Text Box

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csquaredFebruary 26, 2008 at 7:46 PM#

Text Box

I have searched the forums for this but have not found something that works. I have a custom page that has a text box in it, Field 4. I want to read from the user's registry and insert a value into this text box. The reading from the registry appears to be working but the writing to the text box appears not to be working. I have tried the following:

ReadRegStr $DatabaseServer HKLM "SOFTWARE\test" "TestServer"

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "DatabaseLogin.ini" "Field 4" "State" $DatabaseServer

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ReadRegStr $DatabaseServer HKLM "SOFTWARE\test" "TestServer"

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "DatabaseLogin.ini" "Field 4" "Text" $DatabaseServer

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ReadRegStr $DatabaseServer HKLM "SOFTWARE\test" "TestServer"

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "DatabaseLogin.ini" "Field 4" "State" $DatabaseServer

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WriteINIStr '$PLUGINSDIR\DatabaseLogin.ini' "Field 4" "State" $DatabaseServer

I think it may have to do with where I'm placing it I do not know for sure. I've tried before and after this section of code:

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT "DatabaseLogin.ini"
!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY "DatabaseLogin.ini"

in my Form show area. Please let me know if you need more information or if you can help.
Thank you!

YathoshoFebruary 26, 2008 at 9:09 PM#

are you writing this to the ini-file before displaying the page?

csquaredFebruary 27, 2008 at 2:55 AM#

I don't know 100% what you mean. I have done it before and after I call the function for the page and before and after this line and it has made no difference. Can you maybe clarify more?

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY "DatabaseLogin.ini"

Red WineFebruary 27, 2008 at 4:09 AM#

Just 3 steps:
1st extract the INI
2nd modify it
3rd display it

csquaredFebruary 27, 2008 at 4:31 AM#

Right after the extract I tried setting the value and it still did not work. I have no clue what I'm doing wrong. When I go to the page that should have the value change it still says the default value. Here is what I tried:

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT "DatabaseLogin.ini"

!insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_WRITE "DatabaseLogin.ini" "Field 4" "State" "Hello"

WriteINIStr '$PLUGINSDIR\DatabaseLogin.ini' "Field 4" "State" "test"

WriteINIStr '$PLUGINSDIR\DatabaseLogin.ini' "Field 4" "Text" "test2"

None of the values were in the text box as I would have expected. Just 127.0.0.1 was in the text box which is the default value that I set when creating the text box on the page.

Thank you! Sorry I'm having such a hard time with this.

Red WineFebruary 27, 2008 at 5:33 AM#

outfile test.exe

showinstdetails show



!include winmessages.nsh



Page license

Page custom CreateCustom

page Instfiles



Function CreateCustom

InitPluginsDir

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini" "Settings" "NumFields" "1"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini" "Field 1" "Type" "Text"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini" "Field 1" "Top" "59"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini" "Field 1" "Bottom" "-59"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini" "Field 1" "Left" "20"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini" "Field 1" "Right" "-20"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini" "Field 1" "State" "Hello, I am a text field."



push $0

InstallOptions::InitDialog /NOUNLOAD "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini"

ReadRegStr $R0 HKLM "SOFTWARE\NSIS" ""

messagebox mb_ok "$R0"

ReadINIStr $R1 "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini" "Field 1" "hwnd"

SendMessage $R1 ${WM_SETTEXT} 0 "STR:$R0"



pop $0

InstallOptions::Show "$PLUGINSDIR\Cust.ini"

pop $0

pop $0

FunctionEnd





section



sectionend

csquaredFebruary 27, 2008 at 1:00 PM#

In order for this to work, do I have to create the INI file in the fly like you did? I think my issue is that I have created the ini file in a separate file already with a GUI editor in Eclipse, and I'm calling and using that.

csquaredFebruary 27, 2008 at 1:25 PM#

Here is what I have maybe this will help.

My DatabaseLogin.ini file



[Settings]

NumFields=7



[Field 1]

Type=Label

Left=41

Top=49

Right=101

Bottom=58

Text=Database Server:



[Field 2]

Type=Label

Left=41

Top=66

Right=112

Bottom=75

Text=Database Username:



[Field 3]

Type=Label

Left=41

Top=84

Right=112

Bottom=94

Text=Database Password:



[Field 4]

Type=Text

Left=120

Top=46

Right=252

Bottom=59

State=127.0.0.1



[Field 5]

Type=Text

Left=120

Top=64

Right=252

Bottom=77

State=sa



[Field 7]

Type=Label

Left=41

Top=15

Right=228

Bottom=38

Text=Please enter your database connection information below.

[Field 6]

Type=Password

Left=120

Top=82

Right=252

Bottom=95

Installer Code - I kind of chopped it up a little so some basic stuff may be missing.



ReserveFile "DatabaseLogin.ini"



!insertmacro MUI_RESERVEFILE_INSTALLOPTIONS



; The name of the installer

Name "Installer"



; The file to write

OutFile "setup.exe"



; The default installation directory

InstallDir "C:\Installer"



;Uninstall mode

!insertmacro UNATTENDED_UNINSTALL



; Pages

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_WELCOME

Page custom SQLLoginInfoShow SQLLoginInfoLeave

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES



;Page components



## Languages

!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"



; Variables

var InstallSQL

var DatabaseServer

var DatabaseUsername

var DatabasePassword

var Upgrade



UninstPage uninstConfirm

UninstPage instfiles



;--------------------------------



Function .onInit

    Call CheckIISVersion    

FunctionEnd



Function SQLLoginInfoShow

    ${if} $InstallSQL == 1

        Abort

    ${Endif}  

    

    WriteINIStr '$PLUGINSDIR\DatabaseLogin.ini' "Field 4" "State" "blah"

    

    !insertmacro MUI_HEADER_TEXT "Database Login Information" "Please enter your database login inforation below."

    ;ReserveFile "DatabaseLogin.ini"

    

    !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT "DatabaseLogin.ini"

    !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_DISPLAY "DatabaseLogin.ini"

    

    

FunctionEnd



Function SQLLoginInfoLeave

    readinistr $DatabaseServer '$PLUGINSDIR\DatabaseLogin.ini' 'Field 4' 'State'

    readinistr $DatabaseUsername '$PLUGINSDIR\DatabaseLogin.ini' 'Field 5' 'State'

    readinistr $DatabasePassword '$PLUGINSDIR\DatabaseLogin.ini' 'Field 6' 'State'

    ;check to make sure they can login to the db provided

    MSSQL_OLEDB::SQL_Logon /NOUNLOAD "$DatabaseServer" "$DatabaseUsername" "$DatabasePassword"

    pop $0

    ${if} $0 == 1

        ;Error connecting to SQL Database

        pop $0

        MSSQL_OLEDB::SQL_GetError /NOUNLOAD

        Pop $0

        Pop $0

        MessageBox MB_OK $0

        Abort

    ${Endif}

    

FunctionEnd

Red WineFebruary 27, 2008 at 2:01 PM#

Of course there's no need to create the INI on the fly, I did so just for convenience.
Taking a look at your code,
remove the line !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_EXTRACT "DatabaseLogin.ini" and add it into function .onInit.

csquaredFebruary 27, 2008 at 2:19 PM#

Awesome! that was it. Thank you and sorry I was difficult 🙂