ryangerard
14th September 2009 17:08 UTC

How can I make an NSIS image linkable in the installer?
  I want to show a bitmap image that I can click on to open a link in my installer. I've been reading over the InstallOptions very closely:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Contrib/...ns/Readme.html

-You can create a "Button" that opens a link
-You can create a "Link" that opens a link
-You can create a "Bitmap" that shows an image

...but it doesn't look like you can create a Bitmap that opens a link when clicked, or a Button that uses a bitmap instead of the standard gray, square button. I tried messing around with the State and Text fields for some of these objects, and nothing was working. Any help you can provide?

Thanks!
Ryan

f0rt
21st September 2009 22:33 UTC

I would use nsDialogs instead of InstallOptions. nsDialogs gives you more flexibility.

nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/nsDialogs/Readme.html

For a click-able image you would do something like the following:

"MUI2.nsh"


>OutFile      "imglink.exe"

>Name         "Image Link"

>InstallDir   "$TEMPDIR"

>BrandingText " "


>; Background color

>!define BG_COLOR 0xffffff 


Page custom nsImgLink


>!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE English


>Function .onInit

   Push$0

   InitPluginsDir

   File/oname=$PLUGINSDIRfinish.bmp "${NSISDIR}\\Contrib\\Graphics\\Wizard\\orange-nsis.bmp"

>FunctionEnd


>Function OnClick

  ; Open link in web browser

   ExecShell "open" "http://nsis.sourceforge.net"

>FunctionEnd


>Function nsImgLink

   Push$0

   Push$1


   nsDialogs::Create 1044

   Pop$0

   SetCtlColors$0 "" ${BG_COLOR}


   ${NSD_CreateBitmap} 0 0 165 315 ""

  Pop $0

  ${NSD_SetImage} $0 $PLUGINSDIRfinish.bmp $1

   Push$1


  ; Register handler for click events

  ${NSD_OnClick} $0 OnClick


  ${NSD_CreateLabel} 120u 32u -130u -32u "This is the end.$\\r$\\n$\\r$\\nClick on the image."

  Pop $0

   SetCtlColors$0 "" ${BG_COLOR}


   ; Hide branding text control

   GetDlgItem$0 $HWNDPARENT 1028

   ShowWindow$0 ${SW_HIDE}


   ; Hide separator

   GetDlgItem$0 $HWNDPARENT 1256

   ShowWindow$0 ${SW_HIDE}


  nsDialogs::Show


   Pop$1

  ${NSD_FreeImage} $1


   Pop$1

   Pop$0

FunctionEnd


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