Preview skins, like in Winamp installer

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Dkom
17th December 2004 21:56 UTC

Preview skins, like in Winamp installer
I want to make an installer with skins for some player (about 50 skins).
How to make a preview of each skin (like in Winamp installer)?

Thanks.

Yathosho
18th December 2004 01:28 UTC

i guess the winamp-installer uses a installoptions page with bitmaps included. you have to make one bitmap for each skin.. or write a clever plugin which extracts the images from the skin and arranges them properly in one image file.

bluenet
18th December 2004 14:38 UTC

I have wrote a winamp installer script, you can download in
http://foobar.nease.net/nsis/nsi/winamp.nsi.cab

Dkom
18th December 2004 19:52 UTC

Ok. Bluenet, thanks for the script, I'll try to understand how to do it for myself.
But just another question: Winamp shows only 2 skins in one window, but if there are 50 skins - is it possible to scroll their bitmaps in one window? I think it's not a good idea to show only 2-4 skins in every window, and to click ~20 times "Next" to see all of them.

Joel
18th December 2004 20:37 UTC

Mabye two options:
1. InstallOptionsEx maybe can do it (ScrollBar controls).
2. Build a plugin with auto scrolls..

deguix
18th December 2004 21:06 UTC

InstallOptionsEx maybe can do it (ScrollBar controls).

Nope.

You could use a listbox or a droplist where you could select a skin and then use a bitmap control to put the skin's picture when it's selected.

bluenet
19th December 2004 01:36 UTC

Originally posted by Dkom
Ok. Bluenet, thanks for the script, I'll try to understand how to do it for myself.
But just another question: Winamp shows only 2 skins in one window, but if there are 50 skins - is it possible to scroll their bitmaps in one window? I think it's not a good idea to show only 2-4 skins in every window, and to click ~20 times "Next" to see all of them.

You can use Droplist to show all of your skins, I will write a example later for you :)

But 50 skins you must extract 50 BMP to user's system before you show your skins. The installer may become large.

bluenet
19th December 2004 12:58 UTC

Here is the script to show more skins.
http://foobar.nease.net/nsis/nsi/ShowSkins.zip

Dkom
19th December 2004 19:30 UTC

Bluenet, I can't download your script. This link shows that page _http://ad.nease.net/404.html

Afrow UK
19th December 2004 20:20 UTC

Broken for me too.
It can't be huge, why not use the forum attach file facility?

-Stu

ZmAn3
19th December 2004 20:35 UTC

it is to big to attach to the forums because of the bmps he has in there .

im gonna put it on my server hope he doesnt mind
http://www.emeraldcpu.com/zman3/ShowSkins.zip

checkout his other examples here
http://foobar.nease.net/nsis/

bluenet
20th December 2004 00:49 UTC

I have upload the zip file. But I don't known it lost? The web is owner space and I have never delete it. I upload again.
Thanks ZmAn3's server. My other examples is wrote in Chinese, if somebody interest I would rewrite to English.

bluenet
20th December 2004 01:21 UTC

Replace the BMP to reduce the installer size. Now upload to forum.

Dkom
20th December 2004 17:21 UTC

Thanks, Bluenet. It's a big help for me.
So, I'll put the checkbox near droplist to check / uncheck every skin.
Is it possible to see all checked skins in the next window (for example "Checked Skns:" and in droplist I'll write skin names one under another (simply to put text in droplist) or is it possible to to make next window as Sections where only skin names and checkboxes and some of them (wich was checked in previous window) will be checked (as a result a can choose skin in "preview window" or if I don't want to list (see) all of them, I'll use simple "sections window"). Results of "sections window" must owerwrite those from "Preview window".
Sorry, if my questions are too annoying:).

Pimousse38
21st December 2004 22:11 UTC

hello,

I am a little in the same case (it is to install skins for StreamRipper).
my installer uses radio buttons for the choice of the skin to be put by default, but your system of list with preview likes me much.
how to make for the choice in the list changes the value in the "WriteINIStr ...".
I hope to render comprehensible myself because I am French

bluenet
22nd December 2004 01:29 UTC

I guess what you want is how to check which skin user selected. In my example $2 store the index of the droplist, the top of item is 0 and so on. Aslo you can use ReadINIStr and StrCmp to do this.

X-Ray
31st December 2004 14:57 UTC

Originally posted by bluenet
I guess what you want is how to check which skin user selected. In my example $2 store the index of the droplist, the top of item is 0 and so on. Aslo you can use ReadINIStr and StrCmp to do this.

I'm a newbie... Could you tell me how can I use ReadINIStr and StrCmp to do that...

or could you tell me how can i do the below function:
user select a skin & push 'install' button, then the installer install the suitable skin.

^_^ bluenet, are you chinese?

Finally, I'm sorry for my poor english. XD

bluenet
1st January 2005 02:46 UTC

Hi, I have rewrite the example, you can see the code between Section and SectionEnd.

to X-Ray, I am Chinese.

X-Ray
1st January 2005 07:43 UTC

Originally posted by bluenet
Hi, I have rewrite the example, you can see the code between Section and SectionEnd.

to X-Ray, I am Chinese.

oh ~ Thank, bluenet.
I'm chinese too, but I'm so stupid. http://forum.hkgolden.com/faces/banghead.gif