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Deferred CA needs to block installer window
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Tifoid
, Dec 02 2004 22:18
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Tifoid
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 22:18
I have a deferred custom action that runs at the very end of the install (I have placed it as the last deferred custom action in the execute sequence directly before InstallFinalize). This custom action displays a dialog to the user while it performs some pretty intense background work (unfortunately it takes a significant amount of time to complete). I’m trying to find a way to attach my dialog to the installers dialog or at a minimum disable the cancel button on the installer dialog while I an performing my processing.
Please note that this is a deferred custom action and I do not have access to any of the installer’s properties. Also the dialog that this custom action ends up preempting is the SetupProgress dialog … so the cancel button needs to be available during the install of the files and disabled only during the running of this custom action.
Preferably I would like a way to get the handle of the installer dialog so I can attach my dialog as a modal child.
Any ideas?
cooki
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Posted 03 December 2004 - 13:09
to disable the cancel button, insert the following in your CA:
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| PMSIHANDLE hRecord = MsiCreateRecord(2); MsiRecordSetInteger(hRecord,1,2); MsiRecordSetInteger(hRecord,2,0); MsiProcessMessage(hInstall,INSTALLMESSAGE_COMMONDATA,hRecord); |
to restablish the cancel buton:
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| MsiRecordSetInteger(hRecord,1,2); MsiRecordSetInteger(hRecord,2,1); MsiProcessMessage(hInstall,INSTALLMESSAGE_COMMONDATA,hRecord); |
Otherwise, to get the msi window handle:
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| PMSIHANDLE hDatabase, hView, hRecord; CString szTitle; // retrieve the title of the dialog hDatabase = MsiGetActiveDatabase(hInstall); MsiDatabaseOpenView(hDatabase, _T("SELECT `Title` FROM `Dialog` WHERE `Dialog`=\'SetupProgress\'"),&hView); MsiViewExecute(hView,0); MsiViewFetch(hView,&hRecord); DWORD nSize=1024; MsiRecordGetString(hRecord,1,szTitle.GetBufferSetLength(nSize),&nSize); szTitle.ReleaseBuffer(); MsiViewClose(hView); // format the text CString szFormattedTitle; PMSIHANDLE hRecord = MsiCreateRecord(1); MsiRecordSetString(hRecord,0,szTitle); DWORD nSize=1024; MsiFormatRecord(hInstall,hRecord,szFormattedTitle.GetBufferSetLength(nSize),&nSize); szFormattedTitle.ReleaseBuffer(); HWND hWnd = FindWindow(NULL,szFormattedTitle); |
good luck for your CA and have a nice week-end
Tifoid
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Posted 03 December 2004 - 20:19
That was really good ... my dialog now sits on top of the installer window and it can't fall behind ... but it is not truly modal ... you can still interact with the installer window.
I have tried enabling and disabling the installer window to no avail.
Got any more ideas?
I have tried enabling and disabling the installer window to no avail.
Got any more ideas?