Re: [WiX-users] Is it Possible: Dialog Box Text Edit Control with Wrapped Text?

2011-03-17 Thread Tobias S 
Hi,

Assume this is a limitation of textbox element in Windows Installer
(comp. e.g. 
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/multiline-edit-control-type-td4176815.html
).

The only point to ensure a better usability here from my point of view
would be to make the edit wider
Control Id=DatabaseConnectionParamsInput Type=Edit X=9 Y=82
Width=351 Height=15 Property=DBCONNECTION_STRING TabSkip=no
Multiline=yes

Text{32767}sadfsaddfsdfasfsadfsfs asdf asdf 
asd fasd f
sdf sdf sadf sda fas fsd fsd fg sadfasdf sadfsd/Text

/Control

or make the whole Windows Installer dialog containing this input form
wider. Additionally you could e.g. create a C# DTF Custom Action to
retrieve such a property in a wider dialog.

Regards
Tobias



2011/3/15 Robert Buck buck.rober...@gmail.com:
 Hello,

 I'd like to have a text control in a installer dialog that allows
 input of a database connection string. The database connection string
 can be rather long, so rather than have its text flow off into the
 nether world, I'd like to make the text box taller and have the text
 automatically wrap so the entire string is visible WITHOUT having to
 scroll horizontally (which is a big usability issue for me).

        Control Id=DatabaseConnectionParamsInput Type=Edit
 X=150 Y=85 Width=180 Height=75 Property=DBCONNECTION_STRING
 TabSkip=no Multiline=yes
          Text{32767}sadfsaddfsdfasfsadfsfs asdf asdf asd fasd f sdf
 sdf sadf sda fas fsd fsd fg sadfasdf sadfsd/Text
        /Control

 Problem is, no matter what I seem to try the text keeps flowing
 horizonally off the box rather than wrapping.

 Is there a way to make a text entry box that wraps as a single line of text?

 Thanks in advance,

 Bob

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Re: [WiX-users] Is it Possible: Dialog Box Text Edit Control with Wrapped Text?

2011-03-17 Thread Robert Buck 
Tobias, thanks for the response. Yeah, I saw that link, but I was
hoping to hear a different story, admittedly.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Tobias S tobias.s1...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi,

 Assume this is a limitation of textbox element in Windows Installer
 (comp. e.g. 
 http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/multiline-edit-control-type-td4176815.html
 ).

 The only point to ensure a better usability here from my point of view
 would be to make the edit wider
 Control Id=DatabaseConnectionParamsInput Type=Edit X=9 Y=82
 Width=351 Height=15 Property=DBCONNECTION_STRING TabSkip=no
 Multiline=yes
                                                                               
                                  Text{32767}sadfsaddfsdfasfsadfsfs asdf 
 asdf asd fasd f
 sdf sdf sadf sda fas fsd fsd fg sadfasdf sadfsd/Text
                                                                               
                          /Control

 or make the whole Windows Installer dialog containing this input form
 wider. Additionally you could e.g. create a C# DTF Custom Action to
 retrieve such a property in a wider dialog.

 Regards
 Tobias



 2011/3/15 Robert Buck buck.rober...@gmail.com:
 Hello,

 I'd like to have a text control in a installer dialog that allows
 input of a database connection string. The database connection string
 can be rather long, so rather than have its text flow off into the
 nether world, I'd like to make the text box taller and have the text
 automatically wrap so the entire string is visible WITHOUT having to
 scroll horizontally (which is a big usability issue for me).

        Control Id=DatabaseConnectionParamsInput Type=Edit
 X=150 Y=85 Width=180 Height=75 Property=DBCONNECTION_STRING
 TabSkip=no Multiline=yes
          Text{32767}sadfsaddfsdfasfsadfsfs asdf asdf asd fasd f sdf
 sdf sadf sda fas fsd fsd fg sadfasdf sadfsd/Text
        /Control

 Problem is, no matter what I seem to try the text keeps flowing
 horizonally off the box rather than wrapping.

 Is there a way to make a text entry box that wraps as a single line of text?

 Thanks in advance,

 Bob

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