[wix-users] Customizing the Standard WiX Bootstrapper UI

[sonvertb19]

Thank you Nir!
Can you please this conclusion as well?

Case 1. To wrap a single MSI into an EXE, I have these three options if I want single UI to be shown during the entire install process:
1) Use the WixStdBa and set DisplayInternalUI="no" and use the limited customisation options for the WixStdBa.

2) Create a native Custom Bootstrapper application.

3) Create a self extracting archive (SFX) for the MSI.

Case 2. If I can work with two separate UIs being popped up during the installation process, I can use the WixStdBa and set DisplayInternalUI="yes and customize the MSI UI.

Best Regards

-------- Original Message --------
On Aug 3, 2021, 1:22 PM, Nir Bar via wix-users < wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
You are right in your observations
You can create a UI in the MSI package and set DisplayInternalUI="yes" in the MsiPackage element to get the MSI to run in non-silent mode

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Nir Bar
WiX Expert

---- On Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:26:02 +0300 sonvertb19 via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote ----
Kind reminder.
Can anyone please confirm?
-------- Original Message --------
On Jun 29, 2021, 12:10 PM, sonvertb19 via wix-users wrote:
> Hi all,
> First time post. I would like to confirm the knowledge that I have got from my research about the WiX Burn Bootstrapper.
>
> Our use case involved a single MSI which needs to be wrapped inside an EXE.
> We do not want to use the Custom Bootstrapper just yet, so we are sticking to the WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense for now.
>
> I have two questions,
> 1) Is modifying the theme files and specifying them to the BootstrapperApplicationRef using ThemeFile the only way to change the UI?
> 2) We can only add elements, like <Checkbox>, <Text>, etc to the theme file. There is no way to add a new dialogue (page like the Options, Install, Progress etc) to the WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense, Is that right?
>
> If there is any other way to customize the standard bootstrapper application, please point to the right resource.
>
> Thanks
>
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