Avoid cancelation of the app installing

[Tatyana Mykhnevych]

Hello,

My Advanced Installer version is 18.6.
I use basic user interface application installation for installaing updates.
I need to avoid cancelation of the app installing. But during installation Windows Installer popup is shown with progress bar and cancel button. I need to remove this cancel button or do not show this popup at all. Is there any way to do this?



Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,
Tanya

[Liviu]

Hello Tanya,

Please note that the dialogs shown during a basic UI installation are displayed automatically by Windows Installer and cannot be modified.

You can try using the dialog editor to modify the "Visible" flag for all "Cancel" buttons. This can be done only in an Enterprise project and it will work only for full UI.

But if you want to install updates without user interaction, you can follow the steps described in the How to handle updates without elevation tutorial.

Please note that in order for the Updater to automatically check for updates you need to use the "Automatic: using a Windows scheduled task" option from the "Updater" page of your project.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Liviu

[sasha]

This custom action (execute inline script) will disable the 'Cancel' button in all forms of UI

Dim Record
Set Record = Installer.CreateRecord(2)

Record.IntegerData(1) = 2
Record.IntegerData(2) = 0

Session.Message &H0B000000, Record

[Catalin]

Hello,

Thank you for your followup on this and for sharing the solution with us!

I am sure this will be of help for further users facing a similar scenario.

The only note I want to add here is the fact that VBScript will be deprecated soon.

VBScript Deprecation impact and solution on installer packages

Best regards,
Catalin

[sasha]

Indeed, VBS will die off soon

I think that a C# custom action could be used instead in such case.

One caveat to this method: the final 'Exit' dialog will have the `Cancel` button enabled.

[Catalin]

Hello,

Indeed, we could use a C# custom action instead.

Best regards,
Catalin

[StefanKr]

Depending on how you launch your installer msiexec /qb! (instead of /qb without the !) will hide the Cancel button.

[Catalin]

Hello Stefan,

Thank you for your contribution to our forums.

I'm sure this will come in handy for further users facing a similar scenario.

Best regards,
Catalin