how to change the browse button text of the dirrequest control

[easthero]

in custom page,I create a dirrequest control,
the browse button has no text,only three dot,I want to change these three dot to text,such as "click here to browser"

thanks

[kichik]

You'll have to work some magic to do that, since InstallOptions doesn't support it. You'll have to call SetWindowPos using the System plug-in to set the button's size and then use SendMessage with WM_SETTEXT to set the new text.

These should help:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Moving_i..._of_the_screen
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Change_c...ler_at_runtime

[NewDevToNsis]

Hi Kichik or anybody,

Sorry I am very new to write NSIS scripts. I’ve the same problem, too. Can anybody help?

I don’t quite understand what is “call SetWindowPos using the System plug-in to set the button's size” and “use SendMessage with WM_SETTEXT to set the new text”

I only know how to use SetWindowPos for setting the Window position? How can it set the button position?

According to the example provided in http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Change_...ller_at_runtime
Like:

SendMessage $HWNDPARENT ${WM_SETTEXT} 0 "STR:We are waiting... [Section 1]"

The SendMessage and WM_SETTEXT only set the heading of the window. I try to set it to DirRequest, it is not working.

Would you mind explaining more about how to do so?

Thanks for your help.

[Red Wine]

Alternatively you may use the function BrowseForFolder somehow like in the following example.
The function BrowseForFolder spreads around the forum with some examples as well.

code:
Name "My Application"

OutFile 'test.exe'

LicenseData '${NSISDIR}\License.txt'

LicenseBkColor 0xFFFFFF

ShowInstDetails show



!include WinMessages.nsh



Page License

Page Custom CustomCreate CustomLeave

Page InstFiles



Section "boo"

        SetOutPath '$INSTDIR'

SectionEnd



Function CustomCreate

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Settings' 'NumFields' '2'



         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'Type' 'Text'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'Left' '5'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'Top' '36'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'Right' '166'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'Bottom' '48'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'Flags' 'READONLY|NOWORDWRAP'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'State' ''

         

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 2' 'Type' 'Button'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 2' 'Left' '174'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 2' 'Top' '35'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 2' 'Right' '-5'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 2' 'Bottom' '49'

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 2' 'Flags' 'Notify'

;         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 2' 'State' ''

         WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 2' 'Text' 'This button really sucks'

         

         push $0

         InstallOptions::InitDialog /NOUNLOAD '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini'

         pop $0

         ReadINIStr $1 "$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini" "Field 1" "HWND"

         SetCtlColors $1 0x000000 0xFFFFFF

         InstallOptions::Show '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini'

         pop $0

         pop $0

FunctionEnd



Function CustomLeave

        ReadIniStr $0 '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Settings' 'State'

        StrCmp $0 '2' 0 next



        Call BrowseForFolder

        StrCmp $3 '' _abort



        WriteIniStr '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'State' '$3'

        ReadIniStr $0 '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'HWND'

        SendMessage $0 ${WM_SETTEXT} 0 'STR:$3'        

     _abort:

        Abort



     next:

        ReadIniStr $0 '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini' 'Field 1' 'State'

        StrCmp $0 '' 0 exit

        MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION "Plz browse for a folder"

        Abort

     exit:

        StrCpy '$INSTDIR' '$0'

FunctionEnd



Function BrowseForFolder

        System::Store "s r9"



        ; BrowseInfo structure

        System::Call '*(i $HWNDPARENT, i 0, t "", t r9, i 0x45, i 0, i, i) i.r1'

        System::Call 'shell32::SHBrowseForFolderA(i r1) i.r2'

        System::Free $1



        ; now we should determine folder name from given PIDL

        System::Call 'shell32::SHGetPathFromIDListA(i $2, t "" r3)'



        ; IMalloc->Free work

        System::Call 'shell32::SHGetMalloc(*i . r4)'    ; Get the pointer to interface

        ; IMalloc->Free call

        System::Call '$4->5(i r2)'

        ; IMalloc->Release

        System::Call '$4->2()'



        System::Store "p3 l"

FunctionEnd



Function .onInit

         InitPluginsDir

         GetTempFileName $0

         Rename $0 '$PLUGINSDIR\custom.ini'

FunctionEnd

[Afrow UK]

I did this quite a while ago:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=245878

-Stu

[NewDevToNsis]

Thank you. It's working.