Re: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work?
Hi all, If you know how to show/hide a checkbox based on a property which is set on runtime, please let me know. We're eager to see the solution. Basically, we need to show the end user a dialog to tell them if they want to migrate their existing settings from old version to new. I'm having trouble to conditionally show a dialog(http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-detect-files-presence-and-conditionally-show-a-new-added-dialog-page-td3855938i20.html ). Well, we can show it, but we'll have to click the next button two times to get it move forward. Anyways, discussed with our team, we're even okay by just conditionally show/hide a checkbox. If this work, we can give up the conditionally showing dialog which cause much too much trouble. But conditionally show/hide checkout doesn't work either. Can you point out my problem? Here is the code: Control Id=MigrateSettingsCheckBox Type=CheckBox X=20 Y=220 Width=290 Height=17 Property=MIGRATE_SETTING_CHECKBOX_VALUE CheckBoxValue=1 Text=Migrate settings from old version. Condition Action=showNot Installed and NEED_MIGRATE_SETTING/Condition /Control The reason we have to conditionally show the checkbox is that, some of our users may not have old version of software, they probably just buy the new version. So there is no point to always show that checkbox. We have a custom action(DLL) can detect if the end user needs to migrate settings, and further set a property on runtime. This checkbox's show action is associated with that property. Does it make sense? Many many thanks. From: little.forest little.for...@ymail.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:25:15 AM Subject: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work? We use Wix 3.0. How is Control condition supposed to work? I've this code: Control Id=MigrateSettingsCheckBox Type=CheckBox X=20 Y=220 Width=290 Height=17 Property=MIGRATE_SETTING_CHECKBOX_VALUE CheckBoxValue=1 Text=Migrate settings from old version. Condition Action=showNot Installed and NEED_MIGRATE_SETTING/Condition /Control I'd like to see the checkbox shows if the condition is true, but not show if it's false. But the result is, no matter what, the checkbox always shows up. What's wrong? Thanks. __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work?
If you want to use a condition to show or hide it, all properties used in that condition need to be set before you open the dialog (make sure that NEED_MIGRATE_SETTING is set by something not triggered by this dialog). If while the dialog is open you want to change the visibility of the checkbox you subscribe to an event. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:59 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work? Hi all, If you know how to show/hide a checkbox based on a property which is set on runtime, please let me know. We're eager to see the solution. Basically, we need to show the end user a dialog to tell them if they want to migrate their existing settings from old version to new. I'm having trouble to conditionally show a dialog(http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-detect-files-presence-and-conditionally-s how-a-new-added-dialog-page-td3855938i20.html ). Well, we can show it, but we'll have to click the next button two times to get it move forward. Anyways, discussed with our team, we're even okay by just conditionally show/hide a checkbox. If this work, we can give up the conditionally showing dialog which cause much too much trouble. But conditionally show/hide checkout doesn't work either. Can you point out my problem? Here is the code: Control Id=MigrateSettingsCheckBox Type=CheckBox X=20 Y=220 Width=290 Height=17 Property=MIGRATE_SETTING_CHECKBOX_VALUE CheckBoxValue=1 Text=Migrate settings from old version. Condition Action=showNot Installed and NEED_MIGRATE_SETTING/Condition /Control The reason we have to conditionally show the checkbox is that, some of our users may not have old version of software, they probably just buy the new version. So there is no point to always show that checkbox. We have a custom action(DLL) can detect if the end user needs to migrate settings, and further set a property on runtime. This checkbox's show action is associated with that property. Does it make sense? Many many thanks. From: little.forest little.for...@ymail.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:25:15 AM Subject: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work? We use Wix 3.0. How is Control condition supposed to work? I've this code: Control Id=MigrateSettingsCheckBox Type=CheckBox X=20 Y=220 Width=290 Height=17 Property=MIGRATE_SETTING_CHECKBOX_VALUE CheckBoxValue=1 Text=Migrate settings from old version. Condition Action=showNot Installed and NEED_MIGRATE_SETTING/Condition /Control I'd like to see the checkbox shows if the condition is true, but not show if it's false. But the result is, no matter what, the checkbox always shows up. What's wrong? Thanks. __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work?
Thanks Blair. need to be set before you open the dialog - do you mean to set the property before the install wizard dialog? That must be on a very early stage. Currently, we have this code: CustomAction Id=SetSearchFolderProp Property=SETTING_FOLDERS_PROP Value=$(var.WIX_UPGRADE_SETTING_PARAMS) / Binary Id=DetectSettingMigrationBin SourceFile=DetectSetting.dll / CustomAction Id=DetectSettingMigrationCA BinaryKey=DetectSettingMigrationBin DllEntry=DetectSetting Execute=firstSequence / InstallUISequence Custom Action=SetSearchFolderProp After=AppSearch / Custom Action=DetectSettingMigrationCA After=SetSearchFolderProp / /InstallUISequence How can I schedule it to make sure it is set before I open the dialog? If while the dialog is open you want to change the visibility of the checkbox you subscribe to an event. - how to subscribe an event? Thanks. From: Blair os...@live.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:24:54 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work? If you want to use a condition to show or hide it, all properties used in that condition need to be set before you open the dialog (make sure that NEED_MIGRATE_SETTING is set by something not triggered by this dialog). If while the dialog is open you want to change the visibility of the checkbox you subscribe to an event. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:59 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work? Hi all, If you know how to show/hide a checkbox based on a property which is set on runtime, please let me know. We're eager to see the solution. Basically, we need to show the end user a dialog to tell them if they want to migrate their existing settings from old version to new. I'm having trouble to conditionally show a dialog(http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-detect-files-presence-and-conditionally-s how-a-new-added-dialog-page-td3855938i20.html ). Well, we can show it, but we'll have to click the next button two times to get it move forward. Anyways, discussed with our team, we're even okay by just conditionally show/hide a checkbox. If this work, we can give up the conditionally showing dialog which cause much too much trouble. But conditionally show/hide checkout doesn't work either. Can you point out my problem? Here is the code: Control Id=MigrateSettingsCheckBox Type=CheckBox X=20 Y=220 Width=290 Height=17 Property=MIGRATE_SETTING_CHECKBOX_VALUE CheckBoxValue=1 Text=Migrate settings from old version. Condition Action=showNot Installed and NEED_MIGRATE_SETTING/Condition /Control The reason we have to conditionally show the checkbox is that, some of our users may not have old version of software, they probably just buy the new version. So there is no point to always show that checkbox. We have a custom action(DLL) can detect if the end user needs to migrate settings, and further set a property on runtime. This checkbox's show action is associated with that property. Does it make sense? Many many thanks. From: little.forest little.for...@ymail.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:25:15 AM Subject: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work? We use Wix 3.0. How is Control condition supposed to work? I've this code: Control Id=MigrateSettingsCheckBox Type=CheckBox X=20 Y=220 Width=290 Height=17 Property=MIGRATE_SETTING_CHECKBOX_VALUE CheckBoxValue=1 Text=Migrate settings from old version. Condition Action=showNot Installed and NEED_MIGRATE_SETTING/Condition /Control I'd like to see the checkbox shows if the condition is true, but not show if it's false. But the result is, no matter what, the checkbox always shows up. What's wrong? Thanks. __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com
Re: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work?
In article 411781.78617...@web59815.mail.ac4.yahoo.com, little.forest little.for...@ymail.com writes: How is Control condition supposed to work? For the most robust results, I use combinations of show *and* hide actions with mutually exclusive conditions. I've this code: Control Id=MigrateSettingsCheckBox Type=CheckBox X=20 Y=220 Width= 290 Height=17 Property=MIGRATE_SETTING_CHECKBOX_VALUE CheckBoxValue=1 Text=Migrate settings from old version. Condition Action=showNot Installed and NEED_MIGRATE_SETTING/Condition /Control In your case you don't provide a value for the Hidden attribute on your Control, so it is shown by default. Your nested Condition specifies additional logic about when the control should be shown, but no logic about when the control should be hidden. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/ Legalize Adulthood! http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How is Control Condition supposed to work?
In article 530673.17954...@web59801.mail.ac4.yahoo.com, little.forest little.for...@ymail.com writes: Basically, we need to show the end user a dialog to tell them if they want t o migrate their existing settings from old version to new. I'm having trouble to conditionally show a dialog(http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-detect-files-presen ce-and-conditionally-show-a-new-added-dialog-page-td3855938i20.html ). Well, w e can show it, but we'll have to click the next button two times to get it mov e forward. Take a look at my recent blog post on branching dialog wizard sequences: http://wp.me/pyVNs-fC -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/ Legalize Adulthood! http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
