My dialogs are all custom ones already, the problem I have is that I could obviously add the error text within the custom error dialog, but then errors that are nothing to do with failure to start services will still show the extra text I add.
Nice post on the blog though. Thanks 2008/8/20 Neil Sleightholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have just written a blog about customising the WiX UI (v3): > http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html > > This might help. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Pub > Sent: 20 August 2008 16:52 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Customizing ErrorDialog error text? > > Hi, > > Is it possible to customize the error text on the ErrorDialog. I have > a windows service that gets installed/started with my application, but > there are error conditions that can occur during init to prevent the > service from starting. Now all this is logged to the windows event > log, and some of them are treatable there and then, but I would like > to customize the text that the error dialog shows when a service fails > to start, to tell the user to check the event log, fix the problem and > hit retry. > > Is this possible? > > Thanks > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
