d2b2
14th July 2008 23:58 UTC

Use nsis to download file in the background while other installation steps are shown?
Hi,

Is it possible to trigger a NSISdl to happen in the background to download a file while I get the user to go through some other installation steps?

Example:
1) user runs installer
2) immediately start using NSISdl to fetch a big file from the background without the user knowing.
3) Ask user to agree on TOS, privacy policy, etc, etc
4) Ask user for user name, password, etc
5) Execute the file that was just downloaded from step #2

The intent of this process is to avoid making the user sit around to wait for the download to complete.

Thanks,
Patrick