[wix-users] How to get rid of the Welcome dialog in WixUI_InstallDir mode.

[shashank khadse]

Hey Ronny,
Thanks for the suggestion.
I have using this hoping that welcome dlg wont appear .. but it doesnt
overrides the behavior of wlcm dlg,
it still appears for a very shorter duration like a quick flash screen.

Thanks
Shanky

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:56 AM, Ronny Eriksson <ronny.eriksson at optimity.se>
wrote:

> Have you tried doing this
>
> In your product.wxs file in the Product node add this:
>
> <UI>
>             <InstallUISequence>
>                 <Show Dialog="InstallDirDlg" Before="ProgressDlg"
> Overridable="yes">NOT Installed OR PATCH</Show>
>             </InstallUISequence>
> </UI>
>
> Maybe that will set that InstallDirDlg as the first dialog to show up
> instead of the WelcomeDlg.
>
> I have not tried it so it's just a quess.
>
>
> Ronny Eriksson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of shashank khadse
> Sent: den 26 februari 2016 03:02
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] How to get rid of the Welcome dialog in
> WixUI_InstallDir mode.
>
> Hey Sampat,
> Thanks for the quick reply.
> But the welcomedlg is a part of std toolset library, so even if I download
> the dialog source code and use it by disabling the UI sequence, I was
> getting error regarding the duplicate ID "WelcomeDlg"
>
> Other thing I have already tried is to override the behaviour of the
> standard wlcm dlg in my own CustomWixUI_InstallDir.wxs, the dialog still
> pops up bcoz of the standard becoz of the standard sequence.
>
> I need to disable it so that it wont pop up anywhere during the
> installation sequence.
>
> Pls let me know if you have any idea abt this.
>
> Thanks
> -Shanky
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:52 PM, sampat magi <ssmcs060 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's defined at the end of the welcomedlg in the wix source.
> >
> > Sam
> > On Feb 26, 2016 7:21 AM, "sampat magi" <ssmcs060 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I think you have to look at the
> > > installuisequence of the welcomedlg.wxs
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Sampat
> > > On Feb 26, 2016 7:09 AM, "shashank khadse"
> > > <shashank.s.khadse at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >> I am new to wix toolset. I have started using the toolset like 7-8
> days.
> > >>
> > >> Currently as per my requirements, I have been using the
> > >> WixUI_InstallDir standard dialogs. I needed some customizations so
> > >> I have downloaded the WixUI_InstallDir.wxs and InstallDirDlg.wxs. I
> > >> have made some changes to dialogs and also introduced some custom
> actions for those added dialogs.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks to the simplicity of the standard dialogs, I am able to
> > >> create
> > msi
> > >> setup.
> > >>
> > >> For creating the setup executable and adding prerequisites , I used
> > >> the bootstrap application where in I bundles the created msi. Now
> > >> the issue
> > is
> > >> the bootstrap comes with its own Welcome dialog and the embedded
> > >> msi
> > also
> > >> shows its own dialog box. In order to get rid of the msi welcome
> > dialog, I
> > >> have removed the Publish statemnts related to Welcome dlg from the
> > >> custom WixUI_InstallDir.wxs. But I am not able to get rid of
> > the
> > >> welcome dialog.
> > >>
> > >> Is there any way to get rid of the msi welcome dialog ?
> > >>
> > >> If not then, is there any possibility to get rid of the Welcome dlg
> > >> of
> > the
> > >> bootstrap ?
> > >>
> > >> Anyhow I want to get rid of the either of the dlg. ( Removing msi
> > >> dlg would be most welcome :) )
> > >>
> > >> Could you please help me to resolve this issue.
> > >>
> > >> Let me know if you need some more input from me.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance.
> > >> Shanky
> > >>
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