dhiraj3301
12th October 2010 17:25 UTC

How to change backcolor of textbox on custom page
  Hi Everyone,

I have created a custom page using .ini file, i have textbox and combobox controls in that custom page, I want to change the background color of the textbox, is there any property that we will add in .ini file to change bachcolor of the textbox.Please suggest solution,

Thanks,
Dhiraj

Animaether
12th October 2010 17:57 UTC

You'd have to try SetCtlColors. I recommend switching from the ini-based InstallOptions to nsDialogs.

dhiraj3301
26th October 2010 17:48 UTC

I have tried by using SetCtlColors but it will not changing the back color of textbox

Also, I want to increase a height and width of control on Components page,I TRIED IT, BUT I WILL NOT GET ANY SOLUTION FOR IT,

CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGET SOLUTION FOR IT,

TANKS IN ADVANCE

THANKS,
DHIRAJ

MSG
27th October 2010 06:22 UTC

Please stop writing in capital letters, it makes you sound like you're shouting.

For information on how to use SetCtlColors, search the forums. The background color question is asked at least once a week.

For information on how to edit the width and height of a control, search the forums.

Pravin
27th October 2010 06:31 UTC

The below code will set the background color to BLACK and the text Color to White.In a similar way u can change the background and text color..

As MSG said .. just search the forum you will get enough info.

         FindWindow $HWND "#32770" "" $HWNDPARENT

         GetDLgItem$0 $HWND 1201

         SetCtlColors$0 FFFFFF 000000 

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dhiraj3301
27th October 2010 13:45 UTC

Sorry, for typing in capital letters, but at the time of writing this Posts i am connected to my pc using logmein, so, i am not able to off my Caps Lock key.


Thanks,
Dhiraj

Pravin
27th October 2010 14:03 UTC

issue solved??

dhiraj3301
27th October 2010 16:51 UTC

No, my problem is not solved, actually i want increase height and width of the panel on MUI_COMPONENTS_PAGE, refer the screenshot, in that i want to increase the height and width of that panel which contains the list of components to be installed.
I have checked in file
C:\Program Files\NSIS\Contrib\Modern UI 2\Pages\Components.nsh
But i did not find any parameter which will set the size of that panel,

Also, For changing the textbox color i am using the installoptions, i have created a .ini file in which i have put a textbox, but by default, the backcolor of that textbox is tranferrent.I want to change it to white, ( i want to change the backcolor of that textbox not of the page) for that i tried by following code.

!insertmacro INSTALLOPTIONS_READ $R2 "ClientComponentsList.ini" "Field 1" "HWND"
GetDlgItem $R2 $HWND 1201
SetCtlColors $0 FFFFFF 000000

but, it is not working,

Please suggest the solution,

Thanks,
Dhiraj

Animaether
27th October 2010 18:30 UTC

1. would be easier solved using reshacker - adjust the UI executable to taste

2. when you read the HWND value from Field 1, it gives you the HWND of the control itself. So you need to skip the GetDlgItem part and use $R2 directly in the SetCtlColors call.

Afrow UK
27th October 2010 20:54 UTC

The components page does not use nsDialogs nor InstallOptions. Use FindWindow $R0 `#32770` `` $HWNDPARENT to get the inner dialog followed by GetDlgItem with the correct control ID. Use Resource Hacker to find that ID (or look in NSIS source).

Stu

T.Slappy
18th November 2010 08:59 UTC

For custom pages based on .ini files (tahat old ones created with InstallOptions) you should use this code for obtaining HWND to controls:

GetDlgItem $R2 $HWND 1200 ;1200 + Field number - 1