If you need custom UI, then add custom dialogs and use Properties to control the flow into the dialog.
_______________________________________________________________ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: ZivCizer [mailto:cize...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 9:29 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Showing Windows.Forms UI from CustomAction Thanks Rob. However session.Message is limited for several actions (for example the message box), but it doesn't let me invoke my own custom UI. On Aug 17, 2014 7:26 AM, "Rob Mensching-7 [via Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset]" <ml-node+s687559n7596392...@n2.nabble.com> wrote: > I think it's Session.Message in DTF (I don't write managed code custom > actions so I often forget the exact syntax). > > _______________________________________________________________ > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: ZivCizer [mailto:[hidden email] > <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7596392&i=0>] > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 9:03 PM > To: [hidden email] > <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7596392&i=1> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Showing Windows.Forms UI from CustomAction > > I don't understand what do you mean by the equivalent of > ::MsiProcessMessage. > I checked the MsiProcessMessage and it seems that there is no > equivalent to my need, or am i missing something? > On Aug 17, 2014 6:59 AM, "Rob Mensching-7 [via Windows Installer XML > (WiX) toolset]" <[hidden email] > <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7596392&i=2>> wrote: > > > Use the equivalent of ::MsiProcessMessage() and the z-order will be > > correct. > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ZivCizer [mailto:[hidden email] > > <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7596390&i=0>] > > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 2:42 PM > > To: [hidden email] > > <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7596390&i=1> > > Subject: [WiX-users] Showing Windows.Forms UI from CustomAction > > > > Hi, > > I have a managed CustomAction in C#, and I would like to show a > > Windows.Forms dialog. > > > > I know that there is a better solution for showing message box, but > > that's not my case. > > > > The dialog is shown fine, but it opens in the background behind the > > installer. > > > > ** just for example, my UI is custom and not OpenFileDialog: > > var fileDialog = new OpenFileDialog(); > > fileDialog.ShowDialog(); > > > > Is there a way to show my dialog in front of the MSI? > > > > THANKS! 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