Brummelchen
27th August 2003 01:50 UTC

IO behavior - reset IO ?
hi

i have a problem i can not explain

i have 3 io.ini depending on the selected language

this is from the english one:

Type=DropList
Text=Select your language
Left=30
Right=130
Top=95
Bottom=108
State=English
ListItems=Deutsch|English|Francais

the other ones has "Deutsch" and "Francais" as default.

if i press "Next" and language was changed i force to reload this pane with the choosen language. if nothing was changed the second pane is shown.

but unfortunately IO.ini saves somehow its state although i think it must be reset on each call.

so when in choose "Deutsch" in the english IO and change back from the german IO to "English" the english IO shows me "Deutsch" again and not the default "English".

so how is that possible - it might be stored in memory !?
And how can reset an IO.ini?

Thx

kichik
28th August 2003 13:53 UTC

I am sorry, but I could quite follow. Maybe if you attach the entire thing it will be a bit more clearer.

But why work hard with all this when you can simply use the LangDLL plug-in to have the user choose the language?

Brummelchen
28th August 2003 14:05 UTC

@kichik

i can not use any languagefile from NSIS 'cause this is no regular setup - this is a program itself with very specific dialogs. i use my own panes, none of NSIS.

in short:
i have 3 IO.ini's - each has its default settings
each IO remembers it state when re-accessed - but this not useful

so i have to reset each IO when accessed.

is that possible or do i have do set the default manually?


BTW the code snippet

Function selectaction
selectactionstart:
  StrCmp $R3 "g" "" start02
    !insertmacro MUI_HEADER_TEXT "Wilkommen" "Bitte wählen Sie den gewünschten Vorgang$\nund klicken sie dann auf 'Weiter'."
    goto start04
  start02:
  StrCmp $R3 "f" "" start03
    !insertmacro MUI_HEADER_TEXT "Welcome" "Please choose your desired action. Then press 'Next'."
    goto start04
  start03:
  !insertmacro MUI_HEADER_TEXT "Welcome" "Please choose your desired action. Then press 'Next'."

  start04:
  StrCmp $R4 "0" start04a
    BgImage::Sound $PLUGINSDIR\notify1.wav

  start04a:
  !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY "$R3menu01.ini"

  ; read out language
  !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_READ ${TEMP1} "$R3menu01.ini" "Field 6" "State"
    StrCmp ${TEMP1} $R2 start05
      call langchange
      call soundchange
      goto selectactionstart

  start05:
  !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_READ ${TEMP1} "$R3menu01.ini" "Field 1" "State"
    StrCmp ${TEMP1} "1" selectactionend ""
  !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_READ ${TEMP1} "$R3menu01.ini" "Field 2" "State"
    StrCmp ${TEMP1} "1" selectactionend ""

  StrCmp $R3 "g" "" +3
    MessageBox MB_ICONINFORMATION|MB_OK "Sie müssen einen Vorgang auswählen.$\nAnderfalls klicken Sie bitte auf 'Abbrechen'."
    Goto  selectactionstart
  StrCmp $R3 "f" "" +3
    MessageBox MB_ICONINFORMATION|MB_OK "You have to choose an action, otherwise 'cancel'"
    Goto  selectactionstart
  MessageBox MB_ICONINFORMATION|MB_OK "You have to choose an action, otherwise 'cancel'"
  Goto  selectactionstart

  selectactionend:
  call soundchange
FunctionEnd

Brummelchen
28th August 2003 14:38 UTC

grmpf i did it this way although it is not luckyly solved

Function langchange
  ;reset IO
  StrCmp $R3 "g" "" langchange1
    !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "$R3menu01.ini" "Field 6" "State" "Deutsch"
    goto langchange3

  langchange1:
  StrCmp $R3 "f" "" langchange2
    !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "$R3menu01.ini" "Field 6" "State" "Francais"
    goto langchange3

  langchange2:
  StrCmp $R3 "e" "" +3
    !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "$R3menu01.ini" "Field 6" "State" "Englisch"

...

kichik
28th August 2003 14:40 UTC

Even if you're not using NSIS's inner strings it's still so much easier to use NSIS's language system. Just define some LangStrings instead of this.

If you don't want to then I'll still have to see the entire script.

Brummelchen
28th August 2003 14:51 UTC

@kichik

pls gimme a hint how to define additional strings - i need about 125 per language ;) (i use so much in version 1 - winbatch coded - different headers & messages)
Strings are now hardcoded - in version 1 this was a external languagefile easily to work on.

maybe i can insert strings onInit? lang file is build like an ini file.

Joost Verburg
28th August 2003 18:30 UTC

Use language strings (LangString).

Brummelchen
28th August 2003 19:41 UTC

thx Joost - i hope i can use combinations like ${$R3message} where $R3 contains the language shortie (e/g/f).
So i can define all strings seperate :)

Joost Verburg
28th August 2003 19:57 UTC

Example:

LangString "bla" ${LANG_ENGLISH} "some text"
LangString "bla" ${LANG_FRENCH} "some french text"

in your script, use $(bla)