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[HermioneJJ]

Hi All,
I need to create a new SetupProgress dialog which list the main actions the installer will execute, and it will check off each item after it finished it.just like the pic attached. Does anyone know how to do that?
by the way, these actions are not between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize, They are some nested installation actions before ExecuteAction.

Thanks a lot!
Hermione

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Edited by HermioneJJ, 03 July 2006 - 04:48.

[Stefan Krueger]

I'm not sure how feasible this is. I may require an external UI handler.

I also want to mention that nested install custom actions are officially deprecated. They may be okay in some special scenarios, but in general they should be avoided (and you will not get the Certified for Vista logo if you use them)

[rbrinda]

Hi Stefan,

I used nested installs in the past for shipping installers and have not experienced any problems. I'd like to know since when nested custom actions were officially deprecated? Could you please also share what problems could occur if we end up using nested MSI installations using custom actions. I read that patching or upgrades could be problematic but would be interested to know the reasons it would fail on such cases and in what scenarios (for e..g would it fail for minor upgrades or major upgrades or both?).

Thanks for any help in advance.

[Stefan Krueger]

Here are some links:

http://msdn2.microso...y/aa368010.aspx