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[nesesser]

Hi all.
I have a question - did you saw the SQL server 2005 setup programm?
I'm interested in User Interface used there - in ListBoxes. There are used unsupported controls on some dialogs (HyperLinks - view in pic)

This controls (HyperLinks) are not supported by Windows Installer (at least in 3.1ver in which I made a screenshots).
And it is not a bootstrapper - I checked it through Process Explorer.

It seems that these controls realised in MSI package directly (probably through cunning Custom Actions).

Q:
How it could be? =) How to do it in my installation?

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[Stefan Krueger]

I'm pretty sure this is an external UI. Which means that have to use some EXE launcher because you can't use an external UI with just an .msi file.

[nesesser]

What does it mean - external UI? How can I make UI like this?
Probably you would say, that is need to use some DLL creating UI. But how can I interrupt UI from Sequence to show needed external UI?

[Stefan Krueger]

You can find documentation in the Windows Installer SDK in topic MsiSetExternalUI