saschagottfried
7th November 2006 11:09 UTC

Create a simple custom dialog not embedded in typical NSIS parent window
NSIS features for non "installer-embedded" custom pages ???

I want to use a small dialog that pops up after using the startmenu link to control certain application start/stop features. I would like a small dialog (150x150 pixels) with a title, a small picture (Logo) below, followed by a progressbar and two buttons below as well. Just a small control GUI that stays opened during application execution.

I will use the progressbar it to show start of an application server in the background, the buttons control the start of a browser and the shutdown of the application server. I don't need back, abort, cancel and multiple pages. But I intend to use the leave function to return to the page after clicking my "Start Browser" button to keep the the

I tried to do this with the "page instfiles" to get the progressbar. But this gets too big and it has the MUI/Classic installer look. I am familiar with MUI and custom dialogs using InstallOptions.

I have seen AutoIt3 and it looks promising for that (http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3). BUT is there something similar in NSIS regarding those AutoIt3 custom dialogs???

I know that it is not the main purpose of NSIS, but I would be nice, if I can do this with NSIS too. Thanks!

Joel
7th November 2006 19:27 UTC

Try fiding a usefull plugin or build your own.

saschagottfried
8th November 2006 09:37 UTC

In the meanwhile I found AutoIt3 to fit my needs. It is really simple to create a small dialog with some controls and make them handle events. Basically it has a lot that NSIS offers too. But I won't do my installation steps with it. I want to stick with NSIS.