david(dallas)
8th January 2008 15:19 UTC

License Key Multi Window - how to?
I'm designing using MUI and I have a need for custom window that prompts for license key. I would like to do the multiple window look (a window for each char of a key) and once they enter a single char in a window it would auto tab to the next window. Window's installer and other do this.

Looking for ideas and examples on how to do this, if it's doable using NSIS.

Thanks in Advance..

Afrow UK
8th January 2008 17:33 UTC

http://nsis.sf.net/File:PassDialog.zip

Stu

david(dallas)
8th January 2008 21:43 UTC

Thanks. I actually have it all written and working except for the tabbing feature, where it will auto tab to the next window when a charactoer is entered. I looked at the PassDialog code and implementing this functionality didn't jump out.
Since I have my version working, it would be nice to go with that. If someone can show me how to do the auto-tabbing functionality, that would be great.
But I also understand not re-inviting the wheel also :)

Animaether
9th January 2008 01:21 UTC

if you're already getting notifications whenever the user enters a character, then you can just check the number of characters entered and if it matches the amount required for the field, then send a a WM_SETFOCUS message to the next control?

Afrow UK
9th January 2008 10:29 UTC

PassDialog already does that. You enter the right number of characters and it jumps to the next box.

Stu

david(dallas)
10th January 2008 22:53 UTC

Thanks, works great!!!