Custom forms in installation project

[logicalfeline]

Hi there,

I'm creating an installation project where at a particular point in the
installation I want the user to be able to specify a filepath for use in the
program. My idea was to create a form that allowed the user to choose the
datapath and confirm it then add this to the installation project. I'm
having trouble with this however. Does anyone know a simple procedure for
doing this?

Cat

[Shakir Hussain]

Follow these steps, to create the custom dialog.

1. Create a new Setup Project
2. In the solution Explorer toolbar, click User Interface Editor
3. You can see a bunch of dialog icons in a Tree format.
4. In one the Node (preferably "Start" node, becoz thats where u need
dialog) right click and click again Add dialog.
5. There is a custom dialog Template, which has lot of combinations, with
textboxes, checkboxes.
6. Pick the closet one you required.
7. Go to the properties and remove the unwanted controls by setting Visible
= False;

--
Shak
(Houston)
"logicalfeline" <lo***********@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi there,

I'm creating an installation project where at a particular point in the
installation I want the user to be able to specify a filepath for use in the program. My idea was to create a form that allowed the user to choose the
datapath and confirm it then add this to the installation project. I'm
having trouble with this however. Does anyone know a simple procedure for
doing this?

Cat

[logicalfeline]

Ok, but is it possible to write code behind the dialog that does something
with the user input? I did try this approach but didn't get very far..
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
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Follow these steps, to create the custom dialog.

1. Create a new Setup Project
2. In the solution Explorer toolbar, click User Interface Editor
3. You can see a bunch of dialog icons in a Tree format.
4. In one the Node (preferably "Start" node, becoz thats where u need
dialog) right click and click again Add dialog.
5. There is a custom dialog Template, which has lot of combinations, with
textboxes, checkboxes.
6. Pick the closet one you required.
7. Go to the properties and remove the unwanted controls by setting Visible = False;

--
Shak
(Houston)
"logicalfeline" <lo***********@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi there,

I'm creating an installation project where at a particular point in the
installation I want the user to be able to specify a filepath for use in

the

program. My idea was to create a form that allowed the user to choose the datapath and confirm it then add this to the installation project. I'm
having trouble with this however. Does anyone know a simple procedure for doing this?

Cat

[Shakir Hussain]

To write the code for custom dialogs

You can create seperate c# project(exe ) and include it by going to the menu

Custom actions editor->Install->Add Custom action

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Shak
(Houston)
"logicalfeline" <lo***********@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Ok, but is it possible to write code behind the dialog that does something
with the user input? I did try this approach but didn't get very far..
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
news:ec**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Follow these steps, to create the custom dialog.

1. Create a new Setup Project
2. In the solution Explorer toolbar, click User Interface Editor
3. You can see a bunch of dialog icons in a Tree format.
4. In one the Node (preferably "Start" node, becoz thats where u need
dialog) right click and click again Add dialog.
5. There is a custom dialog Template, which has lot of combinations, with

textboxes, checkboxes.
6. Pick the closet one you required.
7. Go to the properties and remove the unwanted controls by setting

Visible

= False;

--
Shak
(Houston)
"logicalfeline" <lo***********@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uz**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hi there,

I'm creating an installation project where at a particular point in the installation I want the user to be able to specify a filepath for use

in the

program. My idea was to create a form that allowed the user to choose

the datapath and confirm it then add this to the installation project. I'm
having trouble with this however. Does anyone know a simple procedure for doing this?

Cat

[Allen Anderson]

unfortunately, without using one of the premium install products,
there is no 'dialog editor' that comes with the basic visual studio.
I'm not even aware of any good dialog editor tools out there to use
with install.

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:42:07 +0100, "logicalfeline"
<lo***********@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi there,

I'm creating an installation project where at a particular point in the
installation I want the user to be able to specify a filepath for use in the
program. My idea was to create a form that allowed the user to choose the
datapath and confirm it then add this to the installation project. I'm
having trouble with this however. Does anyone know a simple procedure for
doing this?

Cat