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‎Feb 23, 2009
05:36 PM
What happens to the dialogs when I open an existing .MSI
New user - IS 2009 Premier:
Upon loading a MSI file, I expected to be able to go to the Installation Designer and under Dialogs, see the dialogs that are in the MSI but I do not.
What is the expected behavior?
My current objective is to use InstallShield to easily customize and extend functionality in our old installation MSI files as we create a new install project.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Rick
Upon loading a MSI file, I expected to be able to go to the Installation Designer and under Dialogs, see the dialogs that are in the MSI but I do not.
What is the expected behavior?
My current objective is to use InstallShield to easily customize and extend functionality in our old installation MSI files as we create a new install project.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Rick
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‎Feb 23, 2009
05:57 PM
Is anything showing up in the Dialogs view? How are you opening the existing MSI file?
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‎Feb 23, 2009
06:45 PM
The standard Themes and Dialogs branches appear but I don't see anything that belongs to the MSI.
As for how I opened my MSI, I went to the Open then set the file type as MSI, then selected the MSI.
What am I doing wrong?
As for how I opened my MSI, I went to the Open then set the file type as MSI, then selected the MSI.
What am I doing wrong?
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‎Feb 24, 2009
08:54 AM
That sounds right; is the issue that dialogs appear in the list, but they aren't yours? What was the MSI file created with?
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‎Feb 24, 2009
09:58 AM
I found them in the Dialogs branch - after visually inspecting the contents of every dialog in the tree. 😞
Thanks for replying to my question,
Rick
Thanks for replying to my question,
Rick
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‎Feb 24, 2009
10:48 AM
When an MSI is opened, is the dialog tree simply showing all the dialogs that belong to that MSI?
If yes, I'm feeling a little silly about now! 🙂
If yes, I'm feeling a little silly about now! 🙂