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  • I'm a slacker!

    I was reminded that I haven't posted in a while and that I've been a slacker. I profusely apologize and hereby seek to remedy that situation. So here's what I've been up to... Why should you avoid using the TypeLib table ? I have a customer trying to consume a merge module that we produce...
    Posted to Lifestyle of the MSIdle (Weblog) by SusanGorman on 09-02-2008

  • Customizing the PathEdit and DirectoryCombo controls to validate path entries

    My last post Common Tasks: Validating a Path received this comment from HookEm: Two of your 5 conditions can be handled without a custom action using the native MSI controls: "Must be less than 200 characters in length": see the Text property of the PathEdit control ( msdn.microsoft.com/.....
    Posted to Lifestyle of the MSIdle (Weblog) by SusanGorman on 05-20-2008

  • Common Task: Validate a Path

    The built-in dialog for selecting the Destination Folder will automatically do a certain amount of validation on the selected path. For example, if the user types in a path using a character that isn't allowed by Windows (such as a question mark ? ), then the dialog won't allow it. How do you...
    Posted to Lifestyle of the MSIdle (Weblog) by SusanGorman on 05-19-2008

  • Build and test a simple DLL

    Continuing with the walkthrough of making a DLL from my previous blog ... As a reminder, I'm following along with Chapter 19 (Dynamic Link Libraries) from Programming Windows 95 by Charles Petzold. I have a header file with a macro defined for exporting the function. Now I need to declare my function...
    Posted to Lifestyle of the MSIdle (Weblog) by SusanGorman on 04-14-2008

  • What the heck is a __declspec?

    (Note: I’m using InstallShield 12 for my install development and Visual Studio 2005 for DLL development.) The goal is to learn to make a simple DLL that I can use in an MSI custom action. Today I started with the basics using a classic book that still has relevance today: Programming Windows 95 by Charles...
    Posted to Lifestyle of the MSIdle (Weblog) by SusanGorman on 04-14-2008
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