[wix-users] Custom Progress Dialog
Edwin Castro
egcastr at gmail.com
Tue Mar 6 10:08:51 PST 2018
I've seen installers list the files that getting installed. I don't think
I've seen installers that list scripts that get executed. If you have seen
installers listing scripts getting executed, then you should check if those
installers are MSI installers. Perhaps they use a different installer
engine than the Windows Installer where things work differently. If they
are MSI installers, then perhaps they capture more information about their
scripts, perhaps in custom tables, that their custom actions can present
during execution. Lots of unknowns.
--
Edwin G. Castro
On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 5:27 AM, Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot, Edwin. I was thinking that it would require the development
> of a custom action. So, I tried with the following details.
>
> Custom Action markup in Product.wxs
> ----------------------------------------------------
> <Binary Id="PrgBarCADLL" SourceFile="$(var.SolutionDir)
> PrgBarCA\bin\debug\PrgBarCA.CA.dll" />
>
> <CustomAction Id="CA_ReportProgress" BinaryKey="PrgBarCADLL"
> DllEntry="ReportProgress" Execute="immediate" Impersonate="no"
> Return="check"></CustomAction>
>
> <InstallExecuteSequence>
> <Custom Action="CA_ReportProgress" Before="InstallFiles"><![CDATA[NOT
> Installed]]></Custom>
> </InstallExecuteSequence>
> Custom Action Code
> -----------------------------
> [CustomAction]
> public static ActionResult ReportProgress(Session session)
> {
> System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();
> session.Log("Begin ProgressBarCA");
> using (View ssView = session.Database.OpenView("SELECT
> `ScriptBinary_` FROM `SqlScript` WHERE `Attributes` = 1"))
> {
> ssView.Execute();
> IEnumerator<Record> ssRecordEnum = ssView.GetEnumerator();
> while (ssRecordEnum.MoveNext())
> {
> Record ssRecord = ssRecordEnum.Current;
> string ssKeyValue = ssRecord.GetString(1);
>
> using (View binView = session.Database.OpenView("SELECT
> `Data` FROM `Binary` WHERE `Name` = '" + ssKeyValue + "'"))
> {
> binView.Execute();
> using (Record binRec = binView.Fetch())
> {
> Stream stream = binRec.GetStream("Data");
> string testData = new StreamReader(stream,
> System.Text.Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
> session.Log("Test data: " + testData); //
> gives only file content and not file name
> }
> }
> }
> }
> return ActionResult.Success;
> }
> So, as you mentioned earlier, it is only giving file content and not file
> name, probably because the Binary table is storing the file information as
> Binary Data. So, I am wondering how are many installers able to show the
> progress of individual file execution. The other day, I was installing SQL
> server on one of the machines. I could see the individual script execution
> vividly. I am not able to understand how they achieved it? Is modifying the
> custom action from the WiX source code, the only way out?
>
> Regards,
> Venkatesh
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 9:46 PM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I suppose it is technically possible to modify the custom action but
>> you'd have to look into it. I've never done that before... It would require
>> rebuilding WiX from source... I think you have to contribute your changes
>> back to the community if you do
>>
>> --
>> Edwin G. Castro
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks a lot, Edwin. Is it possible to modify that custom action? Are
>>> there any steps / samples to achieve that? Also, the progress dialog (even
>>> a custom one), runs really quickly. Is there a way to slow it down a bit,
>>> by adding a pause or something like that? Please help with your inputs.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Venkatesh
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 3:36 AM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That statement applies to standard actions. I already described what
>>>> the WiX custom action does. You will not get the names of files unless the
>>>> WiX custom action is changed. In fact, the WiX custom action doesn't even
>>>> keep track of files. It captures the text of the script (after sanitizing
>>>> the script a little) and schedules to execute the content. This allows it
>>>> to use a single custom action to execute SqlScript and SqlString (which
>>>> doesn't have a file associated with it). You won't be able to do what you
>>>> want without modifying the WiX custom action.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Edwin G. Castro
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If I have many script files and I want to show the detailed progress
>>>>> of the individual files, then as per the FireGiant tutorial, (link below),
>>>>> we can use the ActionData. I am trying to achieve this, but not sure, if it
>>>>> is working or not, or the Custom Progress dialog is even showing or not.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/user-interface-revisi
>>>>> ted/is-this-progress/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Venkatesh
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 12:26 AM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If I'm reading the source code for the version of Wix I'm using
>>>>>> (wix39r2rtm) correctly, then a progress message is posted after each script
>>>>>> is executed. I would imagine you don't have to do anything special to get
>>>>>> the progress bar to increase after each script is executed. There is no
>>>>>> text message associated with the progress message (which just updates the
>>>>>> progress bar).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is a localized ProgressText for Action="ExecuteSqlStrings"
>>>>>> which is the custom action that executes the sql scripts. Then English
>>>>>> string is "Executing SQL Strings". If I'm understanding this all correctly,
>>>>>> then the progress dialog will display "Executing SQL Strings" while the sql
>>>>>> scripts are executing and the progress bar will increase by the amount
>>>>>> indicated by COST_SQL_STRING (which is 5000) after each script is executed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Edwin G. Castro
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What does "show the progress of each script file" mean?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would expect that *IF* SqlScript posts progress messages, then it
>>>>>>> probably can only (at most) post one progress message before running the
>>>>>>> script and one after running the script. The SqlScript custom action source
>>>>>>> code will show whether it posts any progress messages or not.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Edwin G. Castro
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 10:02 AM, Ven H via wix-users <
>>>>>>> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am trying to execute many SQL scripts as part of my MSI. During
>>>>>>>> installation, I have to show the progress of each script file. The
>>>>>>>> default
>>>>>>>> Progress Dialog runs quickly and doesn't show the progress of
>>>>>>>> individual
>>>>>>>> scripts. I read that subscribing to ActionData event will help me
>>>>>>>> achieve
>>>>>>>> this. So, I opened up the source code of WiX and copied the
>>>>>>>> ProgressDlg.wxs
>>>>>>>> and just updated its Id and changed the following line to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <Control Id="ActionData" Type="Text" X="70" Y="100" Width="285"
>>>>>>>> Height="10">
>>>>>>>> <Subscribe Event="ActionData" Attribute="Text" />
>>>>>>>> </Control>
>>>>>>>> which was ActionText before. Also, I changed the line inside the
>>>>>>>> InstallUISequence element to below.
>>>>>>>> <Show Dialog="CustProgressDlg" After="ProgressDlg" />
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In spite of these changes, I am not sure if my custom Progress
>>>>>>>> dialog is
>>>>>>>> being shown or the same default Progress Dialog is getting shown.
>>>>>>>> How do I
>>>>>>>> achieve my requirement? Do I really need a Custom Action? What is
>>>>>>>> missing?
>>>>>>>> Please help.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Venkatesh
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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