Rolando
22nd April 2006 19:30 UTC

Sections with Variable Names
basically I want to use SectionSetFlags but on a section whose variable name is stored inside a variable $0. Here's an idea about it:

StrCpy $0 "blah"
SectionSetFlags ${$0} 1

however, this doesn't seem to work because when I debug and insert MessageBox MB_OK ${$0} it displays "${blah}" where as I need it to show the integer value of ${blah}.

The reason why I am doing it this way is because this is in a loop, and the section name changes constantly.

Afrow UK
22nd April 2006 19:38 UTC

${blah} is just a compile time define. When compiled, ${blah} is replaced with its value.

Rather than reference the define ${blah}, just give it a straight variable that contains the Section index; 0 being the first Section, 1 being the second and so on.

StrCpy $0 0
SectionSetFlags $0 1

This will set the flags for the first Section.

-Stu