kimoy
2nd February 2004 04:18 UTC

Bitmap Dialog
hi. is it possible with NSIS to change the modern UI dialogs so we can display bitmap dialogs? i mean, covering the entire dialog with bitmap, is this possible with NSIS?

thanks.

Vytautas
2nd February 2004 12:31 UTC

Everything is possible with NSIS (well almost). Not sure exacly what you mean but it should be possible although it might involve a lot of work.

As an example of a modified version of MUI you can have a look at the mod I made which displays bitmaps while installing files.

Vytautas

PS. See the archive link below.

Joost Verburg
2nd February 2004 15:41 UTC

So you want to skin the entire interface? There is currently no plug-in available that does something like that, writing one would require quite a lot of work.

Actually I don't understand why you would want to skin something a user will only see once (the whole point of skinning is that a user changes the interface to his/her preference). For an installer, it's imo better to use the standard Windows skin.

Shea
2nd February 2004 22:55 UTC

He's talking about at the top where you put the little 150x57 bitmap. He wants to make it fill up the whole header so it would be like 500x57 or whatever the demensions are of the header of the installer.

kimoy
3rd February 2004 06:30 UTC

you have seen how commercial installer programs work right? for example, the Wise installer. You can change the background into different bitmap images dynamically. That's what i intend to do with NSIS.

Vytautas
3rd February 2004 11:31 UTC

If you mean the background as in the rest of the screen then check out the bgImage plugin.

Vytautas

kichik
3rd February 2004 11:44 UTC

BgImage can't cover the dialog. Your best bet is a good plug-in. You can also create two bitmap controls (edit the UI with Resource Hacker and define MUI_UI to change the UI) and set them like in Vytautas' script, but it won't cover button as InstallSheild does. To cover button you must write a plug-in.