Empty box showing up in my installer? How do I remove it?
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09-09-2019 - |
Question
I'm using a pretty simple install script for my application and its showing an empty box on the section selection screen. I would like to remove it, or at least know what its for and fill it up.
and my install script
; example2.nsi
;
; This script is based on example1.nsi, but it remember the directory,
; has uninstall support and (optionally) installs start menu shortcuts.
;
; It will install ICV-MRI into a directory that the user selects,
;--------------------------------
!include "MUI.nsh"
; The name of the installer
Name "ICV-MRI"
; The file to write
OutFile "ICV-MRI_Setup.exe"
; The default installation directory
InstallDir $PROGRAMFILES\ICV-MRI
; Registry key to check for directory (so if you install again, it will
; overwrite the old one automatically)
InstallDirRegKey HKLM "Software\ICV-MRI" "Install_Dir"
; Request application privileges for Windows Vista
RequestExecutionLevel admin
Function LaunchLink
ExecShell "" "$INSTDIR\mri.exe"
FunctionEnd
;--------------------------------
; Pages
Page components
Page directory
Page instfiles
UninstPage uninstConfirm
UninstPage instfiles
; !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_WELCOME
; !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
; !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES
# These indented statements modify settings for MUI_PAGE_FINISH
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_NOAUTOCLOSE
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_NOTCHECKED
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_TEXT "Run MRI when the installer closes"
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_FUNCTION "LaunchLink"
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_SHOWREADME_NOTCHECKED
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH
!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"
;--------------------------------
; The stuff to install
Section "ICV-MRI (required)"
SectionIn RO
; Set output path to the installation directory.
SetOutPath $INSTDIR
; Put file there
File "dist\bz2.pyd"
File "dist\library.zip"
File "dist\mri.exe"
File "dist\PyQt4.QtCore.pyd"
File "dist\PyQt4.QtGui.pyd"
File "dist\python26.dll"
File "dist\QtCore4.dll"
File "dist\QtGui4.dll"
File "dist\select.pyd"
File "dist\sip.pyd"
File "dist\unicodedata.pyd"
File "dist\w9xpopen.exe"
; Write the installation path into the registry
WriteRegStr HKLM SOFTWARE\ICV-MRI "Install_Dir" "$INSTDIR"
; Write the uninstall keys for Windows
WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ICV-MRI" "DisplayName" "ICV-MRI"
WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ICV-MRI" "UninstallString" '"$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"'
WriteRegDWORD HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ICV-MRI" "NoModify" 1
WriteRegDWORD HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ICV-MRI" "NoRepair" 1
WriteUninstaller "uninstall.exe"
SectionEnd
; Optional section (can be disabled by the user)
Section "Start Menu Shortcuts"
CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\ICV-MRI"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\ICV-MRI\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe" 0
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\ICV-MRI\ICV-MRI.lnk" "$INSTDIR\mri.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\mri.exe" 0
SectionEnd
Section "Desktop Shortcuts"
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\ICV-MRI.lnk" "$INSTDIR\mri.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\mri.exe" 0
SectionEnd
;--------------------------------
Solution
That box is for the section description.
Take a look at the Modern UI Basic.nsi file:
;--------------------------------
;Installer Sections
Section "Dummy Section" SecDummy
SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
;ADD YOUR OWN FILES HERE...
;Store installation folder
WriteRegStr HKCU "Software\Modern UI Test" "" $INSTDIR
;Create uninstaller
WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe"
SectionEnd
;--------------------------------
;Descriptions
;Language strings
LangString DESC_SecDummy ${LANG_ENGLISH} "A test section."
;Assign language strings to sections
!insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_BEGIN
!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecDummy} $(DESC_SecDummy)
!insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_END
Read more Modern UI Readme, section on Components page descriptions.
The Modern UI components page has a text box in which a description can be shown when the user hovers the mouse over a component. If you don't want to use these descriptions, insert the MUI_COMPONENTSPAGE_NODESC interface setting.
To set a description for a section, an additional parameter needs to be added to Section commmand with a unique identifier for the section. This name can later be used to set the description for this section.
OTHER TIPS
If you want to remove it, !define MUI_COMPONENTSPAGE_NODESC
at the top of your script