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.NET Forum / .NET Framework / Setup / December 2005getting info from install
I imagine there is a fairly straight forward answer to this problem, I just don't have any real experience with setup and deployment projects. I want to get some information from the user during install. In this case all I want to get is an integer. I know how to create a form using the S&D project. I picked Textboxes (A) and setup the labels and everything. I just want to know how do I actually get ahold of the integer the user enters. I'll need this number the first time my program runs to configure it properly. So I know how to name the property, I just have no idea how to get to it once install is done. As I said before, I'm sure this is pretty easy, I just don't know what I am doing and a quick google search has not found the information I need. Thanks in advance ~ Justin Depends what you mean by "get hold of". In general you use [TESTBOXA1] (or whatever the property name is called, case-sensitive) wherever you want to use it. If you want to store it in the registry, create a data item and give it the value [TESTBOXA1] if you want to pass it to a custom action, put it in CustomActionData the same way (Installer class syntax differs from other custom actions).  SignaturePhil Wilson [Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer] Definitive Guide to Windows Installer http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280 >I imagine there is a fairly straight forward answer to this problem, I > just don't have any real experience with setup and deployment projects. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > I am doing and a quick google search has not found the information I > need. Thanks in advance ~ Justin Well, I only know how to create a setup project using the wizard. So I've added my Dialog form with the textbox to the project, but I don't know how to access any code relating to it. It would be perfect if I could set up some event that fired when the user pressed "next". Then I could get the value in the TextBox and write it to a file or something. My problem is I don't know how to programmatically control the install at all, I only know how to add stuff to it using the wizard. This is killing me because I'm sure it's some stuipid answer, I just can't figure out how to programmatically control it at all. Is there some place where I can view the code? Nope, sorry. Keep in mind that VS is just one of about 20 tools that can be used to generate MSI files, and VS isn't one that has an IDE into all the Windows Installer features. The VS IDE allows you to add some extra dialogs and get the entered values, but it doesn't expose the events so that you can hook code to dialog buttons. This kind of extra functionality is provided by many of these: http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/authoring.htm SignaturePhil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer] ---- > Well, I only know how to create a setup project using the wizard. So > I've added my Dialog form with the textbox to the project, but I don't [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > can't figure out how to programmatically control it at all. Is there > some place where I can view the code? Well, all I want is to get the entered values, I just don't know how to get them. I understand the TextBoxes have names, but I don't know how to use those names to access the values. Maybe I can explain a little better what I want to do. My application is meant to be installed in a school computer lab. So that more than one instance of the master program can be installed, I want the user to enter a "room code" that I can use to let the clients know which master to respond to. I could get this information from a form that I show the first time the application runs, but it made more sense to me to have it be part of the install. So I just need a screen during install where I can explain the room code function, and have the admin enter a number which I can save for later, maybe in a file. So using the wizard I can create the form, and text, and all that fancy stuff, but I don't know how to access the entered text to save somewhere. I'm sure this is possible, just don't know how to do it. Again, any help is always very appreciated. Using Textboxes(A) dialog as an example, F4 with the dialog selected shows Edt1Property to be EDITA1. This property will contain the value that's entered. If you want to save in the registry, just create a registry item and give it the value [EDITA1] and it will be resolved at run time to the value actually entered. If you want to put it in a file, pass it to a custom action to write it. A VBScript or C++ Dll, you'd pass [EDITA1] in CustomAction Data or in an Installer class you'd pass /myarg=[EDITA1]. See if these help: http://www.simple-talk.com/2005/04/25/getting-started-with-setup-projects/ http://www.simple-talk.com/2005/06/07/visual-studio-setup/ http://www.simple-talk.com/2005/07/18/updates-to-setup-projects/ SignaturePhil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer] ---- > Well, all I want is to get the entered values, I just don't know how to > get them. I understand the TextBoxes have names, but I don't know how [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > entered text to save somewhere. I'm sure this is possible, just don't > know how to do it. Again, any help is always very appreciated. Thanks, that's exactly what I needed! Try looking at this - it should make the basics clear: http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/Easy_Custom_Setup.asp Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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