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Jnuw
16th September 2005 23:21 UTC

Change Background Color of Text Box on Custom Page
Hello all.

I have scoured the forums, and help files, and tried to decipher the IoColors.zip example, but am still confused. Basically what I have is a custom page (ResultsPage) that contains a text box (Type=Text in the ResultsPage.ini). I have the text box set with: Flags=MULTILINE|VSCROLL|READONLY, as I'm using it to display a large amount of text. I want to keep in READONLY but don't like the gray background it produces.

So... I just need a hand setting the background of this custom control (Type=Text) back to white as if it was not READONLY. Below is the code for the display of the ResultsPage, and the corresponding INI. Can someone please show me the commands I need? Thanks so much all!

Jnuw


Function SetFinishPage
  ;Next 4 lines removes next and back buttons
  GetDlgItem $0 $HWNDPARENT 3
  ShowWindow $0 0
  GetDlgItem $0 $HWNDPARENT 1
  ShowWindow $0 0
  
  StrCmp $NumMissing 0 0 +2
  !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "ResultsPage.ini" "Field 5" "Flags" "DISABLED"
  !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "ResultsPage.ini" "Field 2" "State" "$Output"
  !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "ResultsPage.ini" "Settings" "Title" "${PRODUCT_NAME}"
  !insertmacro MUI_HEADER_TEXT "Results" "Please review the results below."
  !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY "ResultsPage.ini"
FunctionEnd


ResultsPage.ini

[Settings]
NumFields=5
Title=
CancelShow=1
CancelButtonText=Exit


[Field 1]
Type=GroupBox
Left=0
Right=-1
Top=0
Bottom=-1
Text=""

[Field 2]
Type=Text
Left=10
Right=-10
Top=10
Bottom=120
State="Error..."
Flags=MULTILINE|VSCROLL|READONLY

[Field 3]
Type=Link
Left=10
Right=139
Top=126
Bottom=136
State=http://www.blabla.com/
Text=Click to open Website.

[Field 4]
Type=Button
Flags=NOTIFY
Text=&Print Results
Left=240
Right=-10
Top=123         
Bottom=137

[Field 5]
Type=Button
Flags=NOTIFY
Text=&Download Missing Updates
Left=140
Right=235
Top=123         
Bottom=137

Afrow UK
17th September 2005 10:15 UTC

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_INITDIALOG "ResultsPage.ini"
Pop $R0 # HWND
GetDlgItem $R1 $R0 1201 ; 1200 + Field # - 1
SetCtlColors $R1 000000 FFFFFF
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_SHOW

Instead of MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY

-Stu

Jnuw
18th September 2005 15:17 UTC

Thanks again Stu, that did the trick perfectly. I really appreciate your help!

Takeshi
22nd January 2007 09:06 UTC

Originally posted by Afrow UK
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_INITDIALOG "ResultsPage.ini"
Pop $R0 # HWND
GetDlgItem $R1 $R0 1201 ; 1200 + Field # - 1
SetCtlColors $R1 000000 FFFFFF
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_SHOW

Instead of MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY

-Stu
hello guys
i have tried using this code for my custom pages
to change the color of the text box to white color, but what happened is like the one u can see in the attachment.
anyone have idea, how to modify my code, so that only the text box background color is changed, and i dont want that grey background color (the one in the red square)
this is my .ini code

[Settings]
NumFields=5

[Field 1]
Type=Label
Text=Please enter your name and the name of the company for which you work.
Left=0
Right=262
Top=0
Bottom=8

[Field 2]
Type=Label
Text=User Name:
Left=0
Right=269
Top=25
Bottom=34

[Field 3]
Type=Text
Left=0
Right=272
Top=37
Bottom=51

[Field 4]
Type=Label
Text=Company Name
Left=0
Right=273
Top=64
Bottom=72

[Field 5]
Type=Text
Left=0
Right=275
Top=74
Bottom=88

and this the coding in the function

Function Create_Pg_UserInfo

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_INITDIALOG "userinfo.ini"

${if} $OLD == "$(^Name)"
Abort
${endif}

ReadRegStr $0 ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" "RegisteredOwner"
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "userinfo.ini" "Field 3" "State" "$0"

ReadRegStr $0 ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" "RegisteredOrganization"
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "userinfo.ini" "Field 5" "State" "$0"

Pop $R0 # HWND
GetDlgItem $R1 $R0 1202 ; 1200 + Field # - 1
SetCtlColors $R1 "000000" "FFFFFF"

!insertmacro MUI_HEADER_TEXT "Customer Information" "Please enter your information"
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY "userinfo.ini"
!insertmacro MUI_RESERVEFILE_INSTALLOPTIONS
FunctionEnd

thank you guys for always helping me

Red Wine
22nd January 2007 10:05 UTC

Now InstallOptions writes the HWND of every control to ini, so,
Instead of GetDlgItem $R1 $R0 1202 ; 1200 + Field # - 1
Use

 ReadINIStr "$R1" "$PLUGINSDIR\userinfo.ini" "field 3" "HWND"
SetCtlColors "$R1" "000000" "FFFFFF"

Takeshi
22nd January 2007 10:24 UTC

Red Wine, do i need to include this:
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_INITDIALOG "userinfo.ini" ?
i have tried using the code above,

ReadRegStr $0 ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" "RegisteredOwner"
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "userinfo.ini" "Field 3" "State" "$0"

ReadRegStr $0 ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" "RegisteredOrganization"
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "userinfo.ini" "Field 5" "State" "$0"
; !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_INITDIALOG "userinfo.ini"
Pop $R0 # HWND
ReadINIStr "$R1" "userinfo.ini" "field 3" "HWND"
SetCtlColors "$R1" "000000" "FFFFFF"
!insertmacro MUI_HEADER_TEXT "Customer Information" "Please enter your information"
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY "userinfo.ini"
!insertmacro MUI_RESERVEFILE_INSTALLOPTIONS

without the initdialog, i cant get the result at all, the box doesnt turn to white background color, and if i use with the initdialog, the result is the same as the attachment..
did i put the code at the wrong place?

Red Wine
22nd January 2007 11:37 UTC

Yeah! you already discovered this!
1st init the dialog, set ctl colors and then show the dialog.
You certainly know how to do it :)

Takeshi
23rd January 2007 02:27 UTC

I thought I had attached an attachment during my 1st post..but I didnt...
Im sorry Red Wine, I still cannot solve my prob..
please see the attachment
i want to remove that grey background color

Red Wine
23rd January 2007 04:21 UTC

..............
..............
Push $1 
 InstallOptions::InitDialog /NOUNLOAD "$PLUGINSDIR\userinfo.ini"
 Pop $1
    FindWindow $1 "#32770" "" $HWNDPARENT
    SetCtlColors $1 '' '0x000000'
 InstallOptions::Show "$PLUGINSDIR\userinfo.ini"
 Pop $1
 
 Pop $1
 Pop $1
FunctionEnd

Takeshi
23rd January 2007 06:47 UTC

Anyway, what is the different between :

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_INITDIALOG
&
INSTALLOPTIONS::InitDialog

and

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY
&
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_SHOW
&
INSTALLOPTIONS::SHOW

Red Wine
23rd January 2007 06:55 UTC

The MUI macro system is designed for your convenience

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_INITDIALOG == INSTALLOPTIONS::InitDialog /NOUNLOAD

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_SHOW ==
INSTALLOPTIONS::SHOW

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY ==
INSTALLOPTIONS::DISPLAY

Takeshi
23rd January 2007 07:17 UTC

ok Red Wine. thanx a lot for your help!

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