To validate the input controls in WIX Installer

Question

I'm new to WIX. I wanted to validate the input controls like Textbox is not null and password and confirm password is same. I tried to do it in the custom action,but i couldn't send the parameters. If at all i send the parameter how to the return the values with the to stay in the same installation page.



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PIDACCEPTED = "0"

  [CustomAction]
        public static ActionResult Validate(Session session)
        {
        MessageBox.Show(Session.CustomActionData["SETUSERNAME"]);
        
            return ActionResult.Success;
        }

Is this the right way to validate or any other way to validate.

Thanks in advance

user_13139461 · Answer

Here is a Working Custom Wix Dialog

This code creates a custom UI Dialog with Custom Actions. Purpose of this Dialog is while we are installing a Desktop Application we can setup Db Connection information.

DbConnectionInfo.wxs

CustomAction.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller;
using System.IO;

namespace Demo.InstallerActions
{
    public class CustomlActions
    {
        private readonly static string AppName = "Demo";
       
        [CustomAction]
        public static ActionResult CreateDbConnectionProperties(Session session)
        {
            session.Log("Saving Db Details Started.");
            try
            {
                string Server = session["Server"].Encrypt(AppConstants.SecurityKey,true);
                string Database = session["Database"].Encrypt(AppConstants.SecurityKey, true);
                string User = session["User"].Encrypt(AppConstants.SecurityKey, true);
                string Password = session["Password"].Encrypt(AppConstants.SecurityKey, true);
                string Port = session["Port"].Encrypt(AppConstants.SecurityKey, true);

                string[] confData = { Server, Database, User, Password, Port };

                string appdataPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData);

                if (!Directory.Exists($"{appdataPath}\{AppName}"))
                {
                    Directory.CreateDirectory($"{appdataPath}\{AppName}");
                }

                File.WriteAllLines($"{appdataPath}\{AppName}\conf.sys", confData);

                session.Log("Db Details Saved");

                return ActionResult.Success;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                session.Log($"Configuration File Creation Failed with Error: {ex.Message}");
                return ActionResult.Failure;
            }
        }

        [CustomAction]
        public static ActionResult CleanUpAction(Session session)
        {
            session.Log("Cleanup Started.");
            try
            {
                string appdataPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData);

                if (!Directory.Exists($"{appdataPath}\{AppName}"))
                    Directory.Delete($"{appdataPath}\{AppName}", true);

                session.Log("Db Details Saved");

                return ActionResult.Success;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                session.Log($"Cleanup Error: {ex.Message}");
                return ActionResult.Failure;
            }
        }
    }
}

To validate the input controls in WIX Installer

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