{"id":3764,"date":"2016-01-26T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2019-07-07T18:25:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T18:25:41","slug":"new-setup-dialog-box-in-visual-installer-user-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/new-setup-dialog-box-in-visual-installer-user-options\/","title":{"rendered":"New setup dialog box in Visual Installer: User Options"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have added a new setup dialog box to the Professional version of Visual Installer<\/a>. The name of the dialog box is User Options<\/strong> and it is a general dialog box where the user can select and unselect options that you add to the setup project. These options co-operates with conditional statements in Visual Installer’s scripting language and with Visual Installer’s Registry<\/strong> tab. Below is an example of how the User Options<\/strong> setup dialog box may look like and how it can be used:<\/p>\n

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In the example above we have added three options to the setup dialog box. The user can select and unselect the options of his\/her choice.<\/p>\n

To activate this dialog box, you need first open the Dialog boxes<\/strong> tab in Visual Installer’s editor and check the User options<\/strong> option:<\/p>\n

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Then you can click on the button marked “…” to the right of the option. This will open a new dialog box in the Visual Installer editor with the title User Options<\/strong>. Below we have filled the dialog box with the text and options that is needed to create the setup dialog box in the example above:<\/p>\n

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As you see, it is very easy to create a setup dialog box with your own options. You just need to enter a title, a short description text and your options. And it is done!<\/p>\n

Co-operates with Visual Installer’s scripting language and ‘Registry’ tab<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe main purpose of this new option dialog box is to let the end-user decide which script lines to execute and which keys and values to add to the Registry, during the setup process. This is a more flexible way to handle user choices than file components (file groups) because you don’t necessary need to copy files based on user choices; instead you can use Visual Installer’s whole scripting language to do whatever you want. This is useful if some special operations must be done, based on user choices.<\/p>\n

Below we show how Visual Installer’s scripting language can co-operate with the User Options<\/strong> dialog box:<\/p>\n

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And below we show how the Registry<\/strong> tab in Visual Installer can co-operate with the User Options<\/strong> dialog box:<\/p>\n

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Scripting language<\/strong><\/span>
\nIn Visual Installer’s scripting language<\/a> we have added a new condition check, IF OPTION(n<\/em>)<\/strong>, that can be used to check which options the user has selected in the User Options<\/strong> setup dialog box. We have added a similar condition check to Visual Installer’s Registry<\/strong> tab: IF_OPTION(n<\/em>)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The IF OPTION(n<\/em>)<\/strong> condition in the script language can check both if an option is ON<\/strong> (selected) or OFF<\/strong> (unselected). So for example to examine if option 2 was selected by the end-user, you can enter the following condition:<\/p>\n

IF OPTION(2)=ON<\/strong>
\n…
\nEND IF<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you for example need to examine if option 3 was not selected, you can enter the following condition:<\/p>\n

IF OPTION(3)=OFF<\/strong>
\n…
\nEND IF<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Registry’ tab<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe condition check in the Registry<\/a><\/strong> tab works in a similar way. IF_OPTION(n<\/em>)<\/strong> or IF_OPTION(n<\/em>)=ON<\/strong> can be used to examine if an option was selected by the end-user. IF_OPTION(n<\/em>)=OFF<\/strong> can be used to check if an option was not selected.<\/p>\n

If you use IF_OPTION(n<\/em>)<\/strong> and the option number n<\/em> was selected by the end-user, the key or value will be added to the registry. The example below shows how to examine if option number 1 is selected, and if yes, add a value to registry:<\/p>\n

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See also<\/strong>
\n><\/span><\/strong> Tip: How to use the ‘User Options’ dialog box with script<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have added a new setup dialog box to the Professional version of Visual Installer. The name of the dialog box is User Options and it is a general dialog box where the user can select and unselect options that you add to the setup project. These options co-operates with conditional statements in Visual Installer’s … <\/p>\n

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