Showing Progress Advice

[mstaton]

I'm sort of a Windows Installer newbie that could use some advice.

If someone wanted to take a cue from the Exchange Server install (http://blogs.technet.com/scottschnoll/a ... -2010.aspx) and show progress through a complicated install, what would be the best way to do it? Put icons and labels in a group box on the left that show each screen's place in the process? (This is what I am trying at the moment, it seems to work OK) Could a billboard or listview be used for this? Is there a better way entirely to show progress through a complex install?

TIA,
Matthew

[Cosmin]

Hi Matthew,

Unfortunately Windows Installer doesn't offer direct support for this (it uses a single progress bar for the main installation). However, you will be able to fully customize the installation UI in a future version. Until then you can try using the installation dialogs for the main install and prerequisites for the other installers you need to run.

Please note that billboards are used to show images and text during various install actions, they cannot retrieve information from the user.

Regards,
Cosmin

[mstaton]

Thanks.

How much control do you have over the dialogs that appear when a prerequisite is not met? Can you customize those dialogs?

[cyb]

Hi Matthew,

Please note that there is a similar discussion here.

Best regards,
cyb

[mstaton]

Thank you. Looks like that is just what I needed.