Inno Setup - Merging implementations of event functions that return boolean (like InitializeSetup) - inno-setup

I use this code to ask for a password:
Inno Setup - Move the password page before the welcome page (first page)
And this code for custom language selector:
Inno Setup - Language selector with VCL Styles
When I merge them, it does not work.
I need password before that the language selector, so this is no correct:
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
var
Language: string;
begin
Result := True;
Language := ExpandConstant('{param:LANG}');
if Language = '' then
begin
Log('No language specified, showing language dialog');
SelectLanguage();
Result := False;
Exit;
end
else
begin
Log('Language specified, proceeding with installation');
Result := AskPassword();
end;
end;
And this way, with an incorrect password the setup continues.
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
var
Language: string;
begin
Result := True;
Language := ExpandConstant('{param:LANG}');
if Language = '' then
begin
Result := AskPassword();
Log('No language specified, showing language dialog');
SelectLanguage();
Result := False;
Exit;
end
else
begin
Log('Language specified, proceeding with installation');
end;
end;

Inno Setup 6
Inno Setup 6 has event attributes features that helps solving this problem.
Just make sure that each of your event implementation have an unique name, e.g. appending unique suffix. And add event attribute with the name of the implemented event.
[Code]
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
begin
Result := ...
end;
<event('InitializeSetup')>
function InitializeSetup2(): Boolean;
begin
Result := ...
end;
Inno Setup 5
In general, the easiest is to keep both implementations of the event function separate and add one wrapper implementation that call both.
function InitializeSetup1(): Boolean;
var
Language: string;
begin
Result := True;
Language := ExpandConstant('{param:LANG}');
if Language = '' then
begin
Log('No language specified, showing language dialog');
SelectLanguage();
Result := False;
Exit;
end
else
begin
Log('Language specified, proceeding with installation');
Result := True;
end;
end;
function InitializeSetup2(): Boolean;
begin
Result := AskPassword();
end;
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
begin
{ Order the calls the way you want the checks to be performed }
Result :=
InitializeSetup2() and
InitializeSetup1();
end;
For more general discussion of the problem, see
Merging event function (InitializeWizard) implementations from different sources
Though in your specific case, it's more complicated, as you will also need to pass the password from the first instance to the other, similarly to how the language is passed from the first instance to the other.
So actually, the InitializeSetup2 (password) implementation will have to be similar like the InitializeSetup1 (language), not to ask for the password again.
I actually do not really understand, why you complicate the things so much by not asking for language before the password. It would actually make sense. To get a localized password prompt.

Related

TNewCheckListBox Checked not being updated

I'm trying to write an installer in Inno Setup that includes a page where a TNewCheckListBox is created and then used to populate a selection of choices on the next page:
var
ListBox: TNewCheckListBox;
SelectedConfigs: array of Integer;
function ConfigurationPage(): Integer;
var
Page: TWizardPage;
I: Integer;
begin
Page := CreateCustomPage(wpSelectComponents, 'Select Configuration',
'Please select the configuration you would like to install to.');
ListBox := TNewCheckListBox.Create(Page);
ListBox.Parent := Page.Surface;
ListBox.Left := ScaleX(0);
ListBox.Top := ScaleY(0);
ListBox.Width := Page.SurfaceWidth;
ListBox.Height := Page.SurfaceHeight;
ListBox.BorderStyle := bsNone;
for I := 0 to GetArrayLength(ConfigurationNames) - 1 do
begin
ListBox.AddCheckBox(ConfigurationNames[I], '', 0, False, True, False, False, nil);
end;
ListBox.ItemIndex := 0;
Result := Page.ID;
end;
procedure PortSelectionPage(PageID: Integer);
var
Page: TWizardPage;
ArrayLength: Integer;
I: Integer;
begin
Page := CreateCustomPage(PageID, 'Select Port',
'Please select the port you want the configurations to receive on.');
for I := 0 to ListBox.Items.Count - 1 do
begin
Log(Format('ListBox[%d], %s is checked? %d', [I, ListBox.Items[I], ListBox.Checked[I]]));
if ListBox.Checked[I] then
begin
ArrayLength := GetArrayLength(SelectedConfigs);
SetArrayLength(SelectedConfigs, ArrayLength + 1);
SelectedConfigs[ArrayLength] := I;
Log(Format('Config %d was selected...', [I]));
end;
end;
end;
procedure InitializeWizard;
var
PageID: Integer;
begin
PageID := ConfigurationPage;
PortSelectionPage(PageID);
end;
The problem I'm having is that, regardless of the selections I make in the ConfigurationPage procedure, the SelectedConfigs array is not being updated and my debugging messages are showing that none of the options are selected. Before creating the PortSelectionPage procedure, the code lived on the CurStepChanged event handler so I'm not sure if the issue is with my having moved the code to a different page or if there's something else going on here. Do I need to force an update to the component or should I be using event handlers instead? If so, how would I implement one for this usecase?
Your whole code is executed from InitializeWizard event function. Hence even before the installer wizard is shown.
You have to query the checkbox states only after the user changes them. For example, from some of these events:
NextButtonClick
CurStepChanged
CurPageChanged

Downloading files defined in start arguments with Inno Setup Script [duplicate]

I am preparing an installer with Inno Setup. But I'd like to add an additional custom (none of the available parameters) command line parameters and would like to get the value of the parameter, like:
setup.exe /do something
Check if /do is given, then get the value of something. Is it possible? How can I do this?
With InnoSetup 5.5.5 (and perhaps other versions), just pass whatever you want as a parameter, prefixed by a /
c:\> myAppInstaller.exe /foo=wiggle
and in your myApp.iss:
[Setup]
AppName = {param:foo|waggle}
The |waggle provides a default value if no parameter matches. Inno setup is not case sensitive. This is a particularly nice way to handle command line options: They just spring into existence. I wish there was as slick a way to let users know what command line parameters the installer cares about.
BTW, this makes both #knguyen's and #steve-dunn's answers somewhat redundant. The utility functions do exactly what the built-in {param: } syntax does.
Further to #DanLocks' answer, the {param:*ParamName|DefaultValue*} constant is documented near the bottom of the Constants page:
http://www.jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=consts
I found it quite handy for optionally suppressing the license page. Here is all I needed to add (using Inno Setup 5.5.6(a)):
[code]
{ If there is a command-line parameter "skiplicense=true", don't display license page }
function ShouldSkipPage(PageID: Integer): Boolean;
begin
Result := False
if PageId = wpLicense then
if ExpandConstant('{param:skiplicense|false}') = 'true' then
Result := True;
end;
Inno Setup directly supports switches with syntax /Name=Value using {param} constant.
You can use the constant directly in sections, though this use is quite limited.
An example:
[Registry]
Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\My Company\My Program\Settings"; ValueType: string; \
ValueName: "Mode"; ValueData: "{param:Mode|DefaultMode}"
You will more likely want to use switches in Pascal Script.
If your switch has the syntax /Name=Value, the easiest way to read its value is using ExpandConstant function.
For example:
if ExpandConstant('{param:Mode|DefaultMode}') = 'DefaultMode' then
begin
Log('Installing for default mode');
end
else
begin
Log('Installing for different mode');
end;
If you want to use a switch value to toggle entries in sections, you can use Check parameter and a auxiliary function, like:
[Files]
Source: "Client.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Check: SwitchHasValue('Mode', 'Client')
Source: "Server.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Check: SwitchHasValue('Mode', 'Server')
[Code]
function SwitchHasValue(Name: string; Value: string): Boolean;
begin
Result := CompareText(ExpandConstant('{param:' + Name + '}'), Value) = 0;
end;
Ironically it is more difficult to check for a mere presence of switch (without a value).
Use can use a function CmdLineParamExists from #TLama's answer to Passing conditional parameter in Inno Setup.
function CmdLineParamExists(const Value: string): Boolean;
var
I: Integer;
begin
Result := False;
for I := 1 to ParamCount do
if CompareText(ParamStr(I), Value) = 0 then
begin
Result := True;
Exit;
end;
end;
You can obviously use the function in Pascal Script:
if CmdLineParamExists('/DefaultMode') then
begin
Log('Installing for default mode');
end
else
begin
Log('Installing for different mode');
end;
But you can even use it in sections, most typically using Check parameter:
[Files]
Source: "MyProg.hlp"; DestDir: "{app}"; Check: CmdLineParamExists('/InstallHelp')
A related problem:
Add user defined command line parameters to /? window
If you want to parse command line arguments from code in inno, then use a method similar to this. Just call the inno script from the command line as follows:
c:\MyInstallDirectory>MyInnoSetup.exe -myParam parameterValue
Then you can call the GetCommandLineParam like this wherever you need it:
myVariable := GetCommandLineParam('-myParam');
{ ================================================================== }
{ Allows for standard command line parsing assuming a key/value organization }
function GetCommandlineParam (inParam: String):String;
var
LoopVar : Integer;
BreakLoop : Boolean;
begin
{ Init the variable to known values }
LoopVar :=0;
Result := '';
BreakLoop := False;
{ Loop through the passed in arry to find the parameter }
while ( (LoopVar < ParamCount) and
(not BreakLoop) ) do
begin
{ Determine if the looked for parameter is the next value }
if ( (ParamStr(LoopVar) = inParam) and
( (LoopVar+1) <= ParamCount )) then
begin
{ Set the return result equal to the next command line parameter }
Result := ParamStr(LoopVar+1);
{ Break the loop }
BreakLoop := True;
end;
{ Increment the loop variable }
LoopVar := LoopVar + 1;
end;
end;
This is the function I wrote, which is an improvement of Steven Dunn's answer. You can use it as:
c:\MyInstallDirectory>MyInnoSetup.exe /myParam="parameterValue"
myVariable := GetCommandLineParam('/myParam');
{ util method, equivalent to C# string.StartsWith }
function StartsWith(SubStr, S: String): Boolean;
begin
Result:= Pos(SubStr, S) = 1;
end;
{ util method, equivalent to C# string.Replace }
function StringReplace(S, oldSubString, newSubString: String): String;
var
stringCopy: String;
begin
stringCopy := S; { Prevent modification to the original string }
StringChange(stringCopy, oldSubString, newSubString);
Result := stringCopy;
end;
{ ================================================================== }
function GetCommandlineParam(inParamName: String): String;
var
paramNameAndValue: String;
i: Integer;
begin
Result := '';
for i := 0 to ParamCount do
begin
paramNameAndValue := ParamStr(i);
if (StartsWith(inParamName, paramNameAndValue)) then
begin
Result := StringReplace(paramNameAndValue, inParamName + '=', '');
break;
end;
end;
end;
Yes it is possible, you can use the ParamStr function in PascalScript to access all the commandline parameters. The ParamCount function will give you the number of commandline parameters.
Another possibility is to use GetCmdTail
In response to:
"With InnoSetup 5.5.5 (and perhaps other versions), just pass whatever you want as a parameter, prefixed by a /"
"#NickG, yes, every constant you can expand by the ExpandConstant function"
This is not the case. Trying to use a command line parameter in ExpandConstant in InnoSetup 5.5.6 results in a runtime error.
PS: I would have added a comment directly but apparently I dont have enough "reputation"
I've modified a little bit knguyen's answer. Now it's case insensitive (you can write en console /myParam or /MYPARAM) and it can accept default value. Also I fixed the case when you receive larger parameter then expected (for ex: /myParamOther="parameterValue" in place of /myParam="parameterValue". Now myParamOther doesn't match).
function GetCommandlineParam(inParamName: String; defaultParam: String): String;
var
paramNameAndValue: String;
i: Integer;
begin
Result := defaultParam;
for i := 0 to ParamCount do
begin
paramNameAndValue := ParamStr(i);
if (Pos(Lowercase(inParamName)+'=', AnsiLowercase(paramNameAndValue)) = 1) then
begin
Result := Copy(paramNameAndValue, Length(inParamName)+2, Length(paramNameAndValue)-Length(inParamName));
break;
end;
end;
end;
I found the answer: GetCmdTail.
You can pass parameters to your installer scripts. Install the Inno Setup Preprocessor and read the documentation on passing custom command-line parameters.

How to check if a string ends with another (EndsWith) in Inno Setup

I need to write a logic in some Inno Setup function that checks if a string ends with another.
Can I use StrUtils Pascal functions (EndsWith) to do so?
function NextButtonClick(CurPageID: Integer): Boolean;
var
dir_value: String; app_name: String;
begin
if CurPageID = wpSelectDir then
begin
dir_value := "C:\work\ABC"
app_name := "ABC"
{ I need to write a logic here to check if dir_value ends with app_name }
end;
end;
There's no EndsWith in Inno Setup.
But you can easily implement it:
function EndsWith(SubText, Text: string): Boolean;
var
EndStr: string;
begin
EndStr := Copy(Text, Length(Text) - Length(SubText) + 1, Length(SubText));
{ Use SameStr, if you need a case-sensitive comparison }
Result := SameText(SubText, EndStr);
end;
Though in your case, you actually need something like this:
function EndsWithFileName(FileName, Path: string): Boolean;
begin
Result := SameText(FileName, ExtractFileName(Path));
end;
For SameText (and SameStr), you need Inno Setup 6. On older versions, you can replace them with CompareText (and CompareStr).

Inno Setup: CreateInputQueryPage isn't returning any value

Here is the script I'm using on Inno Setup. It is my first script, please understand if I'm asking something obvious.
It seems that the variable ServerAddress never has a value, even if I fill the input field. It looks like Page.Values[0] always returns an empty result. What is wrong with my code?
As you can see, I have made a test with a testvar variable to exclude it was a matter of variable scope, but it's not the case.
[Code]
var
Page: TInputQueryWizardPage;
ServerAddress: String;
testvar: String;
procedure InitializeWizard();
begin
Page := CreateInputQueryPage(wpWelcome,
'Server Informations', '',
'Please specify the IP address, then click Next.');
{ Add items (False means it's not a password edit) }
Page.Add('IP Address:', False);
ServerAddress := Page.Values[0];
testvar := 'testvalue';
end;
procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep);
begin
if CurStep = ssPostInstall then begin
MsgBox(ExpandConstant('{app} '+testvar+' : '+ServerAddress),mbInformation,MB_OK);
SaveStringToFile(ExpandConstant('{app}')+'\config.txt', 'test'+ServerAddress, True);
end;
end;
The InitializeWizard event function is called (and finishes) before the wizard window is even shown.
So a value (that the user will enter in the future) can hardly be known at that point. You have to read the value only after the custom page is shown. Like in your CurStepChanged(ssPostInstall):
procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep);
var
ServerAddress: string;
begin
if CurStep = ssPostInstall then
begin
{ This is the right time to read the value }
ServerAddress := Page.Values[0];
SaveStringToFile(ExpandConstant('{app}') + '\config.txt', ServerAddress, True);
end;
end;

InnoSetup: need to add validate URL by adding test button on CreateInputQueryPage

I have on CreateInputQueryPage, in that box user will type URL...Now i want to have Test button next to that text box so i can ping and validate that URL...is that possible ?
Using the Standard Support Functions, you are unable to do this.
You can call an external dll, which would allow you to do this.
You can also call COM interfaces, which would also allow you do to this.
Specifically you could use WinHTTPRequest COM object to perform this check.
You have a couple of options to deal with the validation. Both are demonstrated in the following script. The first is to create a button just for validation, the 2nd is to hook the Next Button and have it occur automatically before moving to the next page.
[Setup]
AppName='Test Script'
AppVerName='Test Script'
DefaultDirName={pf}\test
[Code]
const
InputQueryPageID = 100; //Determined by watching in Debugger.
var
Page : TInputQueryWizardPage;
procedure ClickEvent(Sender : TObject);
begin
MsgBox('Could Validate Here',mbInformation,MB_OK);
end;
procedure InitializeWizard();
var
Button : TButton;
begin
Page := CreateInputQueryPage(wpWelcome,
'Add URL', 'Test2','Test3');
Page.Add('URL:', False);
Button := TButton.Create(Page);
Button.Parent := Page.Surface;
Button.Caption := 'Button Text';
Button.Top := 100;
Button.Left := 10;
Button.OnClick := #ClickEvent;
end;
function NextButtonClick(CurrPageID: Integer) : Boolean;
begin
case CurrPageID of
InputQueryPageID : begin
MsgBox('Could Validate Here',mbInformation,MB_OK);
result := true; // Results of EXE Validation
end;
else result := true;
end;
end;

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