I'm trying to make installer using Inno Setup.
And I want to show Welcome page first, then SelectDir.
This is CurPageChanged example code:
procedure CurPageChanged(CurPageID: integer);
begin
if CurPageID = wpWelcome then
begin
HideComponents;
WLabel.show;
WizardForm.NextButton.Show;
WizardForm.NextButton.Caption := 'Configure';
end;
if CurPageID = wpSelectDir then
begin
HideComponents;
BmpFile.Bitmap.LoadFromFile(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\2.bmp'));
WizardForm.DirEdit.Show;
WizardForm.NextButton.Show;
WizardForm.NextButton.Caption := 'Install';
WizardForm.DirBrowseButton.Show;
TasksSeparateBevel.Show;
TasksSeparateBevel2.Show;
InstallpathLabel.Show;
DiskSpaceLablel.Show;
ShortcutLabel.Show;
ShortcutCB.Show;
CreateDLabel.Show;
end;
if CurPageID = wpInstalling then
begin
HideComponents;
MakeSlideShow;
TimerID := SetTimer(0, 0, 10000, WrapTimerProc(#OnTimer, 4));
WizardForm.CancelButton.show;
WizardForm.ProgressGauge.show;
end;
end;
But the SelectDir shows first then Install. Welcome page does not show!
The Welcome page is by default skipped since Inno Setup 5.5.7:
As recommended by Microsoft's desktop applications guideline, DisableWelcomePage now defaults to yes. ... The defaults in all previous versions were no.
To show it, you have to set:
[Setup]
DisableWelcomePage=no
Thought as mentioned in the quote above, the defaults are recommended, so you should follow them.
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I have an installation file for my app and it contains the .exe file and a .zip file as well.
What I want is:
Recently I added a code in the [Code] section that is extracting files from zip, But actually, it happened after the installation is done, and the progress bar is 100%, So what I want is to make that code's (unzipping) process work with the progress bar and show the user what is extracting at the moment.
For example: let's say extracting files will take 50% of the progress bar and the rest will take it the code section while it is unzipping, with the state about what is extracting at the moment.
Here is the code:
[Code]
procedure InitializeWizard;
begin
ForceDirectories(ExpandConstant('{localappdata}\folder-A\app\folder-B'))
end;
const
SHCONTCH_NOPROGRESSBOX = 4;
SHCONTCH_RESPONDYESTOALL = 16;
procedure unzip(ZipFile, TargetFldr: variant);
var
shellobj: variant;
SrcFldr, DestFldr: variant;
shellfldritems: variant;
begin
if FileExists(ZipFile) then begin
if not DirExists(TargetFldr) then
if not ForceDirectories(TargetFldr) then begin
MsgBox('Can not create folder '+TargetFldr+' !!', mbError, MB_OK);
Exit;
end;
shellobj := CreateOleObject('Shell.Application');
SrcFldr := shellobj.NameSpace(ZipFile);
DestFldr := shellobj.NameSpace(TargetFldr);
shellfldritems := SrcFldr.Items;
DestFldr.CopyHere(
shellfldritems, SHCONTCH_NOPROGRESSBOX or SHCONTCH_RESPONDYESTOALL);
end;
procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep);
begin
if CurStep = ssPostInstall then
begin
unzip(ExpandConstant('{app}\example.zip'),ExpandConstant('{app}\'));
end;
end;
The easiest solution is to use the WizardForm.StatusLabel:
WizardForm.StatusLabel.Caption := 'Extracting...';
For more fancy solution you can use TOutputProgressWizardPage. For an example that even displays a progress bar (though by using a DLL for the extraction), see:
Inno Setup - How to add cancel button to decompressing page?
This post lists more related examples:
Inno Setup: How to modify long running script so it will not freeze GUI?
I made a custom wizard page, and I want it to show a sort of installation checklist at the end of the install, showing what installed successfully or not.
Something like
Crucial Step......................SUCCESS
Optional Step.....................FAILURE
So I have this code in my initializeWizard()
Page := CreateCustomPage(wpInstalling, 'Installation Checklist', 'Status of all installation components');
RichEditViewer := TRichEditViewer.Create(Page);
RichEditViewer.Width := Page.SurfaceWidth;
RichEditViewer.Height := Page.SurfaceHeight;
RichEditViewer.Parent := Page.Surface;
RichEditViewer.ScrollBars := ssVertical;
RichEditViewer.UseRichEdit := True;
RichEditViewer.RTFText := ''// I want this attribute to be set in CurStepChanged()
Is there a way to add or edit RichEditViewer.RTFText at a later point in time? Page is a global variable but trying to access any attributes gives me an error. I'd like to do edit the text after wpInstalling, so I can tell whether or not install steps were successful.
I'm not a huge fan of this method, but you Can set your RichEditViewer as a global, and then editing it at any point, in any function, is trivial.
var
RichEditViewer: TRichEditViewer;
procedure InitializeWizard();
var
Page: TWizardPage;
begin
Page := CreateCustomPage(wpInstalling, 'Installation Checklist', '');
RichEditViewer := TRichEditViewer.Create(Page);
RichEditViewer.Width := Page.SurfaceWidth;
RichEditViewer.Height := Page.SurfaceHeight;
RichEditViewer.Parent := Page.Surface;
RichEditViewer.ScrollBars := ssVertical;
RichEditViewer.UseRichEdit := True;
end;
procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep);
begin
if CurStep=ssPostInstall then RichEditViewer.RTFText := 'STUFF';
end;
Worthwhile to note, the page itself doesn't even need to be global.
Is it possible to disable the the Preparing To Install wpPreparing and the Installing wpInstalling Wizard Pages (i.e. the ones with the progress bar) so that they do not show during installation? There does not appear to be a built-in directive or method (e.g. for the Ready Wizard Page you can use DisableReadyPage=yes to do so). Am I missing something, or is it, as I suspect, simply not possible?
I have already tried using:
function ShouldSkipPage(CurPageID: Integer): Boolean;
begin
if CurPageID = wpPreparing then
Result := True;
if CurPageID = wpInstalling then
Result := True;
end;
Have you tried this - DisableReadyPage=yes in the [Setup] section.
Seems the only other option is to use the "install silently" command line switch. I'd be careful though this essentially installs a potentially destructive program without the users knowledge.
It is not possible to skip the wpPreparing or wpInstalling Wizard Pages. However, if the installer is not actually installing anything and is being used to return something, say an unlock code, as is the use case here, the following could be done instead:
//Disable the Exit confirmation prompt
procedure CancelButtonClick(CurPageID: Integer; var Cancel, Confirm: Boolean);
begin
Cancel := True;
Confirm := False;
end;
function NextButtonClick(CurPageID: Integer): Boolean;
begin
//Get the unlock code
if CurPageID = UnlockCodePage.ID then
begin
if UnlockCodePage.Values[0] = '' then
begin
MsgBox('You must enter an installation ID to generate an unlock code.',
mbError, MB_OK);
end
else
begin
UnlockCodePage.Values[1] := GetUnlockCode;
end;
Result := False;
end;
end;
procedure CurPageChanged(CurPageID: Integer);
begin
//Define button visibility, whether the Back button is enabled and change the Next and Cancel button labels
WizardForm.CancelButton.Caption := '&Close';
if CurPageID = UnlockCodePage.ID then
begin
WizardForm.BackButton.Enabled := False;
WizardForm.NextButton.Caption := '&Generate';
end;
end;
Hopefully this may help someone looking to do something similar.
I am aware that it is possible to disable (so it appears dimmed) the Back button on a Wizard Page using the following code:
procedure CurPageChanged(CurPageID: Integer);
begin
//Define whether the Back button is enabled
if CurPageID = UnlockCodePage.ID then
begin
WizardForm.BackButton.Enabled := False;
end;
end;
However, is there a way to actually completely remove/hide the Back button so that it can't be seen at all?
You should be able to use the Button.Visible property:
if CurPageID = UnlockCodePage.ID then
WizardForm.BackButton.Visible := False;
so i am currently trying to modify the setup script,
What i was trying to do was after installing i enter in a custom page, this custom page executes 2 scritps(one for creating the database and the other for creating the tables).
while this is executing i want to display a custom label,and a continuous progress bar.
When the execution finish, i want to go directly to the finish page.
I wanto to also remove the next button.
Is this possible?
For the moment i have the custom page with a constinuous progress bar, this page appears after install.i will then add the label after finishing the progress bar part.
here is my code:
[CODE]
var
Page: TWizardPage;
ProgressBar3: TNewProgressBar;
procedure CreateTheWizardPages;
begin
Page := CreateCustomPage(wpInstalling, 'Base de dados', 'A verificar a base de dados');
ProgressBar3 := TNewProgressBar.Create(Page);
ProgressBar3.Left := 5;
ProgressBar3.Width := Page.SurfaceWidth - 5;
ProgressBar3.Parent := Page.Surface;
ProgressBar3.Style := npbstMarquee;
end;
procedure InitializeWizard();
begin
CreateTheWizardPages;
end;
//check the current page,if page equals to wpSelectCompnets, then we add the method on choose to the combobox fo types of installation
procedure CurPageChanged(CurPageID: Integer);
begin
//msgbox(IntToStr( CurPageID),mbInformation, MB_OK);
if CurPageID = wpSelectComponents then
begin
comboboxTypesInstalacao:=WizardForm.TypesCombo;
WizardForm.TypesCombo.OnChange:=#ComboBoxChange;
end
else if CurPageID = Page.ID then
begin
try
CreateDBAndTables('idontimedb.des');
finally
//close this custom wizard page and go to finish page
end;
end;
end;
Thanks in advance.