Re: [WiX-users] wix uninstall dialog

2009-05-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Michael Urman wrote: > I don't think it would be as bad as your claim suggests. If for > example a modeless dialog called MsiBasicSetupProgress were used when That would break an explicit MSI contract: That a basic UI is modeless. MSI already has the reduced UI level which seems about what you're

Re: [WiX-users] wix uninstall dialog

2009-05-07 Thread Rob Mensching
This is an academic discussion here. AFAIK, the Windows Installer team doesn't look for feature requests on the wix-us...@list.sourceforge.net Michael Urman wrote: > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 08:34, Bob Arnson wrote: > >> Maybe. But why would they start a turf war with the shell team? All it >

Re: [WiX-users] wix uninstall dialog

2009-05-07 Thread Michael Urman
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 08:34, Bob Arnson wrote: > Maybe. But why would they start a turf war with the shell team? All it > would do is ensure thousands of new packages that couldn't be > uninstalled silently, deployed via GPO, and major-upgraded in their next > release. I don't think it would be

Re: [WiX-users] wix uninstall dialog

2009-05-07 Thread Bob Arnson
Michael Urman wrote: > Truly. However Windows Installer could theoretically add support for > customizing the basic UI experience without requiring the shell to > change. > Maybe. But why would they start a turf war with the shell team? All it would do is ensure thousands of new packages that

Re: [WiX-users] wix uninstall dialog

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Urman
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 19:39, Bob Arnson wrote: > > It's the shell that runs uninstalls with basic UI. Even less likely to > change. > Truly. However Windows Installer could theoretically add support for customizing the basic UI experience without requiring the shell to change. -- Michael Urman

Re: [WiX-users] wix uninstall dialog

2009-05-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Rob Mensching wrote: > That's a Windows Installer decision. If it changes, it'll change because > of them, not the WiX toolset. > It's the shell that runs uninstalls with basic UI. Even less likely to change. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] wix uninstall dialog

2009-05-06 Thread Rob Mensching
That's a Windows Installer decision. If it changes, it'll change because of them, not the WiX toolset. Yu, Brian wrote: > Is it still the case where we cannot custom uninstallation? > > > > On 10/5/06, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Alex Mendes da Costa wrote: >> > > >>>

[WiX-users] wix uninstall dialog

2009-05-06 Thread Yu, Brian
Is it still the case where we cannot custom uninstallation? On 10/5/06, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Mendes da Costa wrote: > > I'm working on setting up an installer using WiX. When I uninstall > > my product, there's a dialog box displayed that just has a progress bar. >