AnimGif makes my installer hang up

GrytolleJune 24, 2010 at 11:42 AM#

AnimGif makes my installer hang up

So, I thought it'd be fun to replace the icon in the directory-page with an animated gif, which works fine, except that the installer suddenly requires 47 CPU as shown in Windows Task Manager and that the installer hangs up completely so I have to kill it with Windows Task Manager.

PageEx directory

	PageCallbacks directoryPre directoryShow directoryLeave

PageExEnd



Function directoryShow

	FindWindow $0 "#32770" "" $HWNDPARENT  ;hides the orignal icon successfully

	GetDlgItem $1 $0 1031

	ShowWindow $1 0

	

	SetOutPath $PLUGINSDIR

	File jazzblink.gif

	AnimGif:😛lay /NOUNLOAD /HALIGN=0 /VALIGN=0 "$PLUGINSDIR\jazzblink.gif"

FunctionEnd



Function directoryLeave

	AnimGif::stop

	Delete "$PLUGINSDIR\jazzblink.gif"

FunctionEnd

What am I doing wrong? This is the gif:

GrytolleJune 26, 2010 at 8:07 AM#

So I tried to add a few sleeps, but that didn't make any difference...

TakhirJune 26, 2010 at 8:15 AM#

May be icon (1031? 1039?) is not really hidden ?
Can you attach min size test script?

GrytolleJune 26, 2010 at 9:59 AM#

Here goes

TakhirJune 26, 2010 at 11:19 AM#

Yes, this is why I added AnimGifPe 😉 Looks OK with it. http://nsis.sourceforge.net/AnimGif_plug-in - second link.

GrytolleJune 26, 2010 at 11:25 AM#

I replaced the dll and recompiled, but the installer still hangs up :\

To be clear: the gif looks fine, but the installer freezes

TakhirJune 26, 2010 at 11:49 AM#

I could see 50% (Core Duo) CPU load with AnimGif, but AnimGifPe was OK for me on Vista. Attached.

GrytolleJune 26, 2010 at 1:05 PM#

I can't click anything in the installer (using your attached exe)

TakhirJune 27, 2010 at 9:40 AM#

I could reproduce the situation with AnimGifPe after I minimized installer window and could not restore it. Simple way I can offer right now is to use MUI - just re-tested Example1 worked fine. Later I'll try to find time for this issue.