Published Event Properties

Type

Event

If selected, publish a control event.

Property

If selected, set a property's value.

Event:

The name of the event to publish. Only visible if "Event" is selected as Type above.

Property:

The name of the property to set. Only visible if "Property" is selected as Type above.

Arguments:

Arguments for the event. Refer to the Windows Installer documentation for specifics about which arguments are valid for an event. Only visible if "Event" is selected as Type above.

Value:

The value of the property. Only visible if "Property" is selected as Type above.

Condition:

The condition that must be met in order for the event to be published.

Set explicit order:

If checked, you can explicitly set the order that the event is published. By default events will happen in the order that they are listed on the Published Events tab, but you can use this option to ensure a specific order of events regardless of their order in the list.

Examples

1. To show a new dialog, set the Event to "NewDialog" and enter the name of the dialog as the Value. Hint: You can use the placeholders [SUF_DLG_NEXT] to represent the next dialog in the sequence or [SUF_DLG_PREV] to represent the previous dialog in the sequence instead of using the literal dialog name.

2. To close the dialog , set the Event to "ExitDialog" and the Value "Exit".

More Information

MSDN Online: Conditional Statement Syntax

MSDN Online: Control Events

MSDN Online: ControlEvent Overview

MSDN Online: ControlEvent Table

WiX Help File: Publish Element