gentooX
20th July 2008 07:50 UTC
Interesting and pretty installer of this site Grid Networks
Hi,
I was just checking this site: http://www.gridnetworks.com/download
And i downloaded and installed their software. I saw a couple of things that was interesting 'bout the UI used in the installer:
1) It had a dialog box for entering admin username and pass if i tried to install as a non-admin. How do you get that dialog box ?
2) The installation progress was a very modern and pretty UI. How was that made possible? Was it some MUI2 stuff working here? I dunno, any ideas?
Thanks,
LoRd_MuldeR
20th July 2008 21:09 UTC
Re: Interesting and pretty installer of this site Grid Networks
1. This is a very poor installer. I can't run it, because I get an error message immediately. It says not enough free diskspace and then it exits. I never get a chance to choose install directory! And there are 500 MB free on my C: drive (Windows) and there are 6 GB free on my D: drive (Programs). That should be enough, eh? Really bizarre installer. They need to fix it!
2. What makes you think that installer was made with NSIS? This looks more like an InstallShield Wizard installer to me...
:confused:
See: http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4962/gridcastsb4.png
zeeh3
20th July 2008 23:14 UTC
It's not NSIS installer...
LoRd_MuldeR
21st July 2008 02:13 UTC
Nevertheless NSIS can create installers that look very similar to InstallShield thanks to UltraModernUI :)
InstallShield:
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2363/isskinrs3.jpg
NSIS/UltraModernUI:
http://ultramodernui.sourceforge.net...nnedButton.PNG
gentooX
21st July 2008 07:28 UTC
Re: Re: Interesting and pretty installer of this site Grid Networks
Originally posted by LoRd_MuldeR
1. This is a very poor installer. I can't run it, because I get an error message immediately. It says not enough free diskspace and then it exits. I never get a chance to choose install directory! And there are 500 MB free on my C: drive (Windows) and there are 6 GB free on my D: drive (Programs). That should be enough, eh? Really bizarre installer. They need to fix it!
2. What makes you think that installer was made with NSIS? This looks more like an InstallShield Wizard installer to me...
Well if this isn't nsis (as zeeh3 also points out) then i guess we dont need to discuss this installer's anatomy further. And yeah i didnt realize it didnt ask for install location...that sucks pretty much although it installed on my d: which has program files.
Heres what i saw stepwise on my machine when i was a guest user:
1)
http://i34.tinypic.com/fmjc6f.jpg2)I try installing as a guest user:
http://i36.tinypic.com/rlg9ia.jpg3)Error to install(obviously):
http://i37.tinypic.com/2ufsw83.jpg4)The installer then restarts and now i add admin information:
http://i34.tinypic.com/o73kgm.jpg5)The pretty part of the installation:
http://i36.tinypic.com/t0oubq.jpgHow can we give a similar dialog box(in 2 and 4) to the user in nsis? This can be helpful in the way that user wont have to logout/switch user etc to admin account to install the thing.
Thanks LoRd_MuldeR for the info \m/
Anders
21st July 2008 10:21 UTC
http://i36.tinypic.com/rlg9ia.jpg
Is not part of the installer, its a part of windows (Windows will try to detect installers by looking at the filename, contains "install" or "setup" etc.)
So, name your installer with one of the keywords in the name, or use the UAC plugin