r99t
18th April 2008 17:27 UTC

[NEWBIE] Two problems with NSIS
Hi y'all!

I'm a newbie on NSIS but i will try to make an installer for my files. Thanks to HM NIS Edit i get a script with the wizard.

Now i have two little (big for me) problems with my installer.

1.) I've defined 3 components for my users to choose, what a user want to install with the installer. Unfortunately all of these components are checked by default. I want only one checked by default and the other two options unchecked. I dont know, how to do this.

2.) I want to customize the instpage. I want an other text- and background-color at the instpage in this section, where u can see, which files will even be installed. Due the search in this board i find something related (i think):

"SetCtlColors $idontknow 0x000000 0x53aedf"

(the hex is the color, that i want to use for the text-color. 0x000000 its my bg-color)

As you can see, i dont get a glue, where and how i change these colors for this instpage at this point.

If u got the solutions for my problems, please post it here (please a little more detailed) :)

Thanks a lot!

Joel
18th April 2008 21:58 UTC

Hi! :)

1) See one-section.nsi example, you can use sections.nsh header file to manipulate the style of your sections: gray-out, readonly, etc.

2) Or, you can use InstallColors

r99t
18th April 2008 23:38 UTC

Thanks for your reply.

I will give my best, to do this. Thank you!

r99t
19th April 2008 00:13 UTC

Okay, double post but for your information:

2) done -> InstallColors 53aedf 000000 WORKS!

1) still no clue

Afrow UK
19th April 2008 00:26 UTC

Use /o to have sections unchecked. It's in the manual.

Stu

r99t
19th April 2008 00:40 UTC

Oh boy, it's so embarrassing cause it was sooo easy.

Thanks man. All my problems have been solved.

Thank you guys!

r99t
28th May 2008 10:06 UTC

Hi y'all guys,

just another question about file attributes.

Is it possible to set an attribut on install (on runtime)?

f.e.:

Section "1"
SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
File "${NSISDIR}\somefile.txt" READONLY
SectionEnd

Is this possible and if so, how can i set it up?

I don't find any examples in the FAQ/Docu. Maybe i'm blind ;)

pospec
28th May 2008 11:34 UTC

SetFileAttributes, it is in documentation

r99t
28th May 2008 12:27 UTC

Working just fine. Thank you!

r99t
5th June 2008 12:44 UTC

Hello again ;)

How can i protect my installer with a password?

Is there any example avaiable?

Red Wine
5th June 2008 16:55 UTC

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

r99t
5th June 2008 17:26 UTC

Wow, that works. Thank you again!

r99t
8th September 2008 18:13 UTC

Hi y'all again.

I got a news problem. I'll install a font with my installer. Here a part from may section:

[...]
SetOutpath "C:\Windows\Fonts"
File "${NSISDIR}\projects\rgwgui100\cstrike\resource\TrajanPro-Regular.otf"
[...]

Comperio
8th September 2008 18:20 UTC

It takes more than just copying the file. It also have to be registered by Windows. Have a look at the Advanced font install Wiki page for maybe a better solution.

(PS: You should use the built in variable $FONTS when referring to the fonts folder. Not all Windows installations are the same, so you may end up be going to the wrong folder.)

r99t
9th September 2008 07:23 UTC

Uh yeah. It works, thank you! ;)

r99t
10th September 2008 16:21 UTC

...and another question (issue)

Some people (using my installer) get the following error:

"invalid file handle 5"

I can't find my mistake and hope, you can give me some suggestions to solve that problem.

do you need the *.nsi?

ty in advance

EDIT: only @ vista and i dont know why.

r99t
30th September 2008 08:41 UTC

Hi y'all.

Just a short question.

Please have a look at this screenshot:

http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?i...onnsizeku7.jpg

How can i add the size and an icon to my installer, to be shown on the control panel and add/remove programs?

demiller9
30th September 2008 18:35 UTC

The icon is taken from the registry value "DisplayIcon" in the uninstall\<AppName> key. If you provide a value "EstimatedSize" they will use that value for the size.

If you don't provide those they start guessing.

r99t
30th September 2008 21:54 UTC

Ah, thank you!

r99t
3rd October 2008 17:49 UTC

Another question :)

Please have a look at this picture:

http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=possiblefp3.jpg

Is it possible to modify the components page from the red to the green one? I wanna have it more widther. If its possible, where can i do this?

r99t
12th October 2008 21:13 UTC

Can i define more than this global values: $0-$9

$11-... or something?

Anders
12th October 2008 23:07 UTC

you have another 10, $R0-R9, if that is not enough, you can add your own with the var instruction

r99t
13th October 2008 10:28 UTC

Thank you for your reply!

Can you please give me an example for a 'var instruction' to get f.e. a $10?

I'm not that professional ;)

Anders
13th October 2008 13:33 UTC

read the helpfile

r99t
6th November 2008 09:11 UTC

hi y'all again,

i do have a serious problem with my installer. He only works on vista but not on xp. i don't find a solution for this problem, so i think you can be my last chance (i hope so).

Can you please have a look at my script? I don't get it, why this won't work on xp.

I hope you have some time for me and my problem. Here's my script:

http://r99t.dartdiddl.de/nsis/dont_work_on_xp.nsi

It would be really great, if you can help me.

Thank you in advance!

r99t
23rd November 2008 03:14 UTC

Okay, i just find out, how to attach files. maybe this will help you to help me. I don't see the problem to get the installer working on xp. I do get cpu load up to 99% but nothing happens.

Please take a look to my script. i can't find the error. maybe u can find him. :s

Thanks a lot!