[wix-users] Custom Progress Dialog

[Edwin Castro]

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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