Descriptions / ModernUI

i was reading the example by joost for the ModernUI, and i tried to modify it for one of my own installers. what i couldnt figure is how on tells the installer, to show the descriptions for each section.

if someone could give me an example here, i'd be very thankful!

What's wrong with the example in the modern UI? You get the section id in $0, compare it to whatever section you want to set the description for, and set it using SendMessage WM_SETTEXT.

Section "BlaBla" bla_section

;some codes

SectionEnd

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.

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Function .onMouseOverSection

!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_INIT

!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT 1033 ${bla_section} "This section will install blabla."

!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_END

FunctionEnd

The example.nsi is a really good example for learning how to use the modern UI. 🙂

Attached a script. 😛

Sorry.fail on the previous post.

Basically, what they're saying is true, but you do it like this:

First, your section must have a variable name assigned to it, done like this:

Section "MsgBox 3" sec3

where "sec3" is the variable name

then, later in the code, you give that variable name a description, like this:

Function .onMouseOverSection
!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_INIT

!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT 1033 ${sec1} "This is the first section."
!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT 1033 ${sec2} "This is the second section."
!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT 1033 ${sec3} "This is the third section."

!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_END
FunctionEnd

Took me a few minutes to figure it out, as there really isn't any good documentation on how it works (that I found), just an example.

i'm using the latest CVS and get the following message

 unknown variable "{sec1}" detected, ignoring

and i used the same code as mentioned above 😢

I'm almost positive its case sensitive, so check that...

can you post your script so we can look at it?

Originally posted by killahbite
i'm using the latest CVS and get the following message

 unknown variable "{sec1}" detected, ignoring

and i used the same code as mentioned above 😢

Are you sure you made a section with that variable?

For example: Section "Section 1" sec1

You should also place the function in the script below the sections.