FlacoPolo
27th June 2011 18:06 UTC

problem with Custom UI from a tutorial
I was following this tutorial [Using HM NIS Edit to create custom pages] and when I tried to compile it with the code below I got that error (the quoted text)

The Resulting .nsi script
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!insertmacro: MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT_AS
!error: MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_* macros are no longer a part of MUI2. Include InstallOptions.nsh and use INSTALLOPTIONS_* macros instead. It is also recommended to upgrade to nsDialogs.
Error in macro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT_AS on macroline 2
Error in script "C:\Users\Luciano\Documents\NSIS custom page tutorial\WelcomeFinish.nsi" on line 12 -- aborting creation process

then I fixed the code according to the log, and now I get this new error. (which i dont know how to fix.)

The .nsi script after the changes
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!insertmacro: INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT_AS
InitPluginsDir
File: "UserPass.ini"->"$PLUGINSDIR\UserPass" [compress] 241/475 bytes
!insertmacro: INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE
WriteINIStr: [Settings] RTL=$(^RTL) in $PLUGINSDIR\UserPass
!insertmacro: end of INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE
!insertmacro: end of INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT_AS
FunctionEnd
Name: "Modern UI Test"
OutFile: "WelcomeFinish.exe"
InstallDir: "$LOCALAPPDATA\Modern UI Test"
InstallRegKey: "HKCU\Software\Modern UI Test\"
!define: "MUI_ABORTWARNING"=""
!define: "MUI_CUSTOMFUNCTION_GUIINIT"="onGUIInit"
Function: "UsernamePasswordPage"
!insertmacro: MUI_HEADER_TEXT
!insertmacro: end of MUI_HEADER_TEXT
!insertmacro: INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY
Push: $0
File: "InstallOptions.dll"->"$PLUGINSDIR\InstallOptions.dll" [compress] 8005/14848 bytes
Plugin Command: dialog $PLUGINSDIR\UserPass
Pop: $0
Pop: $0
!insertmacro: end of INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY
!insertmacro: INSTALLOPTIONS_READ
Usage: ReadINIStr $(user_var: output) ini_file section entry_name
Error in macro INSTALLOPTIONS_READ on macroline 2
Error in script "C:\Users\Luciano\Documents\NSIS custom page tutorial\WelcomeFinish.nsi" on line 49 -- aborting creation process

BTW: This is the .ini file for the page ui

Could somebody tell me what am I doing wrong, and what would be the right way to do it?

MSG
27th June 2011 19:30 UTC

InstallOptions works with MUI1, so you can probably go back to the first script you pasted and include mui instead of mui2.

But much more than that you should use nsDialogs. InstallOptions and MUI1 are deprecated. This means that HM NIS edit is also deprecated. There's actually a nice dialog designer GUI for nsDialogs these days, if you don't want to code your custom pages manually (see NSIS Dialog Designer thread).

FlacoPolo
27th June 2011 19:40 UTC

Thanks for the advise, I will start to read some docs!!