toggle section read only status?

Archive: toggle section read only status?

Angus Leeming
26th May 2005 11:05 UTC

toggle section read only status?
I would like to use the isUserAdmin function (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/archive/...php?pageid=275) to toggle the read only status of a section or, alternatively, to hide the section altogether if the user does not have admin privileges.

Is such a thing possible?

Angus

glory_man
26th May 2005 11:39 UTC

Use SectionIn RO inside section to install read-only attrib, if user does not have privileges.


..section..
Call IsUserAdmin
Pop $R0
StrCmp $R0 "true" ok 0
SectionIn RO
.. other actions ..
ok:
.....

Or use SectionSetFlags.

the fifth bit represents whether the section is read-only,

To hide section change the description using SectionSetText.

Angus Leeming
26th May 2005 12:48 UTC

Perfect. Just for info, here's the code.

Many thanks,
Angus

Afrow UK
26th May 2005 19:59 UTC

Or you can just change the Section's text with SectionSetText
If you set its name to nothing "" or "-blah" it will become hidden.

-Stu