You could create your own Custom UI set with your different sized bitmaps using WiXUI rather than recompile the DLL. Then you could specify it in your Product as you would the stock UI sets e.g. <UIRef Id="WiXUI_MyCustomUI" />
Download the WiX Source, extract it & browse to \src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\ All the UI .wxs files are in there. You can copy & paste the required parts to your own UI Fragment, modifying the Bitmap controls where required e.g. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Fragment> <UI Id="WiXUI_MyCustomUI"> [specify your modified dialogs here] </UI> <UIRef Id="WixUI_Common" /> </Fragment> </Wix> It works for me as I wanted to use the WiXUI_InstallDir without the InstallDirDlg appearing in a couple of plug-ins we released recently (the WiXUI_Minimal is pretty horrible IMO) which I did using this approach with a minimum of work & fuss. I also added a custom dialog to one plug-in which is conditionally shown after the LicenseAgreementDlg & before the VerifyReadyDlg & it all works splendidly. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment and IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Howard Sent: 04 September 2008 07:16 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] WixUI Banner image sizes First, thanks all for helping put me on the right track with merge modules in my last message. I figured that out and it's exactly what I needed. My current question revolves around the stock ui in WixUIExtensions.dll and the image sizes. Our company currently has a number of installers that were built with .Net Setup Projects. Those installers all use a standard banner bitmap that is 497 x 69 pixels. The WixUI standard banner is 493 x 58. In the WixUI source code, the dialog banner sizes in the control tags are set to 370 x44, but in the .Net Setup projects (inspecting with Orca) they are 375 x 52. I would prefer to be able to continue generating MSIs in .Net Setup Projects when needed, but also use Wix. As it see it, I'm left with two options: 1. Maintain two sets of graphics, with slightly different sizes, to be used in their respective dialogs (ie, keep a banner graphic at 497x69 for .Net Setup Projects, and another at 493x58 for Wix projects) 2. Download the source for WixUIExtensions.dll, edit all the dialogs to match the .net setup project sizes, recompile, and reference this customized dll in all my wix projects. I prefer not to have to maintain seperate graphics, because, to put it simply, it will get confusing, and create double the work for the guy who is generating the graphics (sometimes me, sometimes our in-house designer). I imagine that even if we were diligent about creating seperately sized ones, that the developers creating the MSIs might forget which one to use, ending up with streched or crunched banners anyway... They of course won't notice, but anyone else in the world would. I will have to be the setup-banner-graphics-size police from now until the distant future.. etc.. I lean heavily towards the one graphic size for all dialogs option (option 2)... So, my question is this... Since I'm probably not the only person who has ever encountered this problem.. Has anyone else done the work already to modify all the sizes in WixUI to match the .Net Setup projects? If so, would it be possible for me to get the custom WixUIExtension.dll? Also, since I imagine this will annoy a lot of people, is there any reason why it's different in the first place? Is there any interest in updating the "official" codebase to use the (unchangeable) standard set by the .Net Setup projects? Thanks, Troy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 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
