madams
20th July 2007 14:21 UTC

Installer Log Disappeared
Hi,

Just yesterday I launched my installer to test it out and although everything worked fine, the installer log (scrolling text on the actaull install screen had disappeared. The only things I can remember changing on in my script since the last time I successfully ran it, were the file directory of my program, the version number, and the defualt installation directory. The ShowInstDetails is still there and still says "Show." If anybody knows what could be going on, please let me know.

Thanks!

Afrow UK
20th July 2007 14:41 UTC

Perhaps you have a duplicated ShowInstDetails or maybe a SetDetailsView in a section.

Stu

madams
20th July 2007 15:15 UTC

Nope, I just searched through my entire script, but could only find ShowInstDetails ounce, and could not find SetDetailsView at all. Should I have a SetDetailsView? Also, I used the eclipseNSIS script generator to create the base for my script, could that be causing any problems?

kichik
20th July 2007 17:26 UTC

ShowInstDetails is enough. There's no need for SetDetailsView. I can't think of anything that'd cause it to go away but another ShowInstDetails or SetDetailsView.

Joel
20th July 2007 19:02 UTC

Maybe a plugin?

Afrow UK
21st July 2007 12:22 UTC

Oh sorry I misunderstood. The log window is still there but there is no text in it?
You may have SetDetailsPrint none or SetDetailsPrint textonly in there then.

Stu

madams
22nd July 2007 20:52 UTC

Yea, its weird, the box is still there but theres no text during the first stages of the the installation when all the files are being unzipped. As soon as I use nsExec::ExecToLog to build the application with ANT, however, the output of the ANT build shows up in the text box.

As far as I can tell, the missing text doesn't effect the operation of the installer, but I really would like to get it back just because it looks better.

Afrow UK
22nd July 2007 20:55 UTC

Perhaps you could attach your NSIS script so we can take a look at it.

Stu

Afrow UK
22nd July 2007 23:29 UTC

Reading your message again, that tells me you have put either SetDetailsPrint none or SetDetailsPrint textonly in there. nsExec does not take into account these settings because it writes to the log window itself.

Stu

madams
23rd July 2007 14:09 UTC

Ok, here's my NSIS script. It's sorta long, but I think the problem is probably near the top somewhere.

madams
23rd July 2007 14:12 UTC

Sorry to reply to myself, but the attachment does not appear to have worked the first time.

Afrow UK
23rd July 2007 14:28 UTC

Interesting, no SetDetailsPrint in there.
What I suggest doing is putting this in your section until the message does not display:

DetailPrint "blah blah blah"
MessageBox MB_OK "Continue?"

Stu

madams
23rd July 2007 14:37 UTC

The message will display no matter where I put it in my main section, but it displays on top of the progress bar, not in the text box. Any ideas what could be causing this?

Thanks for all your help so far.

kichik
23rd July 2007 18:57 UTC

There are plenty of includes. Maybe it's in one of them. If you can't find the cause, start adding DetailPrint for every line until you get one that doesn't show in the log. You'll then know the line above it is the bad apple.

Afrow UK
23rd July 2007 23:41 UTC

I had a look at some of those includes before and I couldn't find any bad SetDetailsPrint instructions. Some do use them, but set them back to both on exit without any possible way to fail. I couldn't get my hands on CheckUserEmail.nsh or WritePath.nsh though.

So if you put a DetailPrint at the top of Section -Main, it does not display in the log?

Stu

madams
24th July 2007 14:52 UTC

I've attached a screenshot of what happens when I put:

DetailPrint "blah blah blah"
MessageBox MB_OK "Continue?"

at the top of my main section.

madams
24th July 2007 15:14 UTC

I feel like a total idiot...the problem was I was installing my program over previous installations, so none of the files were being copied to the installation directory. That's why nothing showed up in the white box until the ANT command was called.

Anyway, thanks for all your help.

Afrow UK
24th July 2007 15:19 UTC

Either way, that DetailPrint should display should it not?

Stu