[wix-users] Installer dialog guidance

John Cooper JoCooper at jackhenry.com
Thu Jul 21 14:36:26 PDT 2016


You could set properties from the dialog and use Registry Components to write the values, but if you want the subkeys written immediately, a deferred custom action with rollback support is your option.

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John Merryweather Cooper
Senior Software Engineer -- Integration Development Group -- Enterprise Notification Service
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Office:  913-341-3434x431050
JoCooper at jackhenry.com





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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Joseph L. Casale
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 4:34 PM
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Subject: [wix-users] Installer dialog guidance

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I have an installer that I need to modify from its current state where a single custom dialog prompts for a few text box entries corresponding to connection details, to one that asks for "n" different sets of the similar details, then proceeds to write these in order of entry as subkeys with corresponding values.

Is a CA the only way to accomplish this? Or does a dialog exist that can facilitate this, even if I have to use a CA to write the data.

If it is a CA for both the dialog and registry writing, what can I do to make the UX as optimal as possible? Something along the lines of a button "Add host" which calls the CA to prompt for the details and inserts an entry into a listbox? How does one ask the base dialog with the button to refresh the listbox?

Thanks for any insight.
jlc

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