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GFORCE100#

Quick launch control

This should be a simple question hopefully.

I want to ask the user if they want a quick launch shortcut created. How do I make the message box only pop-up when the shortcut page is showing? Currently it pops up when the installer is installer files which is too early.

Many thanks
Afrow UK#
Shortcut page? Do you mean Finish page?

You could put it in Function .onInstSuccess so then it is called when installaation succeeds...

-Stu
GFORCE100#
Originally posted by Afrow UK
Shortcut page? Do you mean Finish page?

You could put it in Function .onInstSuccess so then it is called when installaation succeeds...

-Stu
You know on the page where it allows to make start menu shortcuts.

Ideally if when a user clicks "next" there it would popup and ask them then.

From what I read .onInstSuccess means it will popup after the installer closes making it more suitable to a readme type question.
Afrow UK#
Ah right, in that case (if you are using MUI):
!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_LEAVE PromptQLShortcut
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU ... ...

Function PromptQLShortcut

MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONQUESTION ...


FunctionEnd
-Stu
GFORCE100#
Originally posted by Afrow UK
Ah right, in that case (if you are using MUI):
!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_LEAVE PromptQLShortcut
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU ... ...

Function PromptQLShortcut

MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONQUESTION ...


FunctionEnd
-Stu
Right so just to be sure I put the code in the right order what is below is entirely external to the Installer section right?

Function PromptQLShortcut

MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONQUESTION ...

FunctionEnd

Also is the below supposed to be one line?

!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_LEAVE PromptQLShortcut
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU ... ...

I'm a little confused what !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU ... ...
does and where would that line be put....
Afrow UK#
Yes it is all outside of Sections and Functions (as you cannot place Functions inside other Functions or Sections).

You should already have
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_STARTMENU ... ...
in your script. You just need to append your current script with this.

-Stu
GFORCE100#
Works great now thanks.....

Just one more question, assuming a user chooses not to make a quick luanch shortcut is there any harm if we delete a non existing link within the uninstaller?

In other words should we add some kind of stored setting indiciating if the uninstaller needs to delete it later?
Guest#
Originally posted by GFORCE100
In other words should we add some kind of stored setting indiciating if the uninstaller needs to delete it later?
No, you don't need to store a setting. There is no harm in trying to delete a file that doesn't exist. The error flag will not be set.
Afrow UK#
For future reference you can simply use:

IfFileExists "$QUICKLAUNCH\MyApp.lnk" 0 +2
Delete "$QUICKLAUNCH\MyApp.lnk"

But as deritrus says, you don't really have to check whether it exists or not.

-Stu