>From what we gather from Internet searches, it seems like rolling our own >custom BA just to add a line of text seems to be an excruciating amount of >time, effort, maintenance, and overhead.
So we came up with an alternative: Add an empty MSIPackage (i.e. one that doesn't install any files or do anything) to the end of the bundle that just displays a dialog box with the text we want. We've tried various Frankensteinings using WixUI_Minimal and patching together a dialog box from source code from WixUI_Minimal.wxs and WelcomeEulaDlg.wxs, but without success. What would be the absolute easiest way to have an MSI package that only displays a single dialog box with some text that we can set ourselves? -----Original Message----- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 23:21 To: 'Hoover, Jacob'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'; 'Bruce Cran' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add text to final window in burn bootstrapper/installer Building a custom BA is currently beyond my understanding. Several people on this list have done it though, so I'm hoping it's not too difficult. I don't suppose there's a tutorial, documentation, or some steps I could follow somewhere? If not, maybe someone would be so kind as to put some on this thread? :-) -----Original Message----- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:54 PM To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; 'Bruce Cran' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Add text to final window in burn bootstrapper/installer You could clone his branch and do your own build. The turnaround time for getting it out on an official build will require a ticket/triage, translation consideration, review and blessing from Bob (and possibly other things I am forgetting). Even if it was out on wixtoolset.org, it would be a weekly 3.8 build which is not considered Stable. -----Original Message----- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:45 PM To: 'Bruce Cran'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add text to final window in burn bootstrapper/installer Alright, and any thoughts on how I could use it? I ask because I doubt the documentation can keep up with the builds. My current level of WiX knowledge doesn't go far beyond .wxs files yet, unfortunately. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 4:34 PM To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add text to final window in burn bootstrapper/installer I'll submit the pull request tomorrow: it'll then be up to Bob to decide if/when it gets committed. -- Bruce Sent from my iPhone On 28 Aug 2013, at 19:14, "Alain Forget" <afor...@cmu.edu> wrote: > Will this functionality be available on Monday (or sooner) at > http://wixtoolset.org/releases/ ? > > If so, how will I be able to add text to the Setup Complete box? My apologies > if I seem a tad dense, but this is very unfamiliar territory for me. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:02 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add text to final window in burn > bootstrapper/installer > > Okay, I can submit it. > > -- > Bruce > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28 Aug 2013, at 18:13, Steven Ogilvie <steven.ogil...@titus.com> wrote: > >> You want me to make the change for 3.8 or your going to make the change? >> >> I can send you my code for the BA if you want :) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] >> Sent: August-28-13 12:34 PM >> To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add text to final window in burn >> bootstrapper/installer >> >> Yes that was for Steven: he's made exactly the same changes I was hoping to >> get around to making, and I'd like to see them get into WiX 3.8 if possible. >> >> -- >> Bruce >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 28 Aug 2013, at 16:52, "Alain Forget" <afor...@cmu.edu> wrote: >> >>> I hope that's directed at Steven, because I don't know what that means (and >>> I have yet to figure out where and how to modify .wxl files). >>> >>> Alain >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:39 AM >>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add text to final window in burn >>> bootstrapper/installer >>> >>> Could you sent a pull request to integrate this change upstream please? >>> >>> -- >>> Bruce Cran >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 28 Aug 2013, at 14:28, Steven Ogilvie <steven.ogil...@titus.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes exactly >>>> >>>> BA is using the same property for Setup/Uninstall for the >>>> success/failure string >>>> >>>> I fixed this by changing the code in BA and adding a few extra >>>> string properties in the theme wxl file <String >>>> Id="SuccessHeader">Setup Successful</String> <String >>>> Id="SuccessSetupHeader">Setup Successful</String> <String >>>> Id="SuccessUninstallHeader">Uninstall >>>> Successful</String> <String Id="FailureHeader">Setup >>>> Failed</String> <String Id="FailureSetupHeader">Setup >>>> Failed</String> <String Id="FailureUninstallHeader">Uninstall >>>> Failed</String> >>>> >>>> BA: >>>> >>>> { WIXSTDBA_CONTROL_SUCCESS_HEADER, L"SuccessHeader" }, { >>>> WIXSTDBA_CONTROL_SUCCESS_SETUP_HEADER, L"SuccessSetupHeader" }, { >>>> WIXSTDBA_CONTROL_SUCCESS_UNINSTALL_HEADER, >>>> L"SuccessUninstallHeader" }, >>>> >>>> { WIXSTDBA_CONTROL_FAILURE_HEADER, L"FailureHeader" }, { >>>> WIXSTDBA_CONTROL_FAILURE_SETUP_HEADER, L"FailureSetupHeader" }, { >>>> WIXSTDBA_CONTROL_FAILURE_UNINSTALL_HEADER, >>>> L"FailureUninstallHeader" }, >>>> >>>> The in OnChangeState is where I set the correct string >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] >>>> Sent: August-28-13 2:26 AM >>>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >>>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add text to final window in burn >>>> bootstrapper/installer >>>> >>>> On 28/08/2013 06:07, Blair Murri wrote: >>>>> As I understand it, page "Success" will be shown whenever the result of >>>>> bundle application is successful but not when a failure occurs (when >>>>> instead the "Failure" page will be shown). So, successful install, >>>>> successful removal, successful modification, etc. >>>>> If you can set bundle properties you can use that property's value as >>>>> your text, maybe... >>>> >>>> There was a discussion on wix-devs about this a few months ago: the >>>> WixStdBA bootstrapper needs changed to allow better text on the 'success' >>>> pages. In particular, people have complained to me about the fact that >>>> when uninstall completes it reports "Setup Success". >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bruce Cran >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> -- >>>> --------- Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, >>>> SQL 2012, more! >>>> Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft >>>> technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of >>>> step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. 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