Yea, I thought about that, by perhaps setting the error string property before StartServices and then clear it after StartServices but I wasn't sure how many different errors can occur inside StartServices - it may not make sense to the user if the error is not related to the service failing to start, and not being my service also, (does IIS for instance get started here).
Definitely something I will consider though. 2008/8/20 Neil Sleightholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Couldn't you just assign the error message to a property and > conditionally display it on the error dialog? > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Pub > Sent: 20 August 2008 17:09 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Customizing ErrorDialog error text? > > My dialogs are all custom ones already, the problem I have is that I > could obviously add the error text within the custom error dialog, but > then errors that are nothing to do with failure to start services will > still show the extra text I add. > > Nice post on the blog though. > Thanks > > 2008/8/20 Neil Sleightholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I have just written a blog about customising the WiX UI (v3): >> > http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html >> >> This might help. >> >> Neil >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Pub >> Sent: 20 August 2008 16:52 >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> Subject: [WiX-users] Customizing ErrorDialog error text? >> >> Hi, >> >> Is it possible to customize the error text on the ErrorDialog. I have >> a windows service that gets installed/started with my application, but >> there are error conditions that can occur during init to prevent the >> service from starting. Now all this is logged to the windows event >> log, and some of them are treatable there and then, but I would like >> to customize the text that the error dialog shows when a service fails >> to start, to tell the user to check the event log, fix the problem and >> hit retry. >> >> Is this possible? >> >> Thanks >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> - >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
