Thanks Riyaz!
That¹s what I needed as an example to keep me going forward :) It cleared up
some minor questions I had about including custom dialogs.
Alex G.
On 5/22/08 4:40 AM, "Riyaz Mogharabin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Alex,
> http://www.dizzymonkeydesign.com/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 - overriding default dialogs
>> > To: <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
>> >
>> > Exactly!
>> >
>> > That?s why I tried exactly what you said which made the
>> > CustomMaintenanceWelcomeDlg not show up during uninstall at all. That was
>> > The second problem I described in the first email.
>> >
>> > So the new sequence on uninstall was:
>> > WixUI_InstallMode=Remove=1 -> VerifyReadyDlg -> uninstall....etc
>> >
>> > I?m guessing some action triggers MaintenanceWelcomeDlg, but now it?s not
>> > Being referenced (since I overrode it with CustomMaintenanceWelcomeDlg ).
>> > Thus the uninstall process goes straight to the VerifyReadyDlg dialog.
>> >
>> > Alex G.
>> >
>> > On 5/21/08 2:36 PM, "Christopher Karper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > Wrote:
>> >
>>> >> You need to copy the file out that the WixUIExtension is using as source.
If
>>> >> you download the sources, you can grab it right out.
>>> >>
>>> >> Your error is because you're naming a dialog the same as an existing one.
>>> >> Give it a unique name, then change the "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 PM, Alex Goryuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> >>> Thank you for the responses,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Holmgren/Willie,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_Custom is exactly what
>>>> I've been
>>>> >>> using, but this explains inserting a dialog. Instead I'm modifying an
>>>> >>> existing dialog flow which is defined in the WixUIExtension.DLL
>>>> >>> So far I haven't found a resource that talks about replacing the
>>>> behavior of
>>>> >>> an existing dialog.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Chris,
>>>> >>> I'm not using voltive, so I don't know what happens in the background
>>>> when UI
>>>> >>> is generated. But I think I'm doing what you described in the steps...
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Here's the UI element based on
>>>> >>> http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_Custom
>>>> >>> So instead of having the following sequence:
>>>> >>> MaintenanceWelcomeDialog -> MaintenanceTypeDlg ->
>>>> WixUI_InstallMode=Remove=1
>>>> >>> -> VerifyReadyDlg
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> New sequnce (Uninstall always on maintenance):
>>>> >>> MaintenanceWelcomeDialog -> WixUI_InstallMode=Remove=1 ->
>>>> VerifyReadyDlg
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> <UI Id="GUI">
>>>> >>> <UIRef Id="WixUI_Common" />
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> <Property Id="DefaultUIFont" Value="WixUI_Font_Normal" />
>>>> >>> ...........etc
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> <DialogRef Id="BrowseDlg" />
>>>> >>> ..........etc
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> <!-- list of screens and controls presented to user -->
>>>> >>> ..........................
>>>> >>> <Publish Dialog="MaintenanceWelcomeDlg" Control="Next"
>>>> >>> Event="NewDialog" Value="VerifyReadyDlg">1</Publish>
>>>> >>> <Publish Dialog="MaintenanceTypeDlg" Control="Back"
>>>> Event="NewDialog"
>>>> >>> Value="MaintenanceWelcomeDlg">1</Publish>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> <Dialog Id="MaintenanceWelcomeDlg" Width="370" Height="270"
>>>> >>> Title="!(loc.MaintenanceWelcomeDlg_Title)">
>>>> >>> ......................
>>>> >>> <!-- custom mod; to enforce the Removal on Minimal
UI
>>>> >>> installs -->
>>>> >>> <Publish Property="WixUI_InstallMode"
>>>> >>> Value="Remove">1</Publish>
>>>> >>> <!-- end custom data -->
>>>> >>> ..........................
>>>> >>> </Dialog>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> </UI>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> This gives me the error I described earlier:
>>>> >>> [exec] installer.wxs(51): error LGHT0091: Duplicate symbol
>>>> >>> 'Dialog:MaintenanceWelcomeDlg' found
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Alex G.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On 5/21/08 10:51 AM, "Willie Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>> Take a look at the source files:
>>>>> >>>> http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=UiExtension
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> You can see a sample of a Custom UI:
>>>>> >>>> http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_Custom
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> >>>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Behalf Of
Alex
>>>>> >>>> Goryuk
>>>>> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:01 AM
>>>>> >>>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>>>>> >>>> Subject: [WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Hi,
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> How do you override the dialogs provided in WixUIExtension.dll ? I'm
>>>>> trying
>>>>> >>>> to override the default behavior of MaintenanceWelcomeDlg.
>>>>> >>>> Here are 2 things I've tried:
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> 1) Inserting a copy of this dialog into the <UI /> sequence causes
>>>>> 'light'
>>>>> >>>> to display the duplicate dialog name found
>>>>> >>>> [exec] installer.wxs(51): error LGHT0091: Duplicate symbol
>>>>> >>>> 'Dialog:MaintenanceWelcomeDlg' found.
>>>>> >>>> 2) Overriding it with a new custom named dialog name
>>>>> >>>> "NewMaintenanceWelcomeDlg", behavior of this causes the new dialog to
be
>>>>> >>>> skipped during uninstall sequnce it goes straight to VerifyReadyDlg
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Any thoughts on how to trigger the "NewMaintenanceWelcomeDlg" instead
of
>>>>> >>>> "MaintenanceWelcomeDlg" ?
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Thanks,
>>>>> >>>> Alex G.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
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