MindlessOath
21st June 2007 01:00 UTC

need an installer to do this....
ok, i used nsis in the past, but im trying to do something i have never done before.

im looking to make an installer choose items in a certain way.

the User has to choose to install some options and other applications. the options are as follows...

Writes:

• writes on
  writes off

• Normal
  model#1
  model#2

• application1
  application2
  application3

michaelcsikos
21st June 2007 07:12 UTC

Have a look at the one-section.nsi example in the NSIS\Examples folder.

MindlessOath
23rd June 2007 00:30 UTC

see, thats the problem, i read that but it doesnt do what i want.

i have 3 GROUPS and in each GROUP i want something differnt done.

GROUP0 is manditory so its not really an issue.

GROUP1
choose
Selection1
OR
Selection2

GROUP2
choose
Selection1
OR
Selection2
OR
Selection3
BUT only ONE of the three!

GROUP3
choose either Selection1 or Selection2
Both can be selected or NOT selected, or one selected and not the other, it doesnt matter - its whatever the eu wants in group3.


In all the examples it doesnt tell me how to do this. and when i do try and do this it messes things up and it selects multiple options and i dont want that (in group2 at least it does).

Section !Required
  SectionIn RO
SectionEnd
 
SectionGroup /e "FastWrites" group1
 Section "Writes OFF" sec1
SectionEnd
 Section "Writes ON" sec2
SectionEnd
SectionGroupEnd

SectionGroup /e "mod" group2
 Section "Normal" sec3
SectionEnd
 Section "9500" sec4
SectionEnd
 Section "9800SE" sec5
SectionEnd
SectionGroupEnd

SectionGroup /e "Applications" group3
 Section "Tools" sec6
SectionEnd
 Section "res" sec7
SectionEnd
SectionGroupEnd

Afrow UK
23rd June 2007 12:57 UTC

I'm not quite sure what the problem is...

Section !Required
  SectionIn RO
SectionEnd
 
SectionGroup /e "FastWrites" group1
 Section "Writes OFF" sec1
SectionEnd
 Section /o "Writes ON" sec2
SectionEnd
SectionGroupEnd

SectionGroup /e "mod" group2
 Section "Normal" sec3
SectionEnd
 Section /o "9500" sec4
SectionEnd
 Section /o "9800SE" sec5
SectionEnd
SectionGroupEnd

SectionGroup /e "Applications" group3
 Section "Tools" sec6
SectionEnd
 Section "res" sec7
SectionEnd
SectionGroupEnd

Function .onInit

  StrCpy $1 ${sec1} ; Group 1 - Option 1 is selected by default
  StrCpy $2 ${sec3} ; Group 2 - Option 1 is selected by default

FunctionEnd

Function .onSelChange

  !insertmacro StartRadioButtons $1
    !insertmacro RadioButton ${sec1}
    !insertmacro RadioButton ${sec2}
  !insertmacro EndRadioButtons
        
  !insertmacro StartRadioButtons $2
    !insertmacro RadioButton ${sec3}
    !insertmacro RadioButton ${sec4}
    !insertmacro RadioButton ${sec5}
  !insertmacro EndRadioButtons
        
FunctionEnd

MindlessOath
23rd June 2007 19:10 UTC

OK, the problem is this... they are in groups ie "sectionGroup" and that will have negitave effect on what i want.

i need to make each section seperate so the end user knows that there are three selections ie
-write
-Mod
-app

if i use sectiongroup then this causes the problem im having where it will select multiple choices when i dont want it to in the first two catigories (its perfect for the third catigory).

how would i make the first two catigories (sectiongroups) without the sectiongroup feature of selecting multiple options? i want it to be a section that expands but not to select multiple options at once, just one option at a time.

So im looking for a way to make it look like 3 differnt catigories, but without using the attributes of sectiongroup cmd. i tried to use SubSection also, but that does the same thing as sectiongroup essentially.

Afrow UK
23rd June 2007 19:19 UTC

Oh I see now sorry. The only way to prevent this is to detect when the section group check state has changed (in .onSelChange) and then either check one of the sections or uncheck all.

I can have a go at this if I have time tonight, otherwise it might have to be tomorrow (it's Saturday night after all!)

Stu

MindlessOath
23rd June 2007 19:24 UTC

ahh! thank you very much! the weekend is a time for fun, and i plan to try and have fun aswell! so take ur time, but please dont forget :P

much appreciation!

Afrow UK
25th June 2007 13:13 UTC

I had a go at this today but it isn't possible. NSIS checks the child nodes after the .onSelChange function so setting their check state there is pointless. All I can suggest is that you post a feature request to disable parent check features and allow for parent node check boxes to be hidden or disabled, or you use the EmbeddedLists plug-in which has these features (although today I'm going to add a NoCheckBox attribute to hide check boxes.)

Stu

Afrow UK
25th June 2007 15:40 UTC

I have updated EmbeddedLists to support DisableCheck=3. This hides a check box completely when the check bitmap is being used.

Stu

kichik
29th June 2007 18:14 UTC

I had a hard time following this thread, so I hope I got it right that you're looking for a solution to the dreaded section group click while using the RadioButton macro. All you need to do is check if the section group is selected and unselect it. See the following thread for an example:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1965086

BTW, by reading the first post in this thread, I'd say you're better off with a custom page with real radio buttons that'd better explain the user what exactly he has to select.

MindlessOath
3rd July 2007 00:46 UTC

thank you very much. i will try that out. and if it doesnt work, i will try out my other options.

Afrow UK
3rd July 2007 09:33 UTC

Should have guessed that considering that's how EmbeddedLists disables check boxes (when not using a check bitmap).

Stu