Axonn
20th January 2006 08:53 UTC

SetBrandingImage error
Hi everybody. It's been a long time since I was around here last time, so I welcome you all in 2006 :- D.

I've been trying to add a branding image to my installer. But the NSIS compiler issues the following error:
"Error: no branding image found in chosen UI".

I tried putting this in .onInit and didn't work.. then I put it like this:

< CODE >
Function .onInit
!insertmacro MUI_LANGDLL_DISPLAY
FunctionEnd

Section "My main installation" SEC01
SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
File "ASD.bmp"
SetBrandingImage "$INSTDIR\ASD.bmp"
SetOverwrite on
< CODE >

Then I tried putting it in onGUIInit but it says "Error: Function named ".onGUIInit" already exists" allthough I only declared it once.

Secondly, what size should the branding image be? I put 164 x 314, as I saw that the original was... is this correct?

Thank you in advance for your help :- ).

How can I make it work?? :- ).

Axonn
20th January 2006 09:02 UTC

Hm
I just saw something after I searched the forum, but I don't know if it'll work. Anyway, my question about the size remains. If I put that size will NSIS still auto-calculate stuff?

kichik
20th January 2006 12:13 UTC

Before using SetBrandingImage, you must use AddBrandingImage or add your own branding image control to the UI. AddBrandingImage accepts a size parameter and prints out the size that eventually came out.

Axonn
20th January 2006 13:35 UTC

Thanks
Hi again kichik ::- ). You do know you're in my "Thanks to" file right? ::- D. This is for the installer for the Beta 2 of my freeware application and I mentioned in the thanks section (almost) everybody that helped in any area of the project.

Hm. I suspected something about AddBrandingImage. But hey, I searched through this forum and investigated some posts and stuff like this really makes me dizzy:

< CODE >

!macro BIMAGE IMAGE PARMS
Push $0
GetTempFileName $0
File /oname=$0 "${IMAGE}"
SetBrandingImage ${PARMS} $0
Delete $0
Pop $0
!macroend

[...]

!insertmacro BIMAGE "${NSISDIR}\pics\tmp1.bmp" "/RESIZETOFIT"

< CODE >

So what's all this? I don't see any use of AddBrandingImage, just SetBrandingImage. This code is taken from:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....ding+AND+image


I apologize for not reading quite so much from the NSIS documentation as I would have liked too, but you are a developer so you MUST now how hard it is to do everything on your own :- ). I barely have time to eat due to the deadlines I self-impose to myself.

kichik
20th January 2006 14:08 UTC

That thread doesn't contain a complete example. Examples\gfx.nsi contains a complete example that uses both AddBrandingImage and SetBrandingImage.

Axonn
20th January 2006 14:52 UTC

Yes
And where can I see the image that the installer will use for a picture? It will output it at compilation time?

kichik
20th January 2006 14:54 UTC

No, you set that using SetBrandimgImage. AddBrandingImage adds the image control to the UI and SetBrandimgImage sets the image on the control.

Axonn
20th January 2006 18:19 UTC

Size
There were lots of discussions around here about picture size. I would prefer to dictate a size for the image control and put in that a picture of the same size. For example if I say 200x50, to keep it that way. But as far as I saw, it's more complicated than that.

Anyway, I did my important stuff for now with
MUI_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP

I'll probably leave this as is for the time being because on 25 January I got to release Beta 2 for my freeware application and this is really pressing me.