Re: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action
This is the kind of thing you'd do: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253683/en-us where it sets the PIDCHECK property to denote that the key is valid. The rest of the article is about how to use the custom action from Visual Studio setups using Orca, and that can be ignored. Phil Wilson From: Eric Latendresse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 3:50 PM To: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action Thanks for your reply Phil. I did find some examples on managed custom actions and I know what you mean by "arm-weaving". I also found an example using a C++ Win32 application. This seems like it is the way I need to go but the example was outdated and the code didn't compile. I'm not very familiar with C++, do you have an example that I could follow? Thanks, Eric From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson, Phil Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:39 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action You can't get there from here. The infrastructure for calling managed code custom actions isn't natively supported by MSI, and even if you did all the arm-waving to make it work as a custom action (called from the UI sequence) it's so decoupled from the install that you cannot use it to set a property in the install. This is important because you probably need to disable the next button until the key is valid, and this mechanism uses properties. When I say "arm waving" I don't mean the InstallUtilLib.dll stuff, bad as it is, I assume that you are in the UI sequence and no files have been installed. How do you get your assembly onto the system, and how do you call it? This is a mountain of code. Speaking of mountains, there's a mountain of opinion in the archives and elsewhere on calling managed code custom actions, most of which falls into two categories : 1) "Don't do it because of the issues involved" and 2) "Why the heck doesn't WiX/MSI support it". So if all you're going to do is look at the text of the key and say Yes or No, then vbscript isn't too bad. If you're going out into the world to read files or the internet, C++ is recommended. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Latendresse Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:33 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action I want to use a C#.net assembly to validate my product key. Could someone point me in the right direction on where to start? Thanks, Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:50:29 -0500, Eric Latendresse wrote: Eric, > didnÂt compile. IÂm not very familiar with C++, do you have an > example that I could follow? C++ is not a requirement at all. You can use any compiler than can create plain ol' Win32 DLLs. C, C++, Pascal, Basic, Ada, D, Modula, whatever. Bye, Gábor --- DEÃK JAHN, Gábor -- Budapest, Hungary E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action
Thanks for your reply Phil. I did find some examples on managed custom actions and I know what you mean by "arm-weaving". I also found an example using a C++ Win32 application. This seems like it is the way I need to go but the example was outdated and the code didn't compile. I'm not very familiar with C++, do you have an example that I could follow? Thanks, Eric From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson, Phil Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:39 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action You can't get there from here. The infrastructure for calling managed code custom actions isn't natively supported by MSI, and even if you did all the arm-waving to make it work as a custom action (called from the UI sequence) it's so decoupled from the install that you cannot use it to set a property in the install. This is important because you probably need to disable the next button until the key is valid, and this mechanism uses properties. When I say "arm waving" I don't mean the InstallUtilLib.dll stuff, bad as it is, I assume that you are in the UI sequence and no files have been installed. How do you get your assembly onto the system, and how do you call it? This is a mountain of code. Speaking of mountains, there's a mountain of opinion in the archives and elsewhere on calling managed code custom actions, most of which falls into two categories : 1) "Don't do it because of the issues involved" and 2) "Why the heck doesn't WiX/MSI support it". So if all you're going to do is look at the text of the key and say Yes or No, then vbscript isn't too bad. If you're going out into the world to read files or the internet, C++ is recommended. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Latendresse Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:33 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action I want to use a C#.net assembly to validate my product key. Could someone point me in the right direction on where to start? Thanks, Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action
You can't get there from here. The infrastructure for calling managed code custom actions isn't natively supported by MSI, and even if you did all the arm-waving to make it work as a custom action (called from the UI sequence) it's so decoupled from the install that you cannot use it to set a property in the install. This is important because you probably need to disable the next button until the key is valid, and this mechanism uses properties. When I say "arm waving" I don't mean the InstallUtilLib.dll stuff, bad as it is, I assume that you are in the UI sequence and no files have been installed. How do you get your assembly onto the system, and how do you call it? This is a mountain of code. Speaking of mountains, there's a mountain of opinion in the archives and elsewhere on calling managed code custom actions, most of which falls into two categories : 1) "Don't do it because of the issues involved" and 2) "Why the heck doesn't WiX/MSI support it". So if all you're going to do is look at the text of the key and say Yes or No, then vbscript isn't too bad. If you're going out into the world to read files or the internet, C++ is recommended. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Latendresse Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:33 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action I want to use a C#.net assembly to validate my product key. Could someone point me in the right direction on where to start? Thanks, Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action
I want to use a C#.net assembly to validate my product key. Could someone point me in the right direction on where to start? Thanks, Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
