I've never done it myself, but most people seem to use SpawnDialog (with a dialog they create themselves that looks like a message box.)
(Some people have in the past recommended using a CA to show a message box, but this is bad practice as CAs should never show a UI) -----Original Message----- From: Leonidas Spyropoulos [mailto:leonidas.spyropou...@formicary.net] Sent: 12 January 2011 15:46 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Condition check and Next Button On 12/01/2011 15:14, Thom Leigh wrote: > This type of thing has been asked about before and as far as I > understand it is not possible - due to limitations in Windows > Installer itself, not WIX. > > Instead, consider always having Next enabled, and then when the user > clicks Next, display an error message if either textbox is empty. > > Would this be implemented with <Condition ... /> or <Publish Event="SpawnDialog" ... /> like CancelButton ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leonidas Spyropoulos [mailto:leonidas.spyropou...@formicary.net] > Sent: 12 January 2011 14:53 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Condition check and Next Button > > Hey all, > > I think I am stuck on a feature / bug of WIX. > > In a Dialog while installing I ask the user for username/password. > The Next button is disabled until these two properties are set. > > But the thing is that these Properties are only Set after the user > "leave" the EditBox. So the only way to Enable "Next" button is to > press tab. > > Is it a way to Enable Next Conditions with a keystoke? > > Here is how I defined the Conditions: > > <Control Type="Edit" Id="OCSUserIdBox" Width="90" Height="17" X="75" > Y="193" Disabled="yes" Property="OCSUserIdBox" /> <Control Type="Edit" > Id="OCSPasswordBox" Width="90" Height="17" X="245" > Y="193" Property="OCSPasswordBox" Password="yes" /> > > <Control Type="PushButton" Id="Next" Width="56" Height="17" X="236" > Y="243" Default="no" Text="!(loc.WixUINext)" Disabled="yes"> > <Condition Action ="disable"><![CDATA[NOT (OCSUserIdBox > AND OCSPasswordBox)]]></Condition> > <Condition Action ="enable"><![CDATA[OCSUserIdBox AND > OCSPasswordBox]]></Condition> </Control> > > -- > Leonidas Spyropoulos > Formicary - delivering quality financial technology solutions > www.formicary.net o : +44 (0)20 7920 7100 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ---- > This message is confidential and may be privileged. 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