# 1st-stage GUI setup, Part 3 - December 2023: First tests

DevFeed: [1st-stage GUI setup, Part 3 - December 2023: First tests](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/1st-stage-gui-setup-part-3-december-2023-first-tests-32843.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/gui-setup-part3-first-testing-problems/>)

Published: 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [GUI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gui.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [bootloader](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bootloader.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [gui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gui.md>), [iso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iso.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [partition](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partition.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

This third post in the ReactOS "1st-stage GUI setup" series describes December 2023 work testing the complete graphical installer with a partially Wine-synced setupapi DLL. It covers partition-management UI behavior, the all-in-one CD ISO test scenario, installation dialogs, hardware presets, and current limitations to initialized MBR disks, with GPT and uninitialized-disk support planned.

## Source excerpt

Greetings! Welcome to the third blog of the series "1st-stage GUI setup": September 2023: Partly Wine-syncing setupapi October-November 2023: Making partitioning UI work December 2023: First tests In this third blog post, I will cover my work done during the month of December 2023: testing the whole 1st-stage GUI setup, together with the partially wine-synced setupapi dll. Finishing and testing the partitioning page UI The first week was devoted to finally putting together the code for manipulating partitions from the user interface, using the new workflow, and testing it.