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Bohdan
Level 3
‎Sep 28, 2006 01:20 PM

Showing splash screen during extracting installation files.

Hi all,

My installer consists of a Dynamic Suite that includes 10 assemblies. Total size is about 450 MB. So, after launching setupwin32.exe it shows "Preparing java virtual machine" dialog. It lasts about 10 seconds. After that it starts expanding installation files in the temporary directory. It takes about 2-3 minutes to expand all these files! During this process there is neither some message dialog nor splash screen displayed to user, just "setupwin32" process running in background. After it expands all files, user can see Welcome screen.
So, my question: is there any possibility to display some splash screen or some dialog after launching setupwin32.exe and untill the first dialog appears?

Thanks in advance,
Bohdan
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enanrum
Level 9
‎Sep 28, 2006 02:46 PM

I do not believe there is a way! What I do - and I do not have installers that big but I set the timer for the "Preparing java virtual machine" dialog to last longer - say 30 sec or in your case - 120 seconds!

If you do not know:
Release -> BuildConfig -> Distributions -> Win32 Launcher Distribution -> Launcher UI Display Time

The Welcome Dialog will load in front of it if it goes to long without issues!

Regards,
Tom
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Bohdan
Level 3
‎Sep 29, 2006 06:17 AM

Thank you! It works well, and it could be the solution for me!

But one more question: if I set Display Time for example 120 s but my installer will start sooner than 120 s, in this case "Preparing java ..." message box will be still displayed and Welcome dialog will be also displayed. Is there any possibility to close "Preparing java ..." message box just after first dialog appears?
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