Since you don’t want to tell what minimal version of Visual C++ redistributable package you require, here you have the code sample from which you can build this by your own. Please notice that I have no clue, what versions are compatible with what and what lower versions must be installed, I’ll keep this upon … Read more
The “Select Setup Language” dialog displays before the InitializeSetup event function is called. So you cannot load the skin for the dialog. As a workaround, you can implement your own “language” dialog, and display that from the InitializeSetup. This way the custom dialog will be skinned. Once a user selects a language, you restart the … Read more
To prevent the installer from running, when prerequisites test fails, just return False from the InitializeSetup. This will exit the installer even before the wizard shows. function InitializeSetup(): Boolean; begin Result := True; if not PrerequisitesTest then begin SuppressibleMsgBox(‘Prerequisites test failed’, mbError, MB_OK, IDOK); Result := False; end; end; If you need to test prerequisites … Read more
This solution uses only Inno Setup proper (not the obsolete 3rd party build of the Inno Setup of suspicious origin). The solution is partially based on my answer to Inno Setup: OnHover event. Adjust the HoverComponentChanged procedure to your needs. [Code] var LastMouse: TPoint; CompLabel: TLabel; function GetCursorPos(var lpPoint: TPoint): BOOL; external ‘[email protected] stdcall’; function … Read more
Inno Download Plugin by Mitrich Software. It’s an InnoSetup script and DLL, which allows you to download files as part of your installation. It supports FTP, HTTP and HTTPS. It’s kind of a drop-in replacement for InnoTools Downloader. Only few changes required. It brings a decent download display and HTTPS and Mirror(s) support. Example: #include … Read more
That’s what TWizardPage.Surface of type TNewNotebookPage is for. with BtnImage do begin Parent := CustomPage.Surface; { … } end; Related questions: TInputDirWizardPage with Radio Buttons (Similar question about radio buttons with more code) Add additional controls to standard Inno Setup pages? Also, never use absolute coordinates and sizes. Your layout will break, when the wizard … Read more
Yes, use redirection of the standard output to a file: [Code] function NextButtonClick(CurPage: Integer): Boolean; var TmpFileName, ExecStdout: string; ResultCode: integer; begin if CurPage = wpWelcome then begin TmpFileName := ExpandConstant(‘{tmp}’) + ‘\ipconfig_results.txt’; Exec(‘cmd.exe’, ‘/C ipconfig /ALL > “‘ + TmpFileName + ‘”‘, ”, SW_HIDE, ewWaitUntilTerminated, ResultCode); if LoadStringFromFile(TmpFileName, ExecStdout) then begin MsgBox(ExecStdout, mbInformation, MB_OK); … Read more
You can add a Registry entry in [Registry] Section that will set run as Administrator as a default action for running this app. Example: Root: “HKLM”; Subkey: “SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers”; \ ValueType: String; ValueName: “{app}\tomcat7w.exe”; ValueData: “RUNASADMIN”; \ Flags: uninsdeletekeyifempty uninsdeletevalue; MinVersion: 0,6.1
To recursively copy a directory programmatically use: procedure DirectoryCopy(SourcePath, DestPath: string); var FindRec: TFindRec; SourceFilePath: string; DestFilePath: string; begin if FindFirst(SourcePath + ‘\*’, FindRec) then begin try repeat if (FindRec.Name <> ‘.’) and (FindRec.Name <> ‘..’) then begin SourceFilePath := SourcePath + ‘\’ + FindRec.Name; DestFilePath := DestPath + ‘\’ + FindRec.Name; if FindRec.Attributes and … Read more
Inno Setup 6 has a built-in support for non-administrative install mode. Basically, you can simply set PrivilegesRequiredOverridesAllowed: [Setup] PrivilegesRequiredOverridesAllowed=commandline dialog Additionally, you will likely want to use the auto* variants of the constants. Notably the {autopf} for the DefaultDirName. [Setup] DefaultDirName={pf}\My Program The following is my (now obsolete) solution for Inno Setup 5, based on … Read more