Hi all,
VisualStudio 2003.
I wrote a vb.net application anda project to deploy it.
I need to show a dialog (after the welcome page) that asks a code: ifthe code is contained in a set of codes, i have to copy a file (1 different file for each known code) but if the code is empty or unknown the installer must stop with a message.

I added a TextBoxes(A) dialog with one textbox visible but now i don't how to handle the text on the property to decide how to proceed to the next steps.

Any help?
Thanks

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SteM

Hi SteMMo,

After doing more research on this issue, I find that it's possible to add a custom dialog in an MSI package created by Visual Studio. To do this, you need to use the tool Orca. The following is a sample introducing how to do it:

"Create custom dialogs for use in your Visual Studio Setup projects"
https://secure.codeproject.com/KB/install/vsSetupCustomDialogs.aspx?display=PrintAll&fid=419622&df=90&mpp=25&noise=3&sort=Position&view=Quick&select=2817377&fr=1

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu

Hi SteMMo,

What tool are you using to generate the MSI package?

In your scenario, you'd like to add a dialog in the MSI package but Visual Studio doesn't provide such a function. So if you're using Visual Studio to create the MSI package,you need to use other professional MSI file authoring tool, e. g. InstallShield, to create the MSI package.

It should be simple to add a custom dialog in an MSI file using InstallShield.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu

Til now I used Visual Studio 2005 Setup project.
I was able to add a Textboxes dialog and read relative properties, writing them on the registry.

But I' d like to show a MessageBox or similar right after the input of the text or after the 'Next' button.

I'm not sure it is possible with this kind of project.

Thanks

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SteM

Hi SteMMo,

After doing more research on this issue, I find that it's possible to add a custom dialog in an MSI package created by Visual Studio. To do this, you need to use the tool Orca. The following is a sample introducing how to do it:

"Create custom dialogs for use in your Visual Studio Setup projects"
https://secure.codeproject.com/KB/install/vsSetupCustomDialogs.aspx?display=PrintAll&fid=419622&df=90&mpp=25&noise=3&sort=Position&view=Quick&select=2817377&fr=1

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu