how to choose sm dir - NSIS Forums

crish
17th December 2001 13:52 UTC

how to choose sm dir
ok

my selfmade visible required sections works now (wow)

now i want to choose the location in the startmenu after choosing installcomponents

it should be like the components page

on top a free text
bottom the existing entries in programs
in a listbox

maybe an optional extra page ?

but it seems hard to code ...
(for me)

i tried installoptions but dont know how to get the list of the startmenu dirs

is this possible ?

cu

F. Heidenreich
17th December 2001 18:54 UTC

Hi crish,

here is a little script which shows the dirctories in $SMPROGRAMS in a listbox with InstallOptions:


Name "Startmenu Install"
OutFile "startmenu.exe"
ShowInstDetails show
InstallDir $PROGRAMFILES\Startmenu
DirText "Choose directory"
ComponentText "Choose components"
AutoCloseWindow false
InstType "Typical"
Section "Required Components"
  Call RunStartmenuQuery
SectionEnd

; $8 = DLL
; $7 = ini
Function .onInit
  GetTempFileName $8
  GetTempFileName $7
  File /oname=$8 "InstallOptions.dll"
  File /oname=$7 "startmenu.ini"
FunctionEnd

; cleanup on exit.
Function .onInstSuccess
Call Cleanup
FunctionEnd

Function .onInstFailed
Call Cleanup
FunctionEnd

Function .onUserAbort
Call Cleanup
FunctionEnd

Function Cleanup
  Delete $8
  Delete $7
FunctionEnd

Function RunStartmenuQuery
  Push $7

  FindFirst $R0 $R1 "$SMPROGRAMS\*"
  loop:
    StrCmp $R1 "" abort
    FileOpen $R2 $R1 r
    StrCmp $R2 "" directory loop
  directory:
    StrCmp $R1 "." next
    StrCmp $R1 ".." next
    ReadINIStr $R3 $7 "Field 1" "ListItems"
    StrCpy $R3 "$R3$R1|"
    WriteINIStr $7 "Field 1" "ListItems" $R3
  next:
    FindNext $R0 $R1
    Goto loop
  abort:  
    CallInstDLL $8 dialog
  ReadINIStr $R0 $7 "Field 1" State
  DetailPrint $R0
FunctionEnd

The startmenu.ini looks like this:


[Settings]
NumFields=1
Title=Startmenu Install
BackEnabled=1
CancelButtonText=Cancel
NextButtonText=Next >
BackButtonText=< Back

[Field 1]
Type=listbox
text=bla
left=0
right=350
top=0
bottom=100
ListItems=
State=

Hope it helps -
Regards,
~ Florian

crish
18th December 2001 08:39 UTC

:D

ok i'll try this

thanks

crish
18th December 2001 14:18 UTC

small prob
ok this works fine

but only one

if i try to make this a second time (other dialog)

then the installe crashes

maybe this is because of the early state of the dll ?

or is this a bug in nsis ?

justin
18th December 2001 20:06 UTC

In order to make two dialogs you need some more advanced code to drive it. If you want, post your script+.ini files here and we'll help you edit them to work.

-Justin

crish
19th December 2001 14:07 UTC

ok my nsi file :

www.ceor.de/pms_installer.nsi

F. Heidenreich
19th December 2001 17:05 UTC

Sorry crish, but I couldn't help you without the ini-files you're using ...
~ Florian

crish
20th December 2001 13:32 UTC

the inis (they where ok with the .exe version of installoptions)

startmenu.ini

RebootOptions.ini

InstallOptions.ini

this is all

F. Heidenreich
20th December 2001 14:51 UTC

After two-time-checking your scripts (you know why?) I've found the bug in your pms_installer.nsi

The call to InstallOptions.dll in Function Reboot will fail, because your RebootOptions.ini is based on InstallOptions.exe.

Change the lines

Push $TEMP\ui${VER_MAJOR}${VER_MINOR}2.ini
CallInstDLL $TEMP\InstallOptions.dll dialog

to

ExecWait '"$TEMP\ui${VER_MAJOR}${VER_MINOR}.exe" $TEMP\ui${VER_MAJOR}${VER_MINOR}2.ini'

and your installer works.

~ Florian

crish
20th December 2001 18:46 UTC

jap
will change this to the dll version
because the exe needs to much time to start ...

u ll see the new inis on the links above

accidently posted the former inis sorry

crish
22nd December 2001 11:23 UTC

YES
it works NOW

BUT i think its a fault in the doku or in the dll

State (optional)

is NOT optional with the state in my ini files it works without it crashes ....

but now i know this and im happy

jetzt kann der wihnachtsmann kommen

cu

and a merry christmas