This may or may not help you but at least it covers the subject: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2009/02/20/9435239.aspx
A clue there is to use a hidden mouse to click your window to bring it to the front. Or your app could flash it's taskbar icon to get the user's attention. I don't know what you're doing here, but you should normally be collecting and showing data during the UI sequence and using MsiProcessMessage where appropriate to show messages above the running installer window. Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Alex Ivanoff [mailto:alex.ivan...@shavlik.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:54 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Action Type 18 starts behind main install window I have a GUI custom action type 18. How do I make it start in foreground? Or better yet, is there a way to make it modal to main install window? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
