MsiSetExternalUIA function (msi.h)
The MsiSetExternalUI function enables an external user-interface handler. This external UI handler is called before the normal internal user-interface handler. The external UI handler has the option to suppress the internal UI by returning a non-zero value to indicate that it has handled the messages. For more information, see About the User Interface.
Syntax
INSTALLUI_HANDLERA MsiSetExternalUIA(
[in] INSTALLUI_HANDLERA puiHandler,
[in] DWORD dwMessageFilter,
[in] LPVOID pvContext
);
Parameters
[in] puiHandler
Specifies a callback function that conforms to the INSTALLUI_HANDLER specification.
[in] dwMessageFilter
Specifies which messages to handle using the external message handler. If the external handler returns a non-zero result, then that message will not be sent to the UI, instead the message will be logged if logging has been enabled. For more information, see the MsiEnableLog function.
Value | Meaning |
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Files in use information. When this message is received, a FilesInUse Dialog should be displayed. |
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Premature termination of installation. |
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The error messages are logged. |
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The warning messages are logged. |
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The user requests are logged. |
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The status messages that are not displayed are logged. |
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Request to determine a valid source location. |
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Files in use information. When this message is received, a MsiRMFilesInUse Dialog should be displayed. |
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There was insufficient disk space. |
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The start of new installation actions are logged. |
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The data record with the installation action is logged. |
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The parameters for user-interface initialization are logged. |
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Progress bar information. This message includes information on units so far and total number of units. For an explanation of the message format, see the MsiProcessMessage function. This message is only sent to an external user interface and is not logged. |
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If this is not a quiet installation, then the basic UI has been initialized. If this is a full UI installation, the full UI is not yet initialized. This message is only sent to an external user interface and is not logged. |
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If a full UI is being used, the full UI has ended. If this is not a quiet installation, the basic UI has not yet ended. This message is only sent to an external user interface and is not logged. |
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Sent prior to display of the full UI dialog. This message is only sent to an external user interface and is not logged. |
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Installation of product begins.
The message contains the product's ProductName and ProductCode. |
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Installation of product ends.
The message contains the product's ProductName, ProductCode, and return value. |
[in] pvContext
Pointer to an application context that is passed to the callback function. This parameter can be used for error checking.
Return value
The return value is the previously set external handler, or zero (0) if there was no previously set handler.
Remarks
To restore the previous UI handler, second call is made to MsiSetExternalUI using the INSTALLUI_HANDLER returned by the first call to MsiSetExternalUI and specifying zero (0) for dwMessageFilter.
The external user interface handler pointed to by the puiHandler parameter does not have full control over the external user interface unless MsiSetInternalUI is called with the dwUILevel parameter set to INSTALLUILEVEL_NONE. If MsiSetInternalUI is not called, the internal user interface level defaults to INSTALLUILEVEL_BASIC. As a result, any message not handled by the external user interface handler is handled by Windows Installer. The initial "Preparing to install. . ." dialog always appears even if the external user interface handler handles all messages.
MsiSetExternalUI should only be called from a Bootstrapping application. You cannot call MsiSetExternalUI from a custom action.
Note
The msi.h header defines MsiSetExternalUI as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.
Requirements
Requirement | Value |
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Minimum supported client | Windows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Windows Installer 4.0 or Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP. See the Windows Installer Run-Time Requirements for information about the minimum Windows service pack that is required by a Windows Installer version. |
Target Platform | Windows |
Header | msi.h |
Library | Msi.lib |
DLL | Msi.dll |