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Every interaction of end-user with setup program are considered events. You will include the actions in the events to give a feedback to the end-user's request. Also, important moments during the installation are considered events.

 

There are four classes of events:

Setup Events: events that are raised in some important moments of the installation, like in the beginning of setup program, before and after the installation process.
Uninstaller Events: events that are raised in some important moments of the uninstallation, like the beginning and ending of the uninstallation process.
Windows Mobile Events: events that are raised in some important moments of the device's installation and uninstallation, like the beginning and ending of these processes.
Dialog Events: events that are raised when the end-user interacts with the setup dialogs.

 

Setup, Uninstaller and Dialog events support all available click-script actions. Windows Mobile Events does not support DLL Actions and Remote actions.

 

 

Setup Events

 

Event

Description

On Start Setup

This event is raised when the setup program is initialized.

On Close Setup

This event is raised when the setup program is being closed.

On Close Error

This event is raised when the setup program is being closed because an error has occurred.

On Start Copy

This event is raised before the installation process.

On End Copy

This event is raised after the installation process.

 

 

Uninstaller Events

 

Event

Description

On Start Uninstall

This event is raised before the uninstallation process.

On End Uninstall

This event is raised after the uninstallation process.

 

 

Windows Mobile Events

 

Event

Description

On Install Init

This event is raised before the device's installation process.

On Install Exit

This event is raised after the device's installation process.

On Uninstall Init

This event is raised before the device's uninstallation process.

On Uninstall Exit

This event is raised after the device's uninstallation process.

 

 

Dialog Events

 

Event

Description

On Create

This event is raised when the dialog is being created. In this moment, the controls were not created yet, so you cannot change its properties.

On Load

This event is raised after the dialog's creation. This is the moment to load the information you want in the dialog's controls.

On Show

This event is raised when the dialog is displayed.

On Save

This event is raised when the setup is saving the control's data in the variables, you can save your own data in this moment.

On Unload

This event is raised when you are exiting the dialog.