hi

i have to create a .msi file using visual studio 2008 SP1.

in that i have to customize all the user interface screens coming at the time of instllation...

I Created the wizard from the "New Project" dialog

and selected the Other Project Types -> Setup and Deployment -> Setup Wizard ->select the further option

and i got some pre defined user interface screens like welcome,progress,finished etc...

i am not able to customize these screens look and feel...
i need to change the appearance of those..
how to do that????


if i am using Custom Actions,is that possible to customize these interfaces????

if yes,how to do that???

The only user interface choices that Visual Studio setups supply are the standard ones plus some extra canned ones that you can add. You can't customize them, and custom actions won't help because in Visual Studio they are called at the end of the install. If you really want to customize several of the dialogs (special buttons, fields, run code to validate any entered data) then you're using the wrong tool. Visual Studio setup projects don't offer all the features that other products do, like Wise, InstallShield, WiX, Advance Installer etc etc.

The only user interface choices that Visual Studio setups supply are the standard ones plus some extra canned ones that you can add. You can't customize them, and custom actions won't help because in Visual Studio they are called at the end of the install. If you really want to customize several of the dialogs (special buttons, fields, run code to validate any entered data) then you're using the wrong tool. Visual Studio setup projects don't offer all the features that other products do, like Wise, InstallShield, WiX, Advance Installer etc etc.

hey

thanks for hlping me....

Regards,

L.Tony