In an NSIS MUI script it is possible to make a section compulsory by adding "SectionIn RO" to the section. I would like to specify that the entire SectionGroup is compulsory. I know I can make each of the individual components compulsory which makes the group compulsory by default, but the SectionGroup checkbox is still enabled indicating that the user can turn it off. This could be confusing.
Is there an equivilent to "SectionIn RO" for SectionGroups and thus force the group's checkbox to be disabled?
I would say this is a NSIS bug. (If you decide to report this on the project tracker, you can reference this bug, it should have been fixed as part of that bug)
Forcing the readonly flag seems to work:
SectionGroup /e foo SecFoo
Section bar
SectionIn RO
SectionEnd
Section baz
SectionIn RO
SectionEnd
SectionGroupEnd
page components "" ForceHackyRO
page InstFiles
!include Sections.nsh
Function ForceHackyRO
!insertmacro SetSectionFlag ${SecFoo} ${SF_RO}
FunctionEnd
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Hello to you who is reading this post. About a week ago I discovered NSIS and have just about managed to finish my first installer script. I managed to find answers to pretty much all of my questions through web searches, and have managed to create a pretty elaborate installer. There is one issue I can't figure out, as everything I have tried does not work and I can't find a solution online that I understand or is specific enough to be applied to this issue.
I'm using the modern UI "MUI2". I found some code to increase the size of the rich textbox on the license page which works great, but now the text at the bottom of the window (MUI_LICENSEPAGE_TEXT_BOTTOM) overlaps it and causes some visual bugs. Setting it to an empty string does not work and setting it to a single space does not work. I managed to get it to disappear with "FindWindow" and "GetDlgItem", but I'm not exactly a programmer so I don't have the intelligence or knowledge on how to set these up correctly. What I did manage to pull off, it also removed the rich textbox, and after several hours of defeat I finally gave up and turned to the internet.
It's kind of mind blowing to me that NSIS does not provide a simple way to remove controls. I don't want the "text bottom" label there at all, I want it gone or at the very least hidden. I know the handle I'm trying to remove is "1006" because I opened up the installer in Resource Hacker and removed the label from there. What bugs the me most is that actually worked perfectly and removes the label, but it also corrupts the installer and I have to use NCRC on command line to launch it. So scratch that as a workable solution...
TL;DR my question is: how do I hide or get rid of MUI_LICENSEPAGE_TEXT_BOTTOM?
MUI2 already has a variable you can use:
!include MUI2.nsh
!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_SHOW HideMui2Text
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_LICENSE
!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"
Function HideMui2Text
ShowWindow $mui.LicensePage.Text 0
FunctionEnd
If you wanted to do it manually it would be
FindWindow $0 "#32770" "" $HWNDPARENT ; Find inner page
GetDlgItem $1 $0 1006 ; Find control
ShowWindow $1 0
When using Resource Hacker you need to copy the base file from NSIS\Contrib\UIs and in your script define MUI_UI to the path of your modified UI file.
I'm not able to understand what's wrong with the below code for jumping to particular offset if MessageBox returns IDNO.
Below code is to quit installer while IDNO is selected, but it always jumping to Goto endCurrentBlock line
MessageBox MB_YESNO|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION "Would you like to continue installation?" IDNO +3
!insertmacro ShowStatus "Failed to install software"
Goto endCurrentBlock
Quit
If I use a absoule label for jump it's working good. What could be the reason?
Jumping by offset skips x number of NSIS instructions but !insertmacro is a preprocessor instruction that might expand to zero, one or several NSIS instructions.
It is not recommended to combine offset jumps and !insertmacro because it can break your code just by changing the macro...
Thanks for reading this.
I am making a program and I choose to package it using NSIS after getting disappointed by Inno.
I am trying to make a 2 steps install wizard. I could accomplish this by using Nsdialogs and a custom page.
Please see this image: here
Is it possible to change the "Install" button to became "I Agree" as in the license page?
and if this is possible, can this button be colored?
I have searched about this and I found some talk about a plugin called 'Buttonevent'. I download it and I saw the examples. AS I understood this can be used only to Add new buttons Not to change existing ones.
please help me if there is any clues.
That's a lot of code for a one-line solution. LicenseText is the attribute you are looking for. You should also consider using the license page as it is intended, too.
Page License
!include nsDialogs.nsh
Page Custom MyPageCreate
Page InstFiles
Function MyPageCreate
nsDialogs::Create 1018
Pop $0
GetDlgItem $1 $hwndparent 1 ; Get handle to Install/Next button
${NSD_SetText} $1 "$(^AgreeBtn)"
nsDialogs::Show
FunctionEnd
Changing button colors is a lot of work and cannot be done in NSIS without a plugin...
page custom test
# Installer sections
Section -Main SEC0000
SetOutPath $INSTDIR
MessageBox MB_OK "done"
;............
;.........
SectionEnd
Function test
MessageBox MB_OK "ok"
//Do some stuff
FunctionEnd
# Installer functions
Function .onInit
!ifdef IsSilent
SetSilent silent
!endif
InitPluginsDir
FunctionEnd
In the above code run both ways silent and non-silent mode. If you run it in non-silent mode [user interaction], custom page function is called and msg box displayed. But if you run it in silent mode[no user interaction], then the custom page is not called and no msg box is displayed. Also, done msg box was displayed in the silent mode.
Is there any reason the custom page isn't called in silent installer?
How to call custom page in silent installer mode?
Is there any reason is there the custom page did not call in silent installer?
It is by design: a silent installer is silent, i.e. it displays no GUI thus no page is shown (neither standard nor custom) and no page callback is triggered. MessageBox is special as it is mapped to the standard function and was triggered by you.
How to call custom page in silent installer mode?
You cannot. If you have some processing in the custom page, put it in a function:
that will be called from the custom page
that will be called explicitly from either the .onInit or a section with something like
IfSilent 0 +2
Call YourProcessingFunc
If you are basing the processing on some choices given by the user in the custom page, you need to use some defaults in silent mode. Or to implement a parameter passing by the command line.
Using the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS), I'm looking for a way to hide the details on the MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES page when having a setup with Modern UI 2.
Currently an example of what I have is this:
And this would be what I want to achieve:
(German only, sorry)
As you see, there is no information about the individual file being copied as well as no way to show the details.
I've searched the documentation of Modern UI 2 but found no function to call to make these two controls (label and button) hidden.
My question is:
Is there a way to hide the file label and the details button that are being shown during a setup installation progress?
Solved
With the help of Anders, I've managed to do what I want:
First, I put
ShowInstDetails nevershow
ShowUninstDetails nevershow
at the top of my NSI file. Next, I put
SetDetailsPrint none
inside at the beginning of the Section "All files" section, and I put
SetDetailsPrint none
inside at the beginning of the Section "Uninstall" section.
Both, my setup and my uninstaller now runs without showing details.
ShowInstDetails nevershow + SetDetailsPrint none
ShowInstDetails nevershow
Section
SetDetailsPrint none
SectionEnd