Cannot get CheckBox to appear

[ewiener]

I am trying to create a simple installer and on the finishpage I want to have 3 checkboxes:

1 for running the app after the install
1 for creating a Desktop shortcut
1 for creating a QuickLaunch shortcut

I am using MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN for running the app, and MUI_FINISHPAGE_SHOWREADME for creating the Desktop shortcut. Those both work fine. However, I am having a tough time getting the QuickLaunch checkbox to show. Here are the functions I am using, which were obtained from another thread on here:

code:


!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_PRE QL_PRE

!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_SHOW QL_SHOW

!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_LEAVE QL_LEAVE



Function QL_PRE

ReadINIStr $0 "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Field 6" "HWND"

SetCtlColors $0 0x000000 0xFFFFFF

FunctionEnd



Function QL_SHOW

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Settings" "NumFields" "8"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Field 6" "Type" "CheckBox"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Field 6" "Text" "&Create Quicklaunch Shortcut"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Field 6" "Left" "120"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Field 6" "Right" "315"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Field 6" "Top" "130"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Field 6" "Bottom" "140"

WriteINIStr "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Field 6" "State" "1"

FunctionEnd



Function QL_LEAVE

ReadINIStr $0 "$PLUGINSDIR\iospecial.ini" "Field 6" "State"

StrCmp $0 "0" end

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"

CreateShortCut "$QUICKLAUNCH\$(^Name).lnk" "$INSTDIR\Launch jEdit.exe"

end:

FunctionEnd

I checked the IOSpecial.INI while it is running and the entry for the CheckBox (Field 6) does appear, but it never shows up in the installer.

EDIT: Also, the QuickLaunch shortcut IS made during the install. It appears after clicking the "Next" button on the welcome screen.

Any help with this would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[ewiener]

Quick update:

I re-made my installer script and curiously the CheckBox entry in the iospecial.ini for the QuickLaunch appears once on the finishpage, but the checkbox still doesn't show.

Here is a screenshot of iospecial.ini opened in the HM NIS InstallOptions Editor (while installer is running on finishpage)


And here is a screenshot of how it looks while running

[Red Wine]

You should add the creation of the checkbox into the pre function and the control colors thing into the show function.

[ewiener]

Damn it. It works perfectly now. Thank you!