I think it would be very cool if some of us could colloborate on a template for handling all the heavy lifting while leaving a WPF layer exposed for skinning by people who are not MSI Gods.
WPF is really catching on at my day job and it would be interesting to show a prototype installer that uses it. --- On Wed, 11/4/09, John Nannenga <john.nanne...@microsoft.com> wrote: > From: John Nannenga <john.nanne...@microsoft.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF and external UI > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 1:33 PM > It's important to keep in mind the > DTF (for the most part) provides a managed interop around > the windows installer APIs. You'll still need to > become intimately familiar with [ > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368786(VS.85).aspx > ] and how to handle all the messages and compute the > progress bar stuff yourself. > > Granted the SDK sample for MsiSetExternalUIRecord [ > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309215(VS.85).aspx > ] provides a sample for the MsiOpenPackage ... MsiDoAction, > I tend to favor the approach noted in the prior link (which > uses MsiInstallProduct). > > > The DTF provides managed equivalents for > MsiSetExternalUIRecord and MsiSetExternalUI through > Installer.SetExternalUI overloads (first parameter is either > ExternalUIHandler or ExternalUIRecordHandler). > > Additionally, the DTF provides the following methods: > > Native MSI == DTF > Equivalent > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > MsiInstallProduct => > Installer.InstallProduct > MsiConfigureProduct => > Installer.ConfigureProduct > MsiReinstallProduct => > Installer.ReinstallProduct > > To manipulate feature states, I believe then, you'd > interact with the feature properties [Ref: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367536(VS.85).aspx > ] and specify them via the command line argument > within the above methods. > > [I've got some scars with External UI Handlers :) ] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@wonderware.com] > > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:48 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF and external UI > > I know DTF has some support for external UI, but once you > have your own forms, and you've called > (Msi)SetExternalUI(Record), why not just call > MsiInstallProduct with the command line properties you want > to set? > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:33 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF and external UI > > I'm not a DTF expert by any means but I don't think you > want OpenPackage then DoAction. I believe that would require > you call one action after another, which isn't normal. > Instead there should be some option to call > ::MsiInstallProduct() or ::MsiConfigureProduct(). That's > the typical way to install. > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Nick Ball <nick.b...@grantadesign.com>wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I've been looking at the Deployment Tools trying to > figure out how to > > write an external UI handler. > > > > > > > > Here is what I'm assuming: > > > > > > > > 1. I can write an > external (Winform/WPF) UI to gather some user > > information, such as install location. > > > > 2. I can call > Installer.SetExternalUI to handle progress and error > > messages in my own UI. > > > > 3. I can call > Installer.OpenPackage to get a session object > > > > 4. I can set the > properties on the session, as entered in step 1. > > > > 5. I can call > Session.DoAction to start the install. > > > > > > > > Is this all I need? > > > > > > > > Also, I've been looking at the featuresinfo class. If > I want to mark > > which features to install/not install, how do I do > that? Do I need to > > set the requeststate of a feature to NotUsed or > Local? > > > > > > > > -Nick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) > Developer Conference in > > SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend > this year. > > Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry > mobile applications > > to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from > November 9 - 12, > > 2009. 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