Wix Installer welcome dialog smaller text

Question

I am creating a WiX installer for a project. On the welcome dialog of my MSI installer I have too much text which doesn't fit the dialog.

I have already tried to change the font and make it smaller, but with no luck.

Is there any other way I can fit the text into the welcome dialog? Either make font size smaller somehow or increase the size of the dialog. Any help will be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

The built-in dialogs are built exactly the same way that you can build in your own project.

You could copy the WelcomeDlg code into your own project, give it a new Id, then make whatever modifications you want to it. Then fix up the Back/Next buttons on neighboring dialogs so they end up at your dialog instead of the built-in ones.

<UI Id="MyUI">
    <!-- Start with a default UI -->
    <UIRef Id="WixUI_Mondo" />

    <!-- Create my own dialog -->
    <Dialog Id="MyWelcomeDlg" Width="XXX" Height="YYY" ...> ... </Dialog>

    <!-- Fix up the back/next buttons -->
    <Publish Dialog="LicenseAgreementDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="MyWelcomeDlg">1</Publish>
    ...
</UI>

<InstallUISequence>
    <Show Dialog="MyWelcomeDlg" Before="ProgressDlg">NOT Installed OR PATCH</Show>
</InstallUISequence>