[wix-users] Wix Tutorial Help

[Stephanie Gwaltney]

That would be great! When would be good for you?

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 10:24 AM Christopher Painter <chrpai at iswix.com>
wrote:

> FWIW, most of WiX is ways of authoring MSI.  It's a really good thing to
> learn the underlying MSI in addition to WiX.
>
>
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/windows-installer-portal
>
> The Windows Installer team (Rest In Peace?)  used to have a blog on best
> practices but it was killed a few weeks ago by a big MSFT blog rewrite.  If
> there is a new URL I am not aware of it yet.
>
> I could complimentary  free 1-hr  voice/screenshare session to give you an
> overview and answer questions if it helps.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Stephanie Gwaltney <smyawn3 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 1, 2019 8:47 AM
> *To:* WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> *Cc:* Christopher Painter
> *Subject:* Re: [wix-users] Wix Tutorial Help
>
> I did not know you could do that. I will try tonight.
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 9:35 AM Christopher Painter via wix-users <
> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>
> And looking at the MSI using Orca and checking to see if the dialog is
> present and listed in the InstallUISequence table with the correct (-4
> through -1)  sequence numbers.
>
>
>
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/installuisequence-table
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of
> David Bernhard via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 8:21 AM
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> Cc: David Bernhard
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Wix Tutorial Help
>
> Have you tried running your .msi with 'msiexec /i installer.msi /L&V!
> installer.log' and looking at the log?
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] Im Auftrag
> von Stephanie Gwaltney via wix-users
> Gesendet: Samstag, 30. März 2019 02:06
> An: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> Cc: Stephanie Gwaltney <smyawn3 at gmail.com>
> Betreff: [wix-users] Wix Tutorial Help
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am new to wix and was trying to run through the tutorials on
> https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/.
>
> In particular, I cannot get the exit dialog to work correctly in the User
> Face Revisited chapter. See:
> https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/user-interface-revisited/well-done/
>
> I down loaded the files, but both samples 6 and 7 are not working. They
> will compile/link and a msi is produced. Installing using the msi also
> installs the 'application'.
>
> But during the installation, the wizard disappears after the progress page.
> None of the dialogs after that appear, such as the exitDlg.
>
> Why are these examples not working, what do I need to do to make them work
> as described?
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
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