Dialog Functions

Displays a dialog that prompts the end user to enter the path to a destination location for an administrative installation (when the end user runs an InstallScript MSI project’s Setup.exe file with the /a argument).

Presents a dialog that prompts the end user to select options by using check boxes or radio buttons.

Presents a dialog that prompts the end user to enter text.

Presents a message box that prompts the end user for a specific disk.

Displays a dialog that enables the end user to specify a user name and password. Note that the dialog does not validate or use the specified information. In addition, the dialog does not perform any error checking for the specified information.

Presents a dialog that enables end users to select features and specify a destination location.

Presents a message in a message box.

Creates a dialog that enables end users to select an alternate destination path.

Creates a dialog that has greater flexibility than the standard AskOptions function.

Displays a bitmap on a dialog.

Displays a message box that prompts the end user to confirm the information that was entered in dialogs presented by SdRegisterUser or SdRegisterUserEx.

Displays a dialog that enables the end user to specify the user name, company name, and serial number for the product being installed. The dialog may also include radio buttons that let the end user specify whether the product should be installed for all users or only the current user.

Displays a list of volumes, required space, available space, and the difference between available and required space.

SdDiskSpace2 supersedes this function.

Displays a message box informing the end user that a shared, locked (in use), or read-only file has been encountered.

Displays a dialog that enables end users to select folders, features, and subfeatures to install.

Displays a dialog that enables the end user to select the features and subfeatures to install. Additional information about disk space is also provided to help determine the best location for the installation.

Displays a dialog that includes a list box containing a list of the applications that are open and are locking files.

Displays a dialog informing the end user that the installation is complete.

Displays a dialog that indicates that the installation is complete. The dialog includes the option to check for application updates.

Note • SdFinishUpdate does not check for updates; to check for updates, add FlexNet Connect API calls in your InstallScript code. For more information, see the FlexNet Connect SDK documentation.

Displays a dialog that indicates that the installation is complete. The dialog gives the end user the option to restart the system and to check for application updates.

Note • SdFinishUpdateReboot does not check for updates; to check for updates, add FlexNet Connect API calls in your InstallScript code. For more information, see the FlexNet Connect SDK documentation.

Displays a dialog that contains a license agreement in a multi-line edit field. The license agreement is stored in a text file identified in the parameter szLicenseFile.

The dialog displays two radio buttons (one for accepting the terms of the license agreement, and one for not accepting them). The Next button becomes enabled when the end user clicks the appropriate button to accept the terms of the license agreement.

The SdLicense2Ex function supersedes this function.

Displays a dialog that contains a license agreement in a multi-line edit field. The license agreement is stored in a text or rich-text format (RTF) file identified in the parameter szLicenseFile.

The dialog displays two radio buttons (one for accepting the terms of the license agreement, and one for not accepting them). The Next button becomes enabled when the end user clicks the appropriate button to accept the terms of the license agreement.

The SdLicense2Ex function supersedes this function.

Displays a dialog that contains a license agreement in a multi-line edit field. The license agreement is stored in a text or rich-text format (RTF) file identified in the parameter szLicenseFile.

The dialog shows a question in a static text field. The end user responds by clicking the Yes or No button.

The SdLicenseEx function supersedes this function.

Displays a dialog that enables end users to enter new user information after the end user clicks the New User Information button on the SdLogonUserInformation dialog.

Displays a dialog that enables end users to select a group from a specified server and populate the Group field in the SdLogonUserCreateUser dialog.

Displays a dialog that enables end users to browse and select an existing user for a specified domain or server.

When triggered by the Windows Installer’s INSTALLMESSAGE_OUTOFDISKSPACE message, this dialog displays a message indicating that the target system is out of disk space.

SdDiskSpace2 supersedes this function.

Displays a dialog that enables the end user to specify the user name and company name for the product being installed.

Displays a dialog that includes a list box containing a list of the applications that are open and are locking files. The dialog also includes two radio buttons that allow end users to specify whether the installation should attempt to use the Restart Manager to shut down the applications that are locking files or attempting to overwrite the locked files (which most likely results in the need for a reboot to complete the installation).

Displays a dialog to inform the end user that the installation was interrupted before it could be completed.

Displays a dialog that enables end users to select one of the two standard setup types: Typical or Custom.

Displays a general-purpose dialog from a resource DLL. You cannot receive any input from the end user when showing a dialog with SdShowAnyDialog.

Displays a dialog that has two single-line edit fields and other static controls.

Presents a dialog that previews the changes that may be made to a file and enables end users to approve the changes, reject the changes, or request that the changes be written to a file.

Displays a message in a small window.

Presents a dialog that informs the end user that the file transfer process is about to begin. The user can click the Back button to return to previous dialogs in order to change settings as required.

Displays a dialog for use at the beginning of a maintenance setup.

Presents a dialog that enables end users to select a folder.

Presents a dialog that enables the end user to select a typical, compact, or custom setup.

Returns a formatted string composed of one or more character, numeric, or string values.

Creates a dialog that lets an end user display a list of all database servers that are available on the network for the database technologies specified for a connection.

Creates a dialog to specify a server to target.

Creates a login dialog that is used by the default script. It lets the targeted end user specify which SQL Server should be used for the current connection, as well as which login credential should be used. The dialog displays a combo box that contains a list of SQL Servers accessed through DSNs. The end user can type a server name in the combo box or click the Browse button next to the Server Name combo box; clicking this button displays a list of all SQL Servers that are available on the network.

This function also optionally shows the connection name that is associated with the connection information. In addition, it optionally enables end users to specify which database catalog should be used for the current connection.