Description doesn't work -> macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5

GrzegorzJZD
4th September 2008 17:45 UTC

Description doesn't work -> macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5
Hi,

I can't solve a problem with no working descriptions. Here is my code:


(...)

!define MAINSECTIONTITLE "Firefox Portable (wymagane)"
!ifdef MAINSECTIONTITLE
        !define MAINSECTIONDESCRIPTION "Firefox 3.0.1 po polsku w wersji przenoÅ›nej."

        !define OPTIONAL01SECTIONTITLE "Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5 oraz Element Hiding Helper 1.0.5"
        !define OPTIONAL01SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Proste blokowanie reklam i niechcianych elementÃ³w."

        !define OPTIONAL02SECTIONTITLE "AutoCopy 0.8"
        !define OPTIONAL02SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Automatyczne kopiowanie zaznaczonego tekstu."

        !define OPTIONAL03SECTIONTITLE "CustomizeGoogle 0.75"
        !define OPTIONAL03SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Dostosowywanie wyszukiwarki Google oraz usuwanie reklam i Å›ledzenia klikniÄ™Ä‡."

        !define OPTIONAL04SECTIONTITLE "Toolbar Buttons 0.5.0.5"
        !define OPTIONAL04SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Przydatne przyciski dla paska narzÄ™dziowego."

        !define OPTIONAL05SECTIONTITLE "CyberSearch 1.0.3"
        !define OPTIONAL05SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Usprawnione wyszukiwanie bezpoÅ›rednio z paska adresÃ³w."

        !define OPTIONAL06SECTIONTITLE "Edit Middle 2"
        !define OPTIONAL06SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Podpowiedzi paska adresu niezaleÅ¼ne od miejsca edycji tekstu."

        !define OPTIONAL07SECTIONTITLE "FavLoc 1.2"
        !define OPTIONAL07SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Uproszczone pobieranie plikÃ³w do ulubionych folderÃ³w."

        !define OPTIONAL08SECTIONTITLE "FlashBlock 1.5.6"
        !define OPTIONAL08SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Blokowanie obiektÃ³w Flash (gÅ‚Ã³wnie nachalne reklamy)."

        !define OPTIONAL09SECTIONTITLE "Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer 2.1.0.12"
        !define OPTIONAL09SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Synchronizacja zakÅ‚adek pomiÄ™dzy wieloma komputerami."

        !define OPTIONAL10SECTIONTITLE "Hide Menubar 1.0.20080706"
        !define OPTIONAL10SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Ukrywanie gÅ‚Ã³wnego paska menu."

        !define OPTIONAL11SECTIONTITLE "mPrint 0.1"
        !define OPTIONAL11SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Dostosowywanie stron do wydruku (usuwanie ilustracji, zmiana koloru tekstu na czarny)."

        !define OPTIONAL12SECTIONTITLE "Nightly Tester Tools 2.0.2"
        !define OPTIONAL12SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Instalacja niekompatybilnych rozszerzeÅ„ i motywÃ³w."

        !define OPTIONAL13SECTIONTITLE "Organize Search Engines 1.4"
        !define OPTIONAL13SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Segreguje wyszukiwarki za pomocÄ… katalogÃ³w i separatorÃ³w."

        !define OPTIONAL14SECTIONTITLE "Read It Later 0.9821"
        !define OPTIONAL14SECTIONDESCRIPTION "ZapamiÄ™tywanie strony po pÃ³Åºniejszego przeczytania."

        !define OPTIONAL15SECTIONTITLE "Secure Login 0.9.2.9"
        !define OPTIONAL15SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Logowanie za pomocÄ… jednego przycisku, podobne do magicznej rÃ³Å¼dÅ¼ki w Operze."

        !define OPTIONAL16SECTIONTITLE "SÅ‚owniczek 0.8"
        !define OPTIONAL16SECTIONDESCRIPTION "TÅ‚umaczenie wyrazÃ³w w Ling.pl, Dict.pl oraz Angool.com."

        !define OPTIONAL17SECTIONTITLE "SÅ‚ownik moduÅ‚u poprawnej pisowni - English (US)"
        !define OPTIONAL17SECTIONDESCRIPTION "SÅ‚ownik moduÅ‚u poprawnej pisowni w wersji angielskiej (Stany zjednoczone)."

        !define OPTIONAL18SECTIONTITLE "Smart Bookmarks Bar 1.4.2"
        !define OPTIONAL18SECTIONDESCRIPTION "WyÅ›wietlanie zakÅ‚adek jako ikon bez etykiet tekstowych."
        
        !define OPTIONAL19SECTIONTITLE "Smart Find 0.1"
        !define OPTIONAL19SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Wyszukiwanie podobnych wyrazÃ³w w przypadku braku zapytanej frazy."     
        
        !define OPTIONAL20SECTIONTITLE "Switch Window Mode 0.4"
        !define OPTIONAL20SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Blokowanie otwierania odnoÅ›nikÃ³w w nowych oknach."    
        
        !define OPTIONAL21SECTIONTITLE "Tabs Open Relative 0.3.3"
        !define OPTIONAL21SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Otwieranie nowych kart na prawo od aktualnej, a nie na koÅ„cu listy."
        
        !define OPTIONAL22SECTIONTITLE "Firefox 2.0 Classic Theme for Firefox 3.0 1.1"
        !define OPTIONAL22SECTIONDESCRIPTION "Klasyczny motyw znany z Firefox 2.0"    
        
        ;!define OPTIONALSECTIONSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX "(Multilingual)"
        ;!define OPTIONALSECTIONNOTSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX "(POLISH)"
!endif


(...)

!ifdef MAINSECTIONTITLE

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL01SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-adblock\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL02SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-autocopy\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL03SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-customizegoogle\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL04SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-customtoolbar\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL05SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-cybersearch\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL06SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-editmiddle\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL07SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-favloc\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL08SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-flashblock\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL09SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-foxmarks\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL10SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-hidemenu\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL11SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-mprint\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL12SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-nighltytesterstools\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL13SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-organizesearchengines\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL14SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-readitlater\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL15SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-securelogin\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL16SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-slowniczek\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL17SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-slownik\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL18SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-smartbookmarks\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL19SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-smartfind\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL20SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-switchwindowmode\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL21SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-tabsopenralative\*.*"
        SectionEnd

        Section /o "${OPTIONAL22SECTIONTITLE}"
                SetOutPath $INSTDIR
                File /r "..\${SHORTNAME}-firefox2theme\*.*"
        SectionEnd


        !insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_BEGIN
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${MAINSECTION} "${MAINSECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL01SECTION} "${OPTIONAL01SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL02SECTION} "${OPTIONAL02SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL03SECTION} "${OPTIONAL03SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"              
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL04SECTION} "${OPTIONAL04SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL05SECTION} "${OPTIONAL05SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL06SECTION} "${OPTIONAL06SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL07SECTION} "${OPTIONAL07SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL08SECTION} "${OPTIONAL08SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL09SECTION} "${OPTIONAL09SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL10SECTION} "${OPTIONAL10SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL11SECTION} "${OPTIONAL11SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL12SECTION} "${OPTIONAL12SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL13SECTION} "${OPTIONAL13SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL14SECTION} "${OPTIONAL14SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL15SECTION} "${OPTIONAL15SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL16SECTION} "${OPTIONAL16SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL17SECTION} "${OPTIONAL17SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL18SECTION} "${OPTIONAL18SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL19SECTION} "${OPTIONAL19SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL20SECTION} "${OPTIONAL20SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL21SECTION} "${OPTIONAL21SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
                !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL22SECTION} "${OPTIONAL22SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"      
        !insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_END
        

;!endif

Here are warnings and errors displayed during or after compilation:

  unknown variable/constant "{MAINSECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL01SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL02SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL03SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL04SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL05SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL06SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL07SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL08SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL09SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL10SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL11SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL12SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL13SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL14SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL15SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL16SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL17SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL18SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL19SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL20SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL21SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)
  unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL22SECTION}" detected, ignoring (macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5)

All necessary macros and plug-ins are included. Can some help me make it work right?

demiller9
4th September 2008 18:39 UTC

!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONAL01SECTION} "${OPTIONAL01SECTIONDESCRIPTION}"

The macro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT fails because you haven't defined OPTIONAL01SECTION.

You should have defined it this way:

Section /o OPTIONAL01SECTION

GrzegorzJZD
4th September 2008 19:05 UTC

Look again in to my code (it is based on PortableApps.com). I'm sure that I defined all OPTIONAL__SECTIONTITLE and OPTIONAL__SECTIONDESCRIPTION at the begining.

Than I wanna call those strings in components select page in NSIS installer.

When I tried your way, i got installer without titles and without descriptions on components select page, so you're wrong.

Comperio
5th September 2008 00:41 UTC

Originally posted by GrzegorzJZD
Look again in to my code (it is based on PortableApps.com). I'm sure that I defined all OPTIONAL__SECTIONTITLE and OPTIONAL__SECTIONDESCRIPTION at the begining.

I'm not sure what you're seeing, but I'm not seeing the same thing...

I see you have Optional##SectionTitle and OPTIONAL##SECTIONDESCRIPTION defined, but not Optional##Section. Your section names are using OPTIONAL##SECTIONTITLE syntax. You need to either change your section definitions or change the MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT lines.

demiller9
5th September 2008 02:01 UTC

Let's try this again. The Section command takes these (optional) parameters:

the 'start unselected' flag ("/o")
a string to be defined (a section index) to refer to this section later
the title to display beside the checkbox
...more that you don't need at this time

The MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT macro needs the section index and the description.

You put the Title and Description in the Section command. You need the index variable not the title. Without a string for the index you got the error "unknown variable/constant "{OPTIONAL01SECTION}" detected" when the MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT macro was processed.