Could your custom action be written such that it simply exits early with a success code if it doesn't find the App.Config file?
-----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Rimer [mailto:jeremyri...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 8:25 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally Show Dialog Button based on Installer action (installed vs. removed vs. repaired, etc) I must also add that under my custom exit dialog, I have this: ============================================== <InstallUISequence> <Show Dialog="MyExitDialog" OnExit="success"><![CDATA[INSTALLED]]></Show> </InstallUISequence> <AdminUISequence> <Show Dialog="MyExitDialog" OnExit="success" ><![CDATA[INSTALLED]]></Show> </AdminUISequence> ============================================== ... but this just causes NO exit dialog to show in both Install and Remove paths of the installer :( -Jeremy On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Jeremy Rimer <jeremyri...@gmail.com>wrote: > I have one last problem before my installer is completely working: > > I have a custom EXIT dialog that I created called MyExitDialog that > contains an extra button that spawns a custom dialog to gather application > settings from the user to write into the App.Config file that was deployed > and/or existed during installation or repair. > > The dialog does its job, but unfortunately it also displays (and does its > job) after an application has been removed with the installer, which is > useless, of course since there's no more app.config file to care about on a > removal of the application. > > I see in the Publish elements how to conditionally control what a button * > does*, but how do you conditionally control when a button *shows itself*in its dialog? > > If this is impossible, how can I force the installer to display the > standard WIX ExitDialog instead of MyExitDialog in the case of a REMOVE > operation (vs. repair or new installation?). > > my MyExitDialog definition is as follows, and the Control with > Id="ApplicationSettings" is my button I'd like to hide on product removals: > ================================ > <Dialog Id="MyExitDialog" Width="370" Height="270" > Title="!(loc.ExitDialog_Title)"> > <Control Id="Finish" Type="PushButton" X="224" Y="243" Width="56" > Height="17" Default="yes" Cancel="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUIFinish)" /> > <!-- The following Control allows us to go beyond finish to do some > settings modifications --> > <Control Id="ApplicationSettings" Type="PushButton" X="94" Y="243" > Width="130" Height="17" Default="no" Cancel="no" Text="Modify Application > Settings" ></Control> > <Control Id="Cancel" Type="PushButton" X="304" Y="243" Width="56" > Height="17" Disabled="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUICancel)" /> > <Control Id="Bitmap" Type="Bitmap" X="0" Y="0" Width="370" > Height="234" TabSkip="no" Text="!(loc.ExitDialogBitmap)" /> > <!-- <Control Id="Back" Type="PushButton" X="224" Y="243" > Width="56" Height="17" Disabled="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUIBack)" /> --> > <Control Id="BottomLine" Type="Line" X="0" Y="234" Width="370" > Height="0" /> > <Control Id="Description" Type="Text" X="135" Y="70" Width="220" > Height="40" Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes" Text=" Click the Finish button > to exit the Setup Wizard. Alternatively, Click the Modify Application > Settings button to alter the behavior of the application." /> > <Control Id="Title" Type="Text" X="135" Y="20" Width="220" > Height="60" Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes" Text="!(loc.ExitDialogTitle)" > /> > <Control Id="OptionalText" Type="Text" X="135" Y="110" Width="220" > Height="80" Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes" Hidden="yes" > Text="[WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALTEXT]"> > <Condition Action="show">WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALTEXT AND NOT > Installed</Condition> > </Control> > <Control Id="OptionalCheckBox" Type="CheckBox" X="135" Y="190" > Width="220" Height="40" Hidden="yes" > Property="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX" CheckBoxValue="1" > Text="[WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOXTEXT]"> > <Condition Action="show">WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOXTEXT AND > NOT Installed</Condition> > </Control> > </Dialog> > ================================ > > Thanks again, > > Rimer > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
