Grytolle
24th June 2010 14:42 UTC

AnimGif makes my installer hang up
So, I thought it'd be fun to replace the icon in the directory-page with an animated gif, which works fine, except that the installer suddenly requires 47 CPU as shown in Windows Task Manager and that the installer hangs up completely so I have to kill it with Windows Task Manager.

PageEx directory
        PageCallbacks directoryPre directoryShow directoryLeave
PageExEnd

Function directoryShow
        FindWindow $0 "#32770" "" $HWNDPARENT  ;hides the orignal icon successfully
        GetDlgItem $1 $0 1031
        ShowWindow $1 0
        
        SetOutPath $PLUGINSDIR
        File jazzblink.gif
        AnimGif::play /NOUNLOAD /HALIGN=0 /VALIGN=0 "$PLUGINSDIR\jazzblink.gif"
FunctionEnd

Function directoryLeave
        AnimGif::stop
        Delete "$PLUGINSDIR\jazzblink.gif"
FunctionEnd

Grytolle
26th June 2010 11:07 UTC

So I tried to add a few sleeps, but that didn't make any difference...

Takhir
26th June 2010 11:15 UTC

May be icon (1031? 1039?) is not really hidden ?
Can you attach min size test script?

Grytolle
26th June 2010 12:59 UTC

Here goes

Takhir
26th June 2010 14:19 UTC

Yes, this is why I added AnimGifPe ;) Looks OK with it. http://nsis.sourceforge.net/AnimGif_plug-in - second link.

Grytolle
26th June 2010 14:25 UTC

I replaced the dll and recompiled, but the installer still hangs up :\

To be clear: the gif looks fine, but the installer freezes

Takhir
26th June 2010 14:49 UTC

I could see 50% (Core Duo) CPU load with AnimGif, but AnimGifPe was OK for me on Vista. Attached.

Grytolle
26th June 2010 16:05 UTC

I can't click anything in the installer (using your attached exe)

Takhir
27th June 2010 12:40 UTC

I could reproduce the situation with AnimGifPe after I minimized installer window and could not restore it. Simple way I can offer right now is to use MUI - just re-tested Example1 worked fine. Later I'll try to find time for this issue.