Add bal:DisplayFilesInUseDialogCondition to disable Files In Use dialog #676
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Disabling display skips showing the "Files In Use" dialog and returning a result as if the user had chosen to ignore the dialog and reboot in the case of files that were unable to be replaced.
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A couple of fixes rebased into @charles-juicelabs original PR 573:
We develop an application with a DLL that is loaded into many processes, largely outside of our control. It is confusing for our users when they are prompted to close these seemingly unrelated applications when we update the DLL. Updating the DLL requires a reboot independently of any files being in use anyway, so hiding the "Files In Use" dialog is a nice solution for us.
There are other examples of people wanting to disable the "Files In Use" dialog:
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bal:DisplayFilesInUseDialogCondition, similar tobal::DisplayInternalUICondition, to be added toMsiPackageelements to control the display of "Files In Use" inWixStandardBoostrapperApplication.For example:
Fixes wixtoolset/issues#8807.
Closes #573 (could not update source branch)