Archive: Quick launch control
Quick launch control
This should be a simple question hopefully.
I want to ask the user if they want a quick launch shortcut created. How do I make the message box only pop-up when the shortcut page is showing? Currently it pops up when the installer is installer files which is too early.
Many thanks
Shortcut page? Do you mean Finish page?
You could put it in Function .onInstSuccess so then it is called when installaation succeeds...
-Stu
Originally posted by Afrow UKYou know on the page where it allows to make start menu shortcuts.
Shortcut page? Do you mean Finish page?
You could put it in Function .onInstSuccess so then it is called when installaation succeeds...
-Stu
Ah right, in that case (if you are using MUI):
!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_LEAVE PromptQLShortcut
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU ... ...
Function PromptQLShortcut
MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONQUESTION ...
FunctionEnd
Originally posted by Afrow UKRight so just to be sure I put the code in the right order what is below is entirely external to the Installer section right?
Ah right, in that case (if you are using MUI):!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_LEAVE PromptQLShortcut
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU ... ...
Function PromptQLShortcut
MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONQUESTION ...
FunctionEnd
-Stu
Yes it is all outside of Sections and Functions (as you cannot place Functions inside other Functions or Sections).
You should already have
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU ... ...
in your script. You just need to append your current script with this.
-Stu
Works great now thanks.....
Just one more question, assuming a user chooses not to make a quick luanch shortcut is there any harm if we delete a non existing link within the uninstaller?
In other words should we add some kind of stored setting indiciating if the uninstaller needs to delete it later?
Originally posted by GFORCE100No, you don't need to store a setting. There is no harm in trying to delete a file that doesn't exist. The error flag will not be set.
In other words should we add some kind of stored setting indiciating if the uninstaller needs to delete it later?
Okay so it's just like in Windows, thaks.
For future reference you can simply use:
IfFileExists "$QUICKLAUNCH\MyApp.lnk" 0 +2
Delete "$QUICKLAUNCH\MyApp.lnk"
But as deritrus says, you don't really have to check whether it exists or not.
-Stu