Is there a way with a standard VS setup project, to add a step that prompts for a setup key?

Can I add a "form" to the project, request that user fill-in the key, validate the key and then proceed (if key is "valid")?

Is such a capability beyond the standard VS setup capabilities?

We use VS 2008 Team Edition for developers.

H

There is a customer information dialog you can add and show a serial number, but there's no way to run code right there to validate it, there's just a masked edit verification control. Maybe that's enough.

You will come across solutions that are pretty terrible because of the VS limitations. You can run a custom action to check that key, but only after the whole setup has been installed. Failing the check causes the entire setup to roll back and uninstall when all you really wanted was to run some of your validation code when the Next button was clicked, but VS setups don't do that.

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Phil Wilson

There is a customer information dialog you can add and show a serial number, but there's no way to run code right there to validate it, there's just a masked edit verification control. Maybe that's enough.

You will come across solutions that are pretty terrible because of the VS limitations. You can run a custom action to check that key, but only after the whole setup has been installed. Failing the check causes the entire setup to roll back and uninstall when all you really wanted was to run some of your validation code when the Next button was clicked, but VS setups don't do that.

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Phil Wilson