grizadams73
31st May 2007 23:56 UTC

Adding Help Button to installer: MUI
I would like to add a Help button to the installer, similar to other installers that I have seen. I modified ${NSISDIR}\Contrib\UIs\modern.exe using Resource Hacker to add a blank button, and added the following to my custom GUI Init function:

GetDlgItem$R0$HWNDPARENT4

SendMessage$R0${WM_SETTEXT}0"STR:Help"

This produces the button just fine (see attached picture), but how do I call a function when the user clicks on it? I want the function to open a URL to the online help page for the application.

I think I need to set a callback using the System plugin, but I'm not sure how to do that. Is this the right way? If so, how? If not, what is?

Anders
1st June 2007 00:03 UTC

You need to create a plugin that subclasses the main window

grizadams73
1st June 2007 02:09 UTC

I checked the forum for info on subclassing, and since I'm not a win32 programmer, that's not an option. Fortunately, I found a plugin that already does this: the HelpButton plug-in. For those looking for it, here's the forum thread and the wiki page.

grizadams73
1st June 2007 02:11 UTC

Since it didn't like my urls, here they are as text:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=149292
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/HelpButton_plug-in

I hope this works.

Red Wine
1st June 2007 09:08 UTC

Also you may find useful the ButtonEvent plugin,

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ButtonEvent_plug-in