theaskingman
29th July 2010 11:16 UTC

don't show page_Startmenu when specific section selected
Hi,
in my MUI script the user can choose between 3 sections (A, B, C). The user can only select one of this (using Radio Button plugin).
One of this section ("C") does execute an external installer.

When the suer chooses "C", there is no need to show the MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY and MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU, because everything is handled in the external installer and it's no use showing it. (In this case, all files are installed and handled by the external installer)

But how can I disable the two pages, when the user chose "C"?

thx for your help

theaskingman
29th July 2010 14:23 UTC

i searched a little bit for answers and found a skipping tutorial, but it still doesn't work the way I need it

( http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Skipping_Pages )

I added the function:

Function dirPre
  ${If} ${SectionIsSelected} ${TheExternalInstallerSection}
  abort
  ${EndIf}
FunctionEnd

  !define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_PRE dirPre
  !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY

  !define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_PRE dirPre
  !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU Application $StartMenuFolder

; ExternalInstallerSection

Section $(ExternalInstallerName) TheExternalInstallerSection
        SetOutPath "$TEMP"
        File "extInstaller\Installer.exe"
        ExecWait '"$TEMP\extInstaller\Installer.exe" /NoMenuItems'

        Delete "$TEMP\Installer.exe"
        
        ;BUG1 the installer is not deleted after installation
        ;BUG2 atm the exec command isn't executed when skipping directory and Start menu page

SectionEnd

theaskingman
29th July 2010 15:20 UTC

Function .onGUIEnd
         ${If} ${SectionIsSelected} ${TheExternalInstallerSection}
         Delete "$TEMP\Installer.exe"
        ${EndIf}
FunctionEnd