Jamyn
28th November 2006 23:25 UTC

Printing the section's name during install?
Hi all,

I have a map installer with ~ 180 sections. The section names describe the item being installed (like "Assault: AS-UF4-Incursion"). What I would like to do is print the section name during install with DetailPrint. Like:

!macro PRINT MYTEXT
            SetDetailsPrint both
            DetailPrint "${MYTEXT}"
            SetDetailsPrint none
!macroend

Section "Really Fun Map" SEC000
            ...
            !insertmacro PRINT "Installing: ${SECTIONNAME}"
            ...
SectionEnd

This would cut down on the amount of typing. I am still sifting through the docs to see if there is a variable that holds the current section name during install, but so far I haven't run across anything. Any ideas on this? Thanks all.

bholliger
29th November 2006 01:20 UTC

Hi Jamyn!

You could use this code to get the sectionname with SectionGetText. You "only" have to introduce a line with the sections index.

!macro PRINTSECTIONNAME SEC
  Push $R0
  SectionGetText ${SEC} $R0
  DetailPrint $R0
  Pop $R0
!macroend

Section A secA
  !insertmacro PRINTSECTIONNAME ${secA}
SectionEnd

Section /o B secB
  !insertmacro PRINTSECTIONNAME ${secB}
SectionEnd

Cheers

Bruno