Progress bar in setup app
I created a custom activity for my installation project and successfully implemented a form that displays a progress bar for the download phase in my installation (I am using WebClient in my custom activity code). So I have two questions that relate to each other.
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Is there a way to show the loading progress bar in the main customization window rather than create a separate form that I show how I did it? I would prefer that.
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If not, what can I do to get my form to appear in front of the actual docker when I call form.ShowDialog ()? I also call BringToFront () which doesn't work either. It is there, but it is always located outside the main settings window. There seems to be some way to get the z-order correct.
Thank you for your help.
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So, I gave up on the idea of integrating the progress bar into the actual installer screen, but it's just ridiculous what it takes for the Windows Form to appear on top. I need to go to the installer window and send it to the background, because casting the progress bar window just won't work. I switched to Mac development now, so going back to that is just frustrating. I remember that C # .NET was pretty cool. He hasn't gotten ANYTHING on Cocoa / Objective-C.
It pisses me off by calling the BringToFront () method, which simply ignores you. Why do I have to dump the Windows API code to do something fundamental to the GUI like the Z-Order control? Z-Order? Seriously?
In case you're wondering, here's what I did (via google):
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SetWindowPos")]
public static extern bool SetWindowPos(
IntPtr hWnd, // window handle
IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, // placement-order handle
int X, // horizontal position
int Y, // vertical position
int cx, // width
int cy, // height
uint uFlags); // window positioning flags
public const uint SWP_NOSIZE = 0x1;
public const uint SWP_NOMOVE = 0x2;
public const uint SWP_SHOWWINDOW = 0x40;
public const uint SWP_NOACTIVATE = 0x10;
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "GetWindow")]
public static extern IntPtr GetWindow(
IntPtr hWnd,
uint wCmd);
public const uint GW_HWNDFIRST = 0;
public const uint GW_HWNDLAST = 1;
public const uint GW_HWNDNEXT = 2;
public const uint GW_HWNDPREV = 3;
public static void ControlSendToBack(IntPtr control)
{
bool s = SetWindowPos(
control,
GetWindow(control, GW_HWNDLAST),
0, 0, 0, 0,
SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
}
I get the handle to the installer window and then call ControlSendToBack (). It works, but it sends it back. I tried another method that would just send it back one position, but that didn't work either. Windows programming is as good as it was in 1995. Cool.
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