Run Dialog attributes (MSI)

Reference information
Project page Action Sequences, Dialogs and Billboards
Related topics Working with attribute panes
External links External link Windows Installer documentation

Introduction

A Run Dialog action opens a dialog box. The dialog box can be either modal or modeless; this depends on the dialog box's Modal option.

Tarma note The Tarma Installer equivalent is Run Dialog.

Attributes

This pane contains the following attributes and options.

Attribute Description
Dialog name

Enter the name of the dialog to open, or click ... (browse) to open the Select Target Dialog dialog box that allows you to select a dialog box.

Dialog type

Select the desired dialog type from the drop-down list. The following choices are available:

  • Installation suspended - Run the dialog box if the installation is suspended.
  • Installation failed - Run the dialog box if the installation failed.
  • Installation cancelled - Run the dialog box if the user cancelled the installation.
  • Installation complete - Run the dialog box if the installation completed successfully.
  • Generic - Run the dialog box when the action is encountered in the parent action sequence.

Note: Generic dialog box actions are executed when they are encountered in their parent action sequence. However, the other dialog types are ignored in the normal execution sequence, and are only executed if the installer terminates with the corresponding result.

Condition

Enter the conditional expression that determines if the action will be executed, or leave empty for unconditional execution.

Note: Windows Installer does not accept the Tarma-specific extended syntax in conditional expressions. In particular, you can not use the symbolic execution context <...> to refer to variables, registry values, INI file values, or to perform runtime functions.