soknin
1st June 2004 11:25 UTC

adding a progress bar
Hi all ,

My main setup uses smaller setups that could be installed as a stand alone . The main setup calles all the other setups with :

ExecWait '"$EXEDIR\smallsetup1.exe" /S'
#do somthing
ExecWait '"$EXEDIR\smallsetup2.exe" /S'
...

The problem is that the main setup progress bar looks "frozen" when called upon those setups .

What I'm trying to do now is to add another progress bar that could show the progress of the sub setup .
Any ideas on how to that ?

thx,
sharon oknin

Joost Verburg
1st June 2004 13:06 UTC

The easiest solution is to let these other setups display a progressbar.

If you can't modify them there is no way to retrieve their progress.

soknin
1st June 2004 14:01 UTC

Hi ,

Thanks for the replay .

I can modify them , and it's sounds like a good idea .
What i'll try to do is to set a switch for the setup , but do you know how can i show only a progress bar (or a small window showing a progress bar) ?

I'm using the MUI gui for all setups , and when using this switch i would like to show only INSTFILES page , but not with the MUI gui .
What i mean is that smaller setup would be in top of main setup , and i would like smaller setup to show a small window , showing the progress , and still able to see main setup .

sharon oknin

Joost Verburg
1st June 2004 16:20 UTC

You can use the Banner plug-in to display texts. If you want a real progress bar create a custom UI or a plug-in like Banner.

Shea
1st June 2004 22:41 UTC

Someone made aLoadingBar UI that just shows a loaing bar and comments. Search the forum and the archive to find it or I'll post a link later.

deguix
2nd June 2004 03:16 UTC

LoadingBar UI

(Oh my... I didn't think the demand for this UI was so high!)