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[mjb750q]

Hey there.

I'm programming with the msi.dll in VB6 and it would be ideal if I could actually capture the progress of the installation within my VB6 form, rather than having the output going to the msiexec's popup. i.e. I want my form to show the progress bar!

The reasoning is that I want to update ms office to o2k3 on 500+ clients, using a self-developed EXE whcih is more informative that the normal msi window. Also, with the vb modal on the form the users can't be going and click .doc or etc etc.



If anyone can help at all, or point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated!

Thanks, Johno.

Edited by mjb750q, 19 September 2005 - 20:27.

[Stefan Krueger]

In general, you can use an external UI handler for your setup, which then would receive progress messages. However I don't know if that's reasonably possible with a third party msi.

[mjb750q]

Stefan,

thanks for the quick reply...I understand the concept of that now.

However, do you know the code to connect to the API in VB6?

Edited by mjb750q, 20 September 2005 - 11:38.

[Stefan Krueger]

No