Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Working With Dialogs
To add the SQL Connection dialog box to any installation
1. Select Installation Expert > Dialogs page.
2. Click Add.
The Select Dialog Type dialog box appears.
3. Select SQL Connection Dialog and click Next.
4. Step through the wizard to create a new dialog box.
See
Creating a New Dialog
on page 410.
5. Edit the dialog box text as needed to communicate its purpose to the end user who
installs your application.
See also:
About the SQL Connection Dialog
on page 426
Editing Additional SQL Connection Dialogs
In most cases, an application connects to only one SQL Server during installation.
However, if your application connects to more than one SQL Server during installation,
add a SQL Connection dialog box for each additional server and edit the additional dialog
boxes as follows:
To add and edit SQL Connection dialog boxes
1. Start the New Dialog Wizard to add an additional SQL Connection dialog box.
See
Adding the SQL Connection Dialog to an Installation
on page 427.
2. On the Dialog Properties dialog box of the New Dialog Wizard, edit the dialog box’s
default control properties.
Example: Edit the dialog box’s control properties as follows:
3. Finish the New Dialog Wizard.
4. In Setup Editor > Dialogs tab, select SQL Connection Dialog1 in the left pane.
5. In the right pane, edit the Argument of the [WiseSqlParam] event for the Browse
and Next buttons using the new control properties and a new property for the
connection string.
See
Setting an Event on a Control
on page 416.
Example: Edit the Argument of the [WiseSqlParam] event for the Browse and Next
buttons as follows:
From:
To:
WiseSqlServerName
WiseSqlServerName1
WiseSqlAuth
WiseSqlAuth1
WiseSqlUser
WiseSqlUser1
WiseSqlPass
WiseSqlPass1
