miabuild transparent background

[zchris]

When you run miabuild from the commandline the WHOLE background of the window will turn transparent - with the result that you are unable to read the output.

I guess this is a feature though I find it extremely irritating. Can you tell me how I can turn this off? I found no commandline switches.

[bokkie]

I see what you mean! Leastways, I could almost "see" what you mean.

[giaviv]

Hey guys,

Which window are you referring to? I am a little confused..

[bokkie]

Aviv,

I opened a standard DOS command window and ran miabuild inside it. It's then that it turns into a transparent window and the text turns white making it difficult to read.

[giaviv]

Hey guys,

This is actually a feature - not a bug! The window turns into glass for the duration of the build, but goes back to normal post build..

[zchris]

Hey guys,

This is actually a feature - not a bug! The window turns into glass for the duration of the build, but goes back to normal post build..

I was afraid you would say that.

InstallAware is a really nice product and I don't think there is a better installer available but some of the features you are implementing really hurt the product!

You should really ask yourself "What value does this provide to the customer?" before you add stuff like that.

When I run a build and the background turns transparent I don't see any value in that - it actually makes my work harder because now I can't see what miabuild is doing (some of our setups take a few minutes to build).

If other people like it that way then that's fine with me - but please tell me how to turn this off. Thanks.

[giaviv]

Dear zchris,

Thank you for your input. We will take in into account!

[garyk]

I second zchris.
Not only I had to waist an hour investigating this 'bug', but I can not read the console and when debugging my 'build installation from command line' it sometimes breaks in the middle leaving me with a transparent window.
Shame that this was a 'feature'.
When will you spend time converting your unreadable mpr/mia file formats into a scriptable language or improving the debugging process? That will be better way to spend your development time.
Good product otherwise.
Gary