Question about SectionGetFlags

[Mircea M]

Hi,

I have the following structure in my installer:

code:
Section /o "Automatic Drive Partitioning" SEC_PART

	${myLogText} "**** Automatic Drive Partitioning ****"

	Call startPartitioner

	Call readPartitionerLog

SectionEnd



Section /o "Modify Windows Settings" SEC_WIN

	${myLogText} "**** Windows Settings Configuration ****"

	Call instWin

SectionEnd

In a separate file called Dialogs.nsi, I have defined some functions that display custom pages. These pages are only to be displayed if a certain section is selected. In order to do this, I use something like this:

code:
Function preWin

	SectionGetFlags 1 $R0 

	IntOp $R0 $R0 & ${SF_SELECTED} 

	IntCmp $R0 ${SF_SELECTED} show 

 

	Abort 

 

	show: 

...

FunctionEnd

Thus, if section SEC_WIN is selected, I would see the function that starts with the above code.

My "problem" is that if I have to add a new section and I want it to appear before an existing one, I would have to modify my Dialogs.nsi every time to update the section index.

In order to avoid this, I tried using the section ID instead of the index, as such:

code:
Function preWin

	SectionGetFlags ${SEC_WIN} $R0 

	IntOp $R0 $R0 & ${SF_SELECTED} 

	IntCmp $R0 ${SF_SELECTED} show 

 

	Abort 

 

	show: 

...

FunctionEnd

Problem is, when I do this, I get a compile error stating that:
warning: unknown variable/constant "{SEC_VID}" detected, ignoring (Dialogs.nsi:50)
Usage: SectionGetFlags section_index $(user_var: output flags)

I suppose this is because the Dialogs.nsi file is included before my sections are defined and as such, the variables ${SEC_WIN}, etc. don't exist yet. Is there any way to avoid using the section index numbers and use the identifiers instead?

Thanks,
Mircea