Progress bar - NSIS Forums

bdfy
11th February 2005 16:53 UTC

Progress bar
I have to use a special console utility in my installer to unpack/pack some files.

execDos::exec '"$RHdir\pbtl.exe" -u RedHammer.pbo'

It works about 5-10 sec (on my machine) and progress bar totally freezes during this stage it looks like hanging :(
After this stage progress bar moves very quickly, then again freezes while pbtl.exe is working...
Can I smooth its motion or something ?

kichik
11th February 2005 20:08 UTC

Use DetailPrint or the Banner plug-in to let the user know what the installer is doing.

Takhir
12th February 2005 07:04 UTC

This may be a some kind of Animation plug-in (already exists? :) ). Banners I remember require explicite commands from installer, auto-mode not implemented yet (?). Or DOS plug-in can create new control on the INSTFILES page and send animation commands (like InetLoad or NSISdl do). The problem is that we don't know how long your application will work, so IMHO simple auto-animation banner is better.

bdfy
12th February 2005 18:53 UTC

kichik
I can't see any help filó øò plugin-dir. Can you help with Banner plug-in usage? I'd like to see a simple example ;)

kichik
12th February 2005 18:55 UTC

See C:\Program Files\NSIS\Contrib\Banner\Example.nsi.

bdfy
12th February 2005 19:23 UTC

kichik
IMHO It's not a solution... DetailPrint and Banner are static ,they do not create illusion of progress... :(
I'm looking for a way to move progress bar constantly. i guess , about 30sec is max. time console utility working ( if CPU is slow etc ), hence I'd like to settle speed of progress bar movement

Afrow UK
12th February 2005 19:27 UTC

You can't withiut changing NSIS' source (your question has been asked many times before).

Just use a Banner saying "Doing something... Please wait"

-Stu

bdfy
12th February 2005 19:34 UTC

OK , I understand.
Hope these feature will be added in future releases.