Hello, my problem is following:

I want to make an installer that will look through folders and suggest an installation folder. I didn't find a way to change values of user controls programmatically in Install action. I suppose that i could make a custom installer via System.Configuration.Install namespace

So, I need some description how to do that or if this way is too weird tell me another way

You're probably assuming that System.Configuration.Install is what drives an installation, perhaps because you think that setup projects are part of .NET. Setup projects are nothing to do with .NET, and nothing to do with System.Configuration.Install. MSI-based setups are Win32 and use dialogs and controls mostly embedded in the MSI file. You can make a custom UI to install an app in basicallytwo ways:

1) Use a setup tool that lets you create your own dialogs that are MSI based and work in the same general way as the standard VS dialogs - these are loaded from the MSI file's Dialog table at install tiome.

2) Completely delete the MSI UI and install your MSI file silently, but wrapped by your UI. This type of thing:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309215(VS.85).aspx

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Phil Wilson

You’d better use a registry key to change the default location.

Please refer to the following thread. Hope this helps.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformssetup/thread/c87c6531-561d-4725-bff6-d261f27e187e

Best regards,

Ling Wang

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You're probably assuming that System.Configuration.Install is what drives an installation, perhaps because you think that setup projects are part of .NET. Setup projects are nothing to do with .NET, and nothing to do with System.Configuration.Install. MSI-based setups are Win32 and use dialogs and controls mostly embedded in the MSI file. You can make a custom UI to install an app in basicallytwo ways:

1) Use a setup tool that lets you create your own dialogs that are MSI based and work in the same general way as the standard VS dialogs - these are loaded from the MSI file's Dialog table at install tiome.

2) Completely delete the MSI UI and install your MSI file silently, but wrapped by your UI. This type of thing:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309215(VS.85).aspx

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Phil Wilson