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EmbeddedUI element

Attributes

Id

string

Unique identifier for embedded UI. If this attribute is not specified the Name attribute or the file name portion of the SourceFile attribute will be used.

IgnoreActionData

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ACTIONDATA messages.

IgnoreActionStart

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ACTIONSTART messages.

IgnoreCommonData

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_COMMONDATA messages.

IgnoreError

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ERROR messages.

IgnoreFatalExit

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_FATALEXIT messages.

IgnoreFilesInUse

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_FILESINUSE messages.

IgnoreInfo

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INFO messages.

IgnoreInitialize

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INITIALIZE messages.

IgnoreInstallEnd

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INSTALLEND messages.

IgnoreInstallStart

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INSTALLSTART messages.

IgnoreOutOfDiskSpace

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_OUTOFDISKSPACE messages.

IgnoreProgress

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_PROGRESS messages.

IgnoreResolveSource

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_RESOLVESOURCE messages.

IgnoreRMFilesInUse

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_RMFILESINUSE messages.

IgnoreShowDialog

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_SHOWDIALOG messages.

IgnoreTerminate

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_TERMINATE messages.

IgnoreUser

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_USER messages.

IgnoreWarning

yesno

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_WARNING messages.

Name

LongFileNameType

The name for the embedded UI DLL when it is extracted from the MSI package and executed. (Windows Installer does not support the typical short filename and long filename combination for embedded UI files as it does for other kinds of files.) If this attribute is not specified the file name portion of the SourceFile attribute will be used.

SourceFile

string required

Path to the binary file that is the embedded UI. This must be a DLL that exports the following three entry points: InitializeEmbeddedUI, EmbeddedUIHandler and ShutdownEmbeddedUI.

SupportBasicUI

yesno

Set yes to allow the Windows Installer to display the embedded UI during basic UI level installation.

Children

Parents

UI

Windows Installer references