Deployment Dialog Boxes

Visual Studio provides a number of predefined user interface dialog boxes that can be displayed during installation to present or gather information. The dialog boxes to be displayed are specified in the User Interface Editor; properties can be set to control the appearance of most dialog boxes.

Note

Visual Studio Setup and Deployment projects do not support custom dialog boxes or other user interface elements that you create yourself. Also see Installation Dialog Box Restrictions.

The following topics describe each of the available dialog boxes.

In This Section

• Checkboxes User Interface Dialog Box
  Presents up to four choices to a user and returns the values of those choices during installation

• Confirm Installation User Interface Dialog Box
  Gives the user a chance to cancel installation or to go back to earlier dialog boxes and make changes before files are actually installed

• Customer Information User Interface Dialog Box
  Prompts the user for information including name, company or organization, and serial number

• Finished User Interface Dialog Box
  Notifies the user when the installation is complete

• Installation Address User Interface Dialog Box
  Allows the user to choose a Web location where application files will be installed

• Installation Folder User Interface Dialog Box
  Allows the user to choose a folder where application files will be installed

• License Agreement User Interface Dialog Box
  Presents a license agreement for the user to read and acknowledge

• Progress User Interface Dialog Box
  Updates the user on the progress of the installation

• RadioButtons User Interface Dialog Box
  Presents up to four mutually exclusive choices to a user and returns the value of the selected choice during installation

• Read Me User Interface Dialog Box
  Presents additional user information, typically a readme file which contains information that should be read before running the application

• Register User User Interface Dialog Box
  Allows the user to submit registration information using an executable file that you supply

• Splash User Interface Dialog Box
  Presents an image to the user, usually to display a logo or branding information

• Textboxes User Interface Dialog Box
  Presents up to four text entry fields to a user and returns the contents of those fields during installation

• Welcome User Interface Dialog Box
  Presents introductory text and copyright information to the user

Related Sections

• Deployment and the Run-Time User Interface
  Describes how to control the user interface displayed during installation

• How to: Customize Installation Dialog Boxes in the User Interface Editor
  Explains how to modify the appearance or behavior of an installation dialog box

• Installation Dialog Box Restrictions
  Presents recommendations for using installation dialog boxes

• Walkthrough: Using a Custom Action to Display a Message at Installation
  Presents a step-by-step tutorial with an example of using the User Interface Editor to add installation dialog boxes to a Setup project.