "Executing real slow batch file now...this may take a while." (or something (c; )? Is there a declarative way of describing this