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

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

😁

ok i'll try this

thanks

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 ?

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

ok my nsi file :

www.ceor.de/pms_installer.nsi

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

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

startmenu.ini

RebootOptions.ini

InstallOptions.ini

this is all

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

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

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