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May 28, 2009
08:24 AM
Silent install but show progress from my app?
I'm building a software updater for my main .NET 3.5 Winforms application and my users don't want to see the InstallShield part of the update process. They want to see my updater dialog, click the install button and be done.
Is it possible to run the patch (or setup for a major upgrade) and show progress from my winforms app? Can a setup be driven from a Winforms app per se?
Thank you.
Is it possible to run the patch (or setup for a major upgrade) and show progress from my winforms app? Can a setup be driven from a Winforms app per se?
Thank you.
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Jun 01, 2009
03:10 PM
If you can forego the InstallShield setup.exe bootstrap, you can get progress events from a .msi or .msp installation by creating and using an External UI handler. See the Windows Installer SDK for more information on these.
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