How to populate a list box in a msi dialog during runtime

[Uma Harano]

Hi,
I need to populate a ListBox control in a MSI dialog at runtime. What is the best way to do this?
Thanks!
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[Blair-2]

>From your custom action processing/retrieving the values to go into your
listbox, add rows to the ListBox table before the dialog showing the listbox
is shown.

You should use the "temporary row technique" mentioned in Bob's semi-custom
action blog.

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Hi,
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[Dominique Louis]

There are several ways to do it apparent, but this is what works for
me...

Set up your control up like this...
<Control Id="CmbSQLServerInstance" Property="SQLSERVERINSTANCE"
Type="ComboBox" Height="15" Width="140" X="14" Y="93" Text="Ppphhh"
ComboList="yes" ToolTip="The instance of SQL Server you would like to
attach to.">          
          <ComboBox Property="SQLSERVERINSTANCE">
            <ListItem Value="MSSQLSERVER"/>            
          </ComboBox>
    </Control>

There must be at least 1 dummy ListItem, otherwise the appropriate table
will not be created.
As you can see mine is MSSQLSERVER. In VBscript here is the abridged
version of what I do...

Dim oView
     
      ' open and execute a view to the ComboBox table      
      Set oView = Session.Database.OpenView("SELECT * FROM `ComboBox`")
      oView.Execute
     
      ' Delete the dummy record
      DeleteItemFromComboBox oView


You can add a "where property =..." if you have more than one Combobox
within your project.
Create a stringlist of sorts, then....

       intI = 0  
        For Each sSQLInstance In sSQLInstances

          AddItemToComboBox oView, Session.Property("ComputerName") &
"\" & sSQLInstance, intI
         
          intI = intI + 1          
        Next


And here are the functions I use...

Function DeleteItemFromComboBox( oComboBox )
        Set oListItem = oComboBox.Fetch()
     
        LogSessionInfo "GetSQLServerInstancesAction - Deleting item"
        oComboBox.Modify msiViewModifyDelete, oListItem
       
        oComboBox = Nothing
      End Function

Function AddItemToComboBox( oComboBox, oItem, iItemNo )
        ' ComboBox record fields are Property, Order, Value, Text
        LogSessionInfo "GetSQLServerInstancesAction - Adding " & oItem &
" to ComboBox."
        Set oReccombo = Session.Installer.CreateRecord(4)
        oReccombo.StringData(1) = "SQLSERVERINSTANCE"
        oReccombo.IntegerData(2) = iItemNo
        oReccombo.StringData(3) = oItem
        oReccombo.StringData(4) = oItem        
        oComboBox.Modify msiViewModifyInsertTemporary, oReccombo
      End Function

Function LogSessionInfo(msg)
      Const MESSAGE_TYPE_INFO = &H04000000
      Dim rec
        Set rec = Session.Installer.CreateRecord(1)
        rec.StringData(0) = msg
        LogSessionInfo = Session.Message(MESSAGE_TYPE_INFO, rec)
      End Function

There are probably better ways, if so hopefully someone on here will
point out my mistakes.

I hope this helps. I'm hoping to do something similar for ListViews.

Dominique


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Subject: [WiX-users] How to populate a list box in a msi dialog
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Hi,
I need to populate a ListBox control in a MSI dialog at runtime. What is
the best way to do this?
Thanks!
Uma-
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[Alex Cater]

Dominique Louis wrote:

There must be at least 1 dummy ListItem, otherwise the appropriate table
will not be created.

The EnsureTable element can be used to cleanly accomplish this:

e.g. <EnsureTable Id="***TableName***"/>

[Dominique Louis]

Thanks for pointing out the EnsureTable tag. I'll use that from now on.
Much cleaner.

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Dominique Louis wrote:
>
> There must be at least 1 dummy ListItem, otherwise the appropriate
table
> will not be created.
>

The  http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_ensuretable.htm
EnsureTable  element can be used to cleanly accomplish this:

e.g. <EnsureTable Id="***TableName***"/>
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[Chris Lord-2]

BTW, we still need to talk to the Larocko's about this weekend...That is
as long as you can and still want to go.

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Dominique Louis wrote:
>
> There must be at least 1 dummy ListItem, otherwise the appropriate
> table will not be created.
>

The  http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_ensuretable.htm
EnsureTable  element can be used to cleanly accomplish this:

e.g. <EnsureTable Id="***TableName***"/>
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[Chris Lord-2]

How weird....I send a message to my wife and it appears via
WiX......apologies everyone!

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BTW, we still need to talk to the Larocko's about this weekend...That is
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Dominique Louis wrote:
>
> There must be at least 1 dummy ListItem, otherwise the appropriate
> table will not be created.
>

The  http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_ensuretable.htm
EnsureTable  element can be used to cleanly accomplish this:

e.g. <EnsureTable Id="***TableName***"/>
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[Dominique Louis]

I'd love to come along :). Anything exciting happening... Who are the
Larockos?

Me thinks this was not meant for this list.

Dominique.

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[Dominique Louis]

So I guess the invite doesn't stand then, I feel hurt :).

I hate it when emails get crossed in the ether.

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How weird....I send a message to my wife and it appears via
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[Uma Harano]

Thanks for the tips on how to populate a ListBox at runtime. I created a C++ dll to read a file on disc to populate the items in the listbox and it is working good for me now.
When my list box is populated at runtime, how do I ensure that the first item listed is highlighted?

(Might be a stupid question, but I am just not able to get that to work - I have tried setting the ListBox property to the first item, but that doesn't work either)

Thanks!
Uma-

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Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:06 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to populate a list box in a msi dialog duringruntime

Thanks for pointing out the EnsureTable tag. I'll use that from now on.
Much cleaner.

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Dominique Louis wrote:
>
> There must be at least 1 dummy ListItem, otherwise the appropriate
table
> will not be created.
>

The  http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_ensuretable.htm
EnsureTable  element can be used to cleanly accomplish this:

e.g. <EnsureTable Id="***TableName***"/>
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[Blair-2]

The property has to be set to the value of the desired item before the
dialog containing the listbox is opened.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:13 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to populate a list box in a msi dialog
duringruntime

Thanks for the tips on how to populate a ListBox at runtime. I created a C++
dll to read a file on disc to populate the items in the listbox and it is
working good for me now.
When my list box is populated at runtime, how do I ensure that the first
item listed is highlighted?

(Might be a stupid question, but I am just not able to get that to work - I
have tried setting the ListBox property to the first item, but that doesn't
work either)

Thanks!
Uma-

-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Louis [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:06 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to populate a list box in a msi dialog
duringruntime

Thanks for pointing out the EnsureTable tag. I'll use that from now on.
Much cleaner.

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Dominique Louis wrote:
>
> There must be at least 1 dummy ListItem, otherwise the appropriate
table
> will not be created.
>

The  http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_ensuretable.htm
EnsureTable  element can be used to cleanly accomplish this:

e.g. <EnsureTable Id="***TableName***"/>
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