Open Display Properties and select a theme

[Gusman]

I'm making a theme for WinXp, and I'm almost finished... I have made a simple installer, but after copying the files I want it to open Display Properties and select my theme there, so that all the user have to do is to press ok. Is this possible?

btw, nsis rocks, I have used it as an installer for many of my apps...


[edit] Ouch! I am truly stupid... There was an easy solution for this... All I had to do was to execute the .theme file... Moderators are welcome to delete this thread if they want to...[/edit]

[kichik]

Why delete it? Someone else can find the answer here

Have you used ExecWait or ExecShell?

[Gusman]

I used ExecShell because Exec and ExecWait did not work...

Another question, how can I make the installer launch the theme when the user clicks "Finish"? Right now the theme is launched after the installer has copied the files, as a part of the general install section...

[Joel]

In one of my apps I call the display too... But don't know YET
how to open an select item, check this code:

code:


OutFile "OpenCPL.exe"

Name "OpenCPL"



ComponentText "Hello"



Page components

Page instfiles



Section "Open Themes"

ExecShell "open" "rundll32.exe" "shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL themes.cpl,,2" 

Quit

SectionEnd



Section "Open Appearance"

ExecShell "open" "rundll32.exe" "shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,2"

Quit

SectionEnd

[DITMan]

Hmmm... to achieve that i think there's an event called something like

.onInstallSuccess or something like that, I can't look it up in the documentation right now, but it exists in the scripting reference I think :P

[Joel]

Well...
it's only an example of the calling
of the control panel's Display...
but you can put something like this

Function ".onGUIEnd"
ExecShell "open" "rundll32.exe" "shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL themes.cpl,,2"
FunctionEnd