Correct, that's one of the big features that Burn brings in WiX v3.6.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:34 AM, ColinBowern <co...@bowern.com> wrote:

> @Palbinder - I am looking specifically how to inject custom controls - not
> change the order of the UI or modify the dialog layout itself.  Any of the
> search results I had found before posting referred to custom layout rather
> than custom controls.
>
> After some further research it looks like the SQL Server team has fronted
> Windows Installer with a custom .NET-based user interface / bootstrapper.
> Once it collects the necessary parameters it kicks off the Windows
> Installer
> packages in a silent fashion.  I also came across the following
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa368041.aspx):
>
> "Windows Installer implements a number of standard controls that package
> authors can place onto dialog boxes. However, not all standard Microsoft
> Windows controls are available, and custom controls cannot be created for
> use with the installer UI."
>
> So, in a nutshell if you want a custom UX you need to build a custom
> bootstrapper that does it.
>
>
>
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