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Installer.BeforeInstall Event

Occurs before the Install method of each installer in the installer collection has run.

Namespace:  System.Configuration.Install
Assembly:  System.Configuration.Install (in System.Configuration.Install.dll)

'Declaration
Public Event BeforeInstall As InstallEventHandler
'Usage
Dim instance As Installer 
Dim handler As InstallEventHandler 

AddHandler instance.BeforeInstall, handler

The following example demonstrates the BeforeInstall event. It is raised by the OnBeforeInstall method.

' MyInstaller is derived from the class 'Installer'. 
Sub New()
   MyBase.New()
   AddHandler BeforeInstall, AddressOf BeforeInstallEventHandler
End Sub 'New 

Private Sub BeforeInstallEventHandler(sender As Object, e As InstallEventArgs)
   ' Add steps to perform any actions before the install process.
   Console.WriteLine("Code for BeforeInstallEventHandler")
End Sub 'BeforeInstallEventHandler

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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