Cyric
23rd April 2002 00:34 UTC

LicenseData x 2
Hey all :) Our legal department just finished with the license agreement and its huge :( The .txt file is about 47k which is over the 32k limit for the LicenseData attribute.

The reason the license is so big is because the project is a joint venture between ourselves and another company, so there is basically 2 license agreements in the one .txt file.

Is there anyway I can either: -
a) Use a .txt file over 32k
b) Display the two agreements seperately
c) Any other suggestions? Have read about Install Options, is
that any use to me?

Thanks everybody :)

mmullikin
23rd April 2002 02:25 UTC

Sack the lawyers and start over...??? :D :D

Cyric
23rd April 2002 04:16 UTC

Yeah thats #($*ing helpful :mad: Anybody got any 'practical' solutions?

veekee
23rd April 2002 06:20 UTC

you could develop your own plugin that will display the license file over 32kb use use it instead of normal license window !:D

Cyric
23rd April 2002 06:22 UTC

no can do, my c isnt good enough :(

Pomflain
23rd April 2002 06:53 UTC

From script.cpp starting with line 551

case TOK_LICENSEDATA:
if (build_header.licensedata_ptr != -1)
{
warning("LicenseData: specified multiple times, wasting space (%s:%d)",curfilename,linecnt);
}
#ifdef NSIS_CONFIG_SILENT_SUPPORT
if (build_header.common.silent_install)
{
warning("LicenseData: SilentInstall enabled, wasting space (%s:%d)",curfilename,linecnt);
}
#endif
{
char data[32768];
FILE *fp;
int datalen;
fp=fopen(line.gettoken_str(1),"rb");
if (!fp)
{
ERROR_MSG("LicenseData: open failed \"%s\"\n",line.gettoken_str(1));
PRINTHELP()
}
datalen=fread(data,1,32767,fp);
if (!feof(fp))
{
ERROR_MSG("LicenseData: license must be < 32 kilobytes.\n");
fclose(fp);
return PS_ERROR;
}
fclose(fp);
data[datalen]=0;
build_header.licensedata_ptr=add_string_main(data,0);
SCRIPT_MSG("LicenseData: \"%s\" \n",line.gettoken_str(1));
}
return make_sure_not_in_secorfunc(line.gettoken_str(0));





Change 32768 to whatever size you want and recompile the source. I think that's all you'd need to change.

Pomflain
23rd April 2002 06:54 UTC

Oh and note that in the fread line...

datalen=fread(data,1,32767,fp);

You should make that datalen=fread(data,1,(YOUR_SIZE - 1),fp);

rainwater
23rd April 2002 07:07 UTC

As far as I know, you can't use that solution because you are limited to 32k in the textbox.

justin
23rd April 2002 19:37 UTC

You could use installoptions to display the second and/or third pages...

-Justin

Cyric
23rd April 2002 22:43 UTC

how would i go about that? the textfield is only for input and the label isnt big enough and doesnt scroll :(

SmartyMan
23rd April 2002 23:48 UTC

Originally posted by rainwater
As far as I know, you can't use that solution because you are limited to 32k in the textbox.

Cyric
24th April 2002 00:54 UTC

Well SmartyMan it is opensource so do you think you could knock something together?

Smile2Me
24th April 2002 10:17 UTC

Another idea, not the nice solution of putting it in the lisense textbox but it works already without modifications:

create an exe that displays the thing nicely. Then execwait this exe and check the return code: 0 if not accepted and 1 if accepted...

Just an idea...

-Hendri.

Joost Verburg
24th April 2002 21:42 UTC

A rich text box would be a very nice feature :) Maybe for 2.0

SmartyMan
24th April 2002 23:21 UTC

Originally posted by Cyric
Well SmartyMan it is opensource so do you think you could knock something together?

mmullikin
25th April 2002 00:04 UTC

Another option would be to NOT have the license info in the installer. Instead display the license agreement in an opening dialog of the app. User has to agree to it or exit. Since the license info is obviously important to the company (47k worth of important!) they could also display it in the About dialog or something.

Just a thought.

-mmullikin

:( Sorry about the "sack the lawyers" line in my first reply - I was just trying to bring a little levity to an otherwise bad situation.

gombok
29th April 2002 19:45 UTC

bad idea
who reads a license agreement bigger than 32k ??????

Smile2Me
30th April 2002 08:36 UTC

Gombok,

reading is up to the user! For legal reasons, you have to display all of the agreement the user is about to sign with or without reading!

-Hendri.

Pomflain
2nd May 2002 20:30 UTC

Nope.

Originally posted by rainwater
As far as I know, you can't use that solution because you are limited to 32k in the textbox.