DirText textbox width/height

[MoFoQ]

Is there a way to tweak the height/width of the DirText textbox on the "directory" page?

[Afrow UK]

Sure, use Resource Hacker to modify Contrib\UIs\modern.exe. You may want to save it as a new copy though and use !define MUI_UI my_new_modern.exe

Stu

[MoFoQ]

hmmm...doesn't seem to work.

Is it really modern.exe?
I've even tried editing default.exe with ResHack.


The best would be if it's controlled from in the script.

[MoFoQ]

you know, I got an idea.

I can probably manipulate it using SendMessages (btw, as it turns out, I'm not use MUI at all).

I just need to know which ones are the elements I need to move and resize.

Looking at the source:

code:


#define IDC_EDIT1                       1000

#define IDC_BROWSE                      1001

#define IDC_PROGRESS                    1004

#define IDC_INTROTEXT                   1006

#define IDC_CHECK1                      1008

#define IDC_LIST1                       1016

#define IDC_COMBO1                      1017

#define IDC_CHILDRECT                   1018

#define IDC_DIR                         1019

#define IDC_SELDIRTEXT                  1020

#define IDC_TEXT1                       1021

#define IDC_TEXT2                       1022

#define IDC_SPACEREQUIRED               1023

#define IDC_SPACEAVAILABLE              1024

#define IDC_SHOWDETAILS                 1027

#define IDC_VERSTR                      1028

#define IDC_UNINSTFROM                  1029

#define IDC_STR                         1030

#define IDC_ULICON                      1031

#define IDC_TREE1                       1032

#define IDC_BRANDIMAGE                  1033

#define IDC_LICENSEAGREE                1034

#define IDC_LICENSEDISAGREE             1035

Are these the items below the DIRTEXT and above the "Space Required" items?

[MoFoQ]

Although it would be cool to be able to use System/Win32 calls to do it, I revisited the ResHack method and finally got it to work.

The key was to use ResHack and edit default.exe and adjust the size for every dialog (and items in them) accordingly then add the following to my NSI script:

code:


ChangeUI all reshacked_default.exe

And viola! it works.

[Afrow UK]

SendMessage would not have worked. You would have had to call SetWindowPos with the System plugin, like shown here:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=245878

Yeh default.exe is for classic UI.

Stu

[MoFoQ]

I was thinking more along the lines of MoveWindow (since some items have to be shifted down) and then send a WM_PAINT/WM_SIZE msg.