Displaying configuration status

[jeffyee]

Hi,

I was wondering how I would display a configuration status to the user. I don't want them to think the installer has frozen, so as the installer is configuring components, I want to display the current action.

To that end, I created a custom dialog composed of a list box. As I perform a configuration task, I want to update the list box. So I have the following code

while( !bDone )
    nId = WaitOnDialog( sDialog );
	
    switch( nId )
    case DLG_INIT:  
        hwndDlg = CmdGetHwndDlg( sDialog );
        SdGeneralInit( sDialog, hwndDlg, STYLE_BOLD, szSdProduct );
        SdSetDlgTitle( sDialog, hwndDlg, sTitle );

        nStatusText = ListCreate( STRINGLIST ); 

        CtrlSetList( sDialog, _SDCONFIGSTATUS_STATUSLIST, nStatusText );

        ListAddString( nStatusText, "Configuring Componet 1", AFTER );
        CtrlSetList( sDialog, _SDCONFIGSTATUS_STATUSLIST, nStatusText );
        //perform task1 here;

        ListAddString( nStatusText, "Configuring Componet 2", AFTER );
        CtrlSetList( sDialog, _SDCONFIGSTATUS_STATUSLIST, nStatusText );
        //perform task2 here;

    case _SDCONFIGSTATUS_STATUSLIST:
        nMessage = CtrlGetSubCommand( sDialog );
 
    case NEXT:
         bDone = TRUE;
 			
    default:
        if ( SdIsStdButton( nId ) && SdDoStdButton( nId )) then
            bDone = TRUE;
        endif;			
    endswitch;    
endwhile;

However, the dialog does not appear until all the configuration tasks has completed.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks
Jeff

[jeffyee]

Its not quite what i wanted, but it has the same effect.

You can display a small dialog with a progress bar and using SetStatusWindow( nPercent, sMsg ). Here's an example

Enable( STATUSDLG );

SetStatusWindow( 0, "Performing Task1" );
// do Task 1

SetStatusWindow( 33, "Performing Task2" );
// do Task 2

SetStatusWindow( 66, "Performing Task3" );
// do Task 3

SetStatusWindow( 100, "All done" );

Disable( STATUSDLG );