5 replies to this topic

[bluesky9898]

I want to run a VBscript which have a msgbox after finishing the installation. I know that the VBscript can run, however, the msgbox can't be popup.

Any reason why? Does this mean that after user clicks Finish, no UI (such as a msgvbox) is allowed any more?

Thanks

[Stefan Krueger]

If this is a VBscript MsgBox then it should work. How do you know the script runs? And does the MsgBox show if you move the script custom action earlier in the sequence?

[Balachandar]

Hi,
The default Finish button behaves like a (c++)Wizard->Finish. It returns OK and kills the GUI. What you have to do is to create a new Finish button in the same place as of the existing one. Copy all events into the new one. There you will see your MsgBox. Make sure you call this customaction before the Exit CA.

[Stefan Krueger]

A VBScript MsgBox should not depend on the installer GUI, or?

[Balachandar]

Hi Stefan, You can see that the Name of Finish button is called 'OK'. Even if you set the condition of the Exit event of that 'Finish' button to 0, you still will see that the GUI disappears. Could that be something why MgBox is not displayed?. ???

[Stefan Krueger]

I don't think that a MsgBox displayed in VBScript (or a DLL or EXE, any custom action) has any relationship to the MSI UI. You can even display MsgBoxes in deferred custom actions in the execut sequence and in a silent install. That's whyyou should avoid them except for debugging purposes, or take precautions to make sure they don't get displayed if your setup runs in silent mode.