Modern UI and XP Classic Mode

rpetges
3rd March 2003 21:13 UTC

Modern UI and XP Classic Mode
Hi,

I try to write a multi-language installer using NSIS and found the following little "cosmetic" problem :

On WinXP using Classic Mode, the section wizard page shows the checkboxes using Luna style.... is it a bug ?

Romain

kichik
3rd March 2003 21:31 UTC

Those aren't really checkboxes. They are taken from a bitmap. It will show the Luna style on Windows 95 too :)

Have a look at Contrib\Icons\modern.bmp

rpetges
3rd March 2003 22:23 UTC

OK, I understand... but is there a way to change the assigned icons dynamically, something like :

if "Detect Luna" then Iconset = "XP Style"
else Iconset = "Classic Style"

where "XP Style" and "Classic Style" are customized bitmaps

Romain

kichik
4th March 2003 16:59 UTC

Not currently.

rpetges
4th March 2003 20:25 UTC

Thanks for your answer kichik.

Maybe this feature will appear in a future release, but it's not really a must-have, it's mainly a nice to have :)

Romain

kichik
4th March 2003 20:27 UTC

Well, Joost suggested that the TreeView might have a flag that makes it use normal check boxes. We might use that.

Joost Verburg
4th March 2003 21:27 UTC

The treeview checkbox style requires Comctl32 version 4.70, which is not available on all systems.

rpetges
7th March 2003 20:07 UTC

The treeview checkbox style requires Comctl32 version 4.70, which is not available on all systems.

OK, I understand. Which system doesn't include version 4.70 of ComCtl32 ? Why not make it a minimum requirement for NSIS Installer to work ?

Personnaly, I don't like to see Luna elements on a Win9x/NT/2000 platform... it looks bizarre.

Do you plan to fix it ?

Romain

Sunjammer
7th March 2003 20:10 UTC

NSIS tries to support old versions of windows too. It's not a bug as such, just a known limitation. I guess it depends on how much noise you make about it compared to the other stuff that *needs* to be done (e.g. fixing the size problems relating to mapped files)

rpetges
7th March 2003 20:18 UTC

Originally posted by Sunjammer
NSIS tries to support old versions of windows too. It's not a bug as such, just a known limitation. I guess it depends on how much noise you make about it compared to the other stuff that *needs* to be done (e.g. fixing the size problems relating to mapped files)

I don't make any noise about it... I just reported an issue, that's all.

I'm certainly aware that there are other isues in NSIS, and the "checkbox" problem is ONE of them.

kichik
7th March 2003 20:24 UTC

4.70 requires Internet Explorer 3.0 and above.

Why not make it a minimum requirement for NSIS Installer to work?

Never :)

Personally I really like the look of those checkboxes under any platform. I might add an option to use the system checkboxes for systems with Internet Explorer 3 and above. Need to think how to make it show read only and disabled too... For now you can use another check boxes set.

Joel
7th March 2003 20:53 UTC

I'm certainly aware that there are other isues in NSIS, and the "checkbox" problem is ONE of them.

Dude, Nsis 2 is still in Beta mode... :D