rmccue
8th February 2006 10:27 UTC

usb controls
Is there a way to have USB controls like Safely Remove Device and such?
If not could someone make a plugin please

onad
9th February 2006 11:44 UTC

You problem is not really clear, BUt i read it like: when install begins I want to send an command to the OS as same as someone would have clicked "Savly remove hardware", Is this correct?

NOTE:
Most of the time if you need a feature like this you installer strategy is wrong.

And yes, theoretically one can create a plugin for this or use the System plugin.

rmccue
10th February 2006 12:05 UTC

Yep thats what I want to do

rmccue
10th February 2006 22:28 UTC

so how can i do it?

rmccue
12th February 2006 03:15 UTC

I have noticed that I could use devcon but that needs too much config by the user
Since my installer is always on a USB could it just use the current drive letter

rmccue
13th February 2006 20:30 UTC

and is there any dll that i can call

rmccue
13th February 2006 20:36 UTC

and is there a dll i can call

kichik
14th February 2006 20:19 UTC

You should search MSDN for information on this. If you find out a piece of code that does this, someone here will surely be able to help you converting it into NSIS code.

rmccue
15th February 2006 08:02 UTC

Nothing on MSDN
I have found hotplug.dll which looks interesting...

onad
15th February 2006 15:19 UTC

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...trol_codes.asp

Theoretically I could create a plugin yes, but sorry I do not even have time improve and to modify the only plugin I wrote for NSIS.

onad
15th February 2006 18:40 UTC

Well OK I was in a good mood, the attatched Delphi source file will get you (or me ;) , or maybe someone else started...

rmccue
16th February 2006 07:03 UTC

Damn
Just uninstalled Delphi
Could someone compile this please?

onad
16th February 2006 11:58 UTC

It is just the essential code, not a whole NSIS plugin. You have to create this yourself or mimic the behaviour by using the NSIS System plugin.

Well combine the example Delphi NSIS plugincode with this code and you are well on your way to your goal.

Yes, sadly most of the time programming takes a lot of persistence and effort, nothing else helps there ;)

Good luck.

Comm@nder21
16th February 2006 19:04 UTC

delphi sucks :P ;) :D

because you cant build the universe on E = m * Delphi², can you?

rmccue
18th February 2006 03:34 UTC

This is what brings up the dialog:
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

How do call this from a script?

kichik
19th February 2006 19:58 UTC

With ExecWait.

rmccue
25th February 2006 04:15 UTC

Is anyone working on this plugin?

rmccue
25th February 2006 22:19 UTC

If not can someone please

rmccue
1st March 2006 20:32 UTC

This plugin would be really handy if someone developed