Can I change dialog position at run time?

[sfoxover]

Hi,

I have a non modal dialog that calls a dll function. While the dll function is running you can move the non modal dialog. The trouble is if the dialog is moved then the next dialog jumps back to the previous position. So the dialogs will jump out of position if a user moves my non modal dialog. I have a bug logged against this. Are there any params I can set dynamically like dialog.Left = ?

Or is there anything I could do differently when showing a non modal dialog so it will not jump positions between modal and non modal dialogs?

Thanks

Steve

[MichaelNesmith]

Actually, this is a bug with InstallShield, and not InstallAware. I have never seen our dialogs lose their position - but any time you click Next or Back, InstallShield dialogs do lose their position.

Can you send me a minimum project that reproduces this issue? You say the bug is logged but I cannot find it. If it really is an issue with InstallAware, we'll want to fix it

[sfoxover]

HI,

The bug was actually logged by my team on my project not logged in your forums.

What I am doing is calling...

label: Start Menu
Display Dialog: startmenu, wait for dialog to return (modal)
if Variable WIZARD Equals BACK
GoTo Label: Destination Directory
else
if Variable WIZARD Equals CANCEL
GoTo Label: Main Install
end
end

label: OpenCandy Start Offer Dialog
if Variable OpenCandy_HasOffer Equals 1
Comment: Show OpenCandy dialog if we have an offer
if Variable WIZARD not Equals CANCEL
Call DLL Function $SUPPORTDIR$OCInstallAware.dll->GetOCDlgTitle
Display Dialog: OC_OfferDlg, use as progress dialog (non-modal)
Call DLL Function $SUPPORTDIR$OCInstallAware.dll->ShowOCOffer (get result into variable OCOfferWasAccepted)
Read Registry Key HKCU\Software\OpenCandy_InstallAware\OCOfferResult into OCOfferWasAccepted
if Variable OCOfferWasAccepted Equals Previous
Set Variable WIZARD to Previous
GoTo Label: Start Menu
end
end
end

Regards

Steve

[MichaelNesmith]

Hi Steve,

Could you send us a bare bones project which just illustrates this bug without referencing any of your actual project files? Thank you.

[sfoxover]

HI,

I have attached our SDK for InstallAware. It registers our plugin and includes a sample InstallAware project. My only remaining issue is the window positions movement as described above.

Regards

Steve

[sfoxover]

I actually solved this by using a timer to see when the other dialog window is made visible and move it to the correct position is should be in.