If anything, it's a limitation of Windows Installer - not WiX. WiX just writes control/dialog entries in the MSI database, Windows Installer implements the actual UI. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368342(VS.85).aspx for documentation on the control itself.
Sascha On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Mark Athay <mark.at...@nextpage.com> wrote: > I'm trying to add a control to a custom dialog in my WIX UI to collect > various UNC paths the user wishes our software to monitor. Based on the > documentation it looked like a standard control of type="Edit" and > multiline="yes" would work. > > > > <Control Id="UNCSharesEdit" Type="Edit" Multiline="yes" X="105" Y="168" > Width="220" Height="54" Property="UNCSHARES" /> > > > > However, when I implemented this dialog I discovered that the control > was not behaving as I would expect. When I typed random characters in > the field and hit 'Enter' nothing happened. I tried 'Shift-Enter' (I've > seen chat programs and the like use this when 'Enter' is used for > something else)to get a new line and still nothing happened. It wasn't > until after much frustration and research I happened on a whim to try > 'Ctrl-Enter' that it finally worked. > > > > Is this really how the multiline functionality is expected to behave? > > If so, is this a limitation in WIX or in the underlying Windows > Installer? > > > > The way it is we don't feel that customers would know how to use the UI > unless we spelled it out for them in help text, and we obviously are not > anxious to do that either. I'd appreciate any feedback anyone might > have. Thank you! > > > > Mark > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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 Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
