Can I change the default text in the about dialog box? Overriding the AboutSetupMessage doesn't seem to do anything:
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AboutSetupMenuItem=&About MyApp...
AboutSetupTitle=About MyApp
AboutSetupMessage={#MyAppPublisher} version {#MyAppVersion}%n{#MyCopyright}%nhome page:%n{#MyAppURL}
Doesn't seem to matter if I edit the default.isl or use a custom ISL either. The menu item and the title change, but not the message text.
Any ideas?
There's no AboutSetupMessage.
There's AboutSetupNote. It does not change the About box message though. It's appended to it.
There's no way to change the message.
For me the AboutSetupNote did not work on Inno Setup 5.6.1 Unicode, but the TranslatorNote did.
Alternatively try TranslatorNote. This one does not change the about box message but it will append to it which is the correct application of Inno Setup license.
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Why does Inno setup compiler have some check boxes disabled? See attachment.
What you need to do is untick the top check box. Then the others will become enabled.
Is it possible to change inner background color for modal and browse directory windows in Inno Setup? In my case I want it should be white.
UPD: Same behaviour is on the inner pages of Inner Setup, but I've fixed it by setting WizardForm.InnerPage.Color := clWhite;
I'm using VclStylesInno for styling my installer with custom style spreadsheat.
You cannot change the color of these in Inno Setup itself, except by a custom build of Inno Setup or some addon DLL (see below).
All you can do is to re-implement these dialogs from the scratch:
For the "browse" dialog: Handle the WizardForm.DirBrowseButton.OnClick and use CreateCustomForm and TFolderTreeView to implement the browse dialog. Download Inno Setup code and copy the existing implementation from SelFolderForm.pas.
For an example of handling WizardForm.DirBrowseButton.OnClick, see
How to display localized Program Files name (display name) during installation?
For the "cancel" dialog: Implement the CancelButtonClick event function. Make sure you set Confirm to False to get rid of the default prompt. And implement your own. Again, use the CreateCustomForm.
It's a lot of work for a small gain. I'd not do it.
Instead, you can use VCL Styles for Inno Setup (DLL) to style Inno Setup windows (including all modal dialogs).
As turned out, the reason was in the "Colors" option in Bitmap Designer, which I use to modify my installer style. This option makes some additional styling for controls:
Or should have to create my own message box? If so any sample code please
Ok, so it is not possible. I will have to do my own msgbox function.
Should I use a TForm, Tmemo or Tpannel?
How can I have the box hight auto adjustable?
If any one has some sample code I could just start with, I would appreciate.
Thanks
You cannot increase width of message box in Inno Setup.
You have to implement your own dialog.
Start with creating TForm (preferably using CreateCustomForm function), add TLabel to it along with few TButton's. Size all elements properly. At the end call TForm.ShowModal.
The code required is far too long to be asked for here. If you have specific problems, when implementing it, ask separate questions.
See few examples of building a custom form:
Custom Uninstall page (not MsgBox)
How can I show a "please wait" window while checking for prerequisites in my installer?
Displaying text from a file in an Inno installer with new lines
Inno Setup allows you to see a screen in which you are prompted to input your name and Organization.
How I can make my installer skip this screen?
To skip the Name and Organization input in InnoSetup script do the following:
UserInfoPage=no
Source: http://www.jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=setup_userinfopage
For that page to appear, your setup must have explicitly implemented the CheckSerial event function. If you remove that then the page will also disappear.
I am writing an installer using NSIS. I wanna know how to change or write a description(text on white header)on custom pages? For eg: I am inserting a customized page after the directory page and the description remains the same i.e Choose Install Location...
But I wanna change it according to my page requirement. How should I change this text?
Also I wanna access a variable in uninstaller section which is set with some string in installer section. Please help me on this...
Okay, you seem to have two questions there.. probably best to post them separately :)
For setting the title of the customized page, simply use the following macro (I've got mine placed just prior to calling nsDialogs::Create)
!insertmacro MUI_HEADER_TEXT $(MY_CUSTOM_TITLE) $(MY_CUSTOM_SUBTITLE)
Where MY_CUSTOM_TITLE and MY_CUSTOM_SUBTITLE are variables set elsewhere.
You will need to save the string value of the variable during installation by writing it out to a file or registry setting, and then later during uninstallation reading that value from the same location.
I think you need to do this:
!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_TEXT_DESTINATION "My alternate Choose Install Location text"
You could also edit the language files. This is assuming you are using MUI for your custom pages:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Modern%20UI/Readme.html