File Selection Box

[dako]

i need the possibility to select files in the dialog section (files outside the msi package) and save the selected file into a property.
I need also basic file operations (e.g. rename) with the selected file.

thanx.
dani

[gigi]

Hi,

I'm afraid i don't really understand what you are trying to say with "the possibility to select files in the dialog section". Please give me more details.

Regards,
Gigi
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[dako]

Hi

i try to explain:
In the User/Dialog Section you can choose the <installation path> with the Dialog "FolderDlg"/"BrowseDlg".
I would like to have a similar dialog () where i can choose a file (not only the path) and get info (e.g. last access date) of it.
In the toolbox there is a "directory list" but no "file list".

Regards,
Dani

[gigi]

Hi,

In the toolbox there is a "directory list" but no "file list".

Advanced Installer does not support this type of control because windows installed does not support it. All supported controls resides on the toolbox.

But please give me more details about what you are trying to achieve. Maybe there is another way of doing it.

Regards,
Gigi
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[dako]

Hi,
i have a update file from the existing older installation where all the user data is stored (and finally transfered in the new version).
The name of this file is not always the same (like v_*.dat).

Other solution:
-1- i have to collect all the files like v_*.dat
-2- the user chooses one
-3- i rename the file to the fixed new name

how can i achieve this?

thanx.
Dani

[gigi]

Hi,

Here is how you can browse for a file:

1. Create under your dialog an edit and a button control. Select the edit control and set a property for it like this: MY_FILEPATH.
2. Create a .vbs file with the following code:

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Function fBrowseForFile()
    sBrowsePath = "C:\"
    sBrowseFilter = "All Files|*.*"
    Set oBrowseDialog = CreateObject("UserAccounts.CommonDialog")
    oBrowseDialog.Filter = sBrowseFilter
    oBrowseDialog.InitialDir = sBrowsePath
    oBrowseDialog.Flags = &H80000 + &H4 + &H8
    oBrowseDialog.ShowOpen
    fBrowseForFile = oBrowseDialog.FileName
End Function

strFileName = fBrowseForFile

if(strFileName <> "") then
    Session.Property("MY_FILEPATH") = strFileName
end if

3. Switch to "Custom Actions" page and create a "New Attached Custom Action" under the "UI Custom Actions" section. Select the .vbs file created at step 2. The "Function Name" field must be empty.
4. Switch back to the "Dialogs" page and select the button control. Now add two published events like this:
a) Name: DoAction, Argument: select the custom action added at step 3.
b) Name: SetProperty (after you select from combo change the "SetProperty" text with [MY_FILEPATH]), Argument: [MY_FILEPATH]

Hope this help.

Regards,
Gigi
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[dako]

Hi
perfect. thanx.
Dani

[mtande]

Hmmm. I tried this, and it *soft of* works. However, when returning from the file selection box I would expect the name of the selected file to appear in my edit control -- but it doesn't. The edit control sits there still empty.

The name of the file I selected is available, though. It's just not visible immediately. If I do Next> followed by <Back the file name pops up.

I'm sure I do something wrong here... Any help?

-mats

[Ionut]

Hi Mats,

Most likely you have not configured the "SetProperty" Control Event correctly. Make sure that this event comes after the "DoAction" event and that both the "Event" and "Argument" fields are set to the value of the Property that holds the file path ([MY_FILEPATH] in the example).

b) Name: SetProperty (after you select from combo change the "SetProperty" text with [MY_FILEPATH]), Argument: [MY_FILEPATH]

Regards,
Ionut

[mtande]

Ionut,

> Both the "Event" and "Argument" fields are set to the value
> of the Property that holds the file path

ahhh... there it was, the small but vital detail I mis-interpreted. Now it works -- thanks!

-mats

[mtande]

I have two questions about this:

Create under your dialog an edit and a button control. Select the edit control and set a property for it like this: MY_FILEPATH

Q1: I have created this custom dialog and everything* works fine. However, the edit control does not have focus when the dialog is displayed, which means that my users need to click with the mouse into the box or do a number of tabs.

How do I specify that a given input field shall have the focus?

Q2: On Vista, the installer crashes when I click the "Browse" button. However, if I press the Browse button in the CustomSetup, browsing works. So it looks like there's something wrong with my custom dialog.

How do I make the Browse button work on Vista?

-mats

Custom dialog details

"grep LicenseFileCheck myproject.aip" (LicenseFileCheck is the name of my dialog) returns the following:

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    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="Back" Type="PushButton" X="180" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Attributes="3" Text="[ButtonText_Back]" Control_Next="BannerBitmap" TextLocId="-"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="BannerBitmap" Type="Bitmap" X="0" Y="0" Width="370" Height="44" Attributes="1" Text="[BannerBitmap]" Control_Next="BannerLine"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="BannerLine" Type="Line" X="0" Y="44" Width="372" Height="0" Attributes="1" Control_Next="BottomLine"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="BottomLine" Type="Line" X="5" Y="234" Width="368" Height="0" Attributes="1" Control_Next="Description"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="Cancel" Type="PushButton" X="304" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Attributes="3" Text="[ButtonText_Cancel]" Control_Next="Back" TextLocId="-"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="Description" Type="Text" X="25" Y="23" Width="280" Height="15" Attributes="196611" Text="Supply the license file" Control_Next="Title" TextLocId="Control.Text.TemplateDlg#Description"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="Logo" Type="Text" X="4" Y="228" Width="88" Height="12" Attributes="1" Text="G&&R Software Installer" Control_Next="LicenseFileDialogBrowseButton" TextLocId="Control.Text.TemplateDlg#Logo"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Attributes="3" Text="[ButtonText_Next]" Control_Next="Cancel" TextLocId="-"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="Title" Type="Text" X="15" Y="6" Width="200" Height="15" Attributes="196611" Text="Install license" TextStyle="[DlgTitleFont]" Control_Next="FolderLabel" TextLocId="Control.Text.TemplateDlg#Title"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="FolderLabel" Type="Text" X="21" Y="120" Width="348" Height="12" Attributes="3" Text="&License file:" Control_Next="Text" Help="|" TextLocId="Control.Text.FolderDlg#FolderLabel" HelpLocId="Control.Help.FolderDlg#FolderLabel"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="Text" Type="Text" X="22" Y="71" Width="320" Height="49" Attributes="3" Text="Select the file which contains the license information. The file should be supplied by your software distributor. Note that [ProductName] [Setup] cannot continue without valid license information." Control_Next="LicenseFileDialogText_348" TextLocId="Control.Text.FolderDlg#Text"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="LicenseFileDialogBrowseButton" Type="PushButton" X="274" Y="132" Width="56" Height="17" Attributes="3" Text="Br&owse" Control_Next="Next"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="LicenseFileDialogText_348" Type="Text" X="25" Y="174" Width="243" Height="49" Attributes="65539" Text="[GAR_LICENSE_FILE_STATUS]" Control_Next="LicenseFileDialogEdit_346"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control="LicenseFileDialogEdit_346" Type="Edit" X="22" Y="132" Width="246" Height="17" Attributes="3" Property="GAR_LICENSEFILEPATH" Control_Next="Logo" Help="|"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="SetupTypeDlg" Control_="Back" Event="NewDialog" Argument="LicenseFileDialog" Condition="AI_INSTALL" Ordering="1"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="PlatformDialog" Control_="Next" Event="NewDialog" Argument="LicenseFileDialog" Condition="AI_INSTALL" Ordering="1"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control_="Cancel" Event="SpawnDialog" Argument="CancelDlg" Condition="1" Ordering="1"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control_="Back" Event="NewDialog" Argument="PlatformDialog" Condition="AI_INSTALL" Ordering="1"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control_="Next" Event="NewDialog" Argument="SetupTypeDlg" Condition="AI_INSTALL AND GAR_VALIDATED_LICENSE_FILE="TRUE"" Ordering="2"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control_="LicenseFileDialogBrowseButton" Event="DoAction" Argument="PickupLicenseFileFromDisk" Condition="AI_INSTALL" Ordering="1"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control_="LicenseFileDialogBrowseButton" Event="[GAR_LICENSEFILEPATH]" Argument="[GAR_LICENSEFILEPATH]" Condition="AI_INSTALL" Ordering="2"/>
    <ROW Dialog_="LicenseFileDialog" Control_="Next" Event="DoAction" Argument="ValidateLicenseFile" Condition="AI_INSTALL" Ordering="1"/>
    <ROW Dialog="LicenseFileDialog" HCentering="50" VCentering="50" Width="370" Height="270" Attributes="3" Title="[ProductName] [Setup]" Control_First="Next" Control_Default="Next" Control_Cancel="Cancel"/>

[gigi]

Hi,

1. The focus is given to the first control in tab order. So if you want that "EditBox" to have the focus put in first in tab order.

2. Yes, it seams that "UserAccounts.CommonDialog" object does not exist on Windows Vista. Other approach is to use a DLL custom action with "CFileDialog" class. For a DLL custom action example please see:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... n-dll.html

Regards,
Gigi
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Advanced Installer Team
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[danliang]

Is there a parameter or some other way to make the dialog modal to the installer and to specify the positioning of the dialog on the screen?

[gigi]

Hi,

If you use a C++ DLL custom action you can use GetForegroundWindow function to get the parent window handle and send it when you create the browse window:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... window.asp

However we plan to introduce this feature (browse for file) on the next version of Advanced Installer.

Regards,
Gigi
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Gheorghe Rada
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com

[Phobos]

Hi,

I need to add a Browse File dialog to my project and followed the instructions mentioned in this thread. On my Windows XP machine this works fine, but the Browse File dialog does not get the focus. Is there an easy way to fix this?

On my Windows Server 2003 machine the browse button does not work, as soon as I click the button I get the the message "Your Application setup ended prematurely because of an error". What is causing this?

Gigi mentioned in his last post that there are plans to introduce a Browse File dialog in the next AI version, has this already been implemented?

Thanks.