Need help with multiple customization dialogs

[phaedrus30]

Hi there, I'm currently evaluating Advanced Installer 10.2 for installing one of our company's products.

I'm using the Black Surface theme at the moment, and am trying to customize the First Installation dialog sequence so that when a user selects a Custom installation and decides on what features they want, they will be presented with one or more dialogs in sequence for configuring those features. There will be 3 dialogs (Database, Server, Website), and each dialog should only be shown if the dependent features are installed.

I've got a working setup for a single custom dialog (Server) - I used the "Show only if..." option to wrap the dialog in a condition (&Server = 3 OR &Website = 3)

The problem I'm having is that when I add additional custom dialogs (as per the tree below), only one custom dialog ever appears, regardless of how many features I have selected. It works as if the first matching dialog is shown instead of treating the dialogs as a sequence (which is how I am expecting it to work but I'm probably wrong).

First Time Install
----- SetupTypeDlg
--------- InstallMode=InstallModeCustom
------------- CustomizeDlg
----------------- DatabaseConfigDlg_Cond (&Database = 3 OR &Server = 3)
--------------------- DatabaseConfigDlg
----------------- ServerConfigDlg_Cond (&Server = 3 OR &Website = 3)
--------------------- ServerConfigDlg
----------------- WebsiteConfigDlg_Cond (&Website = 3)
--------------------- WebsiteConfigDlg

How do I implement this sort of custom wizard using Advanced Installer? I'm very new to the product and finding the UI customization a little tricky!

Thanks!

Sam

[Daniel]

Hello Sam and welcome to Advanced Installer forums,

Thank you for your interest in Advanced Installer.

In order to achieve what you want you can use a similar approach like it is debated in our "Always Custom in Professional setup" thread.

If you have any questions let us know.

All the best,
Daniel

[phaedrus30]

Thanks, this has helped a lot.

I worked out that I needed to branch and chain the dialogs multiple times to get the right sequence, exactly as per the linked forum post - however, I didn't know about the shift + drag and drop method to reuse dialogs! That was the real tip.

[Daniel]

You're welcome. I'm glad you got this working.

All the best,
Daniel