How to add Functionality to a deployments project

[Emmanuel Kahn]

When creating a deployment project it is possible to add
new dialog boxes to the install wizard we create in the
project.
It is easy to add new dialog boxes using the user
interface dialog editor.
These dialog boxes should enable us to add some new
functionality to the setup wizard we create. For example
adding a dialog box to add a serial number should enable
us to add some functionality that will check the serial
number.
Where do we write this code?
How can we reference the field and data the user will
enter to the added dialog boxes?

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Yes. When you create a setup and deployment project, you can add additional
forms to the setup. You will have to then link these forms to custom
installer classes that run the code you desire to run. I have a project at
work that has a custom installer, but I do not have the info in front of me.

The help file might work. I believe there are also some articles on custom
installers on the MSDN site (http://msdn.microsoft.com). I will have to
look, but it seems like one of the MSPress VB books had a chapter on custom
installers.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
Author: ADO.NET and XML: ASP.NET on the Edge

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