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‎Dec 08, 2008
12:39 PM
Custom Action/Dialog Help
I'm new to InstallShield and just can't seem to figure out what's going haywire here. I'm trying to replace the Welcome dialog with a custom dialog in an InstallScript MSI project. I've created the dialog, written the function to define and display it, created a custom action for the dialog and inserted it into the sequence (I've tried multiple locations but I get the same behavior). When I run the test I only get the "Preparing to install..." dialog and then the test just stops, even in debug mode. I am never thrown into the debugger.
So ... what is required to customize the Welcome dialog so it displays my company's branding and welcome message? I think I can get a fair ways along if I can get past this first hurdle. I've been digging through Help and Google searches for days and I still have not figured this one out.
Any help or direction is most appreciated.
So ... what is required to customize the Welcome dialog so it displays my company's branding and welcome message? I think I can get a fair ways along if I can get past this first hurdle. I've been digging through Help and Google searches for days and I still have not figured this one out.
Any help or direction is most appreciated.
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‎Dec 08, 2008
01:20 PM
Instead of creating a custom action to display your dialog box, put a call to your dialog function in OnFirstUIBefore, replacing the call to SdWelcome? The help topic "Using InstallScript to Implement Custom Dialogs" has more information.
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‎Dec 08, 2008
04:21 PM
Thanks Robert. I was making it a lot harder than it needed to be. I added the call in OnFirstUIBefore and it is now working exactly as expected.
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