Flash SplashScreen - NSIS Forums

jojoey
4th June 2006 11:57 UTC

Flash SplashScreen
Hallo Developers,

i created a nice flash animation that i would like to use as a SplashSceen in my Installer.
How can I do that ?

Greetings
jojoey

Afrow UK
4th June 2006 12:20 UTC

Best you can do without writing a NSIS plugin is to use a GIF file with:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/NewAdvSplash_plug-in

-Stu

jojoey
4th June 2006 12:23 UTC

Thanks for the reply !
So is there no flash plugin out there ?

Afrow UK
4th June 2006 12:25 UTC

Actually, see if that plugin works with Flash.

-Stu

Yathosho
4th June 2006 13:47 UTC

why dont you just put the flash in an exe (export dialog in flash) and call it with exewait?

jojoey
4th June 2006 14:07 UTC

Yes, would be a solution, but a bit unprofessional, isn't it ? Thanks for the idea ;)

Yathosho
4th June 2006 14:13 UTC

i did this once, but it was in fullscreen. i see it might look unprofessional if the flash window has a caption..

Takhir
4th June 2006 16:58 UTC

First of all are you sure Flash player presents on the target system? Or you suppose this to be a part of NSIS plug-in? :) If this is OK and you can point player to any window, just CreateWindow in the NSIS script and show your animation ;)

Joel
4th June 2006 22:33 UTC

nsWeb? :)

jojoey
4th June 2006 22:46 UTC

Originally posted by Joel
nsWeb? :)

nsWeb ? Is that a plugin ?

Yathosho
5th June 2006 00:54 UTC

Originally posted by Takhir
First of all are you sure Flash player presents on the target system? Or you suppose this to be a part of NSIS plug-in?

you don't need flash player installed, when it's a selfcontained flash movie.

i guess one would need flash player when using nsWeb, which isn't necessarily a problem unless you need people to have a specific (i.e. the latest) version. flash player is installed on about 97% (my own webstats confirm this number coming from adobe) of all windows computers anyways.

jojoey
5th June 2006 10:44 UTC

But then i'd have ie/firefox popping up .... I thought about having it borderless

Afrow UK
5th June 2006 12:20 UTC

I thought having your own flash executable does not require a web browser to run.

-Stu

jojoey
5th June 2006 12:50 UTC

So it would appear borderless ?
Just the flash ?

Afrow UK
5th June 2006 14:01 UTC

Well have you never seen it? A lot of games now seem to have flash introductions to their installers... usually borderless or sometimes even with semi transparent edges blending into everything else on the screen.

I guess it's up to you to find out how it is done.

-Stu

jojoey
5th June 2006 15:18 UTC

Well, i think so ;)

Thanks for the support

onad
5th June 2006 22:57 UTC

Well I did what you want for fun actually.

TIPS:

I created a NSIS plugin via Delphi and embedded the OCX while using the component of http://www.f-in-box.com/delphi/ and also via a once created own embeddeing see:
http://delphi.about.com/od/graphics/l/aa040103a.htm

I also got position via the grabbed handle of the current calling NSIS installer so I would position nicely and have same width and height.

Not that you have to display some legaltext somewhere in your installer if you embed the OCX in the installer-plugin.

I sadly cannot give you the source, but only wish you success.

jojoey
6th June 2006 09:38 UTC

Thank you , i should be able to rebuild it with the tutorial ;)