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== Links ==
== Links ==


[http://forums.winamp.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=1621363 InstallOptionsEx DLL - Version 2.4.2 beta 1 w/ C++ Source]
[[File:Zip.gif]] [https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis-ioex/files/IOEx%20beta/2.4.5%20beta%203/InstallOptionsEx2.4.5b3.zip/download InstallOptionsEx2.4.5b3.zip] (232 KB) (DLL w/ C++ Source)
 
[[File:Exe.gif]] [https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis-ioex/files/IOEx%20beta/2.4.5%20beta%203/InstallOptionsEx2.4.5b3.exe/download InstallOptionsEx2.4.5b3.exe] (426 KB) (DLL w/ C++ Source)
 
[http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=265453&page=2#post3067421 InstallOptionsEx Forum Thread]


[http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1621363#post1621363 InstallOptionsEx Forums Thread (where your questions, complaints, suggestions... should go)]
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis-ioex InstallOptionsEx SourceForge Project Page]


== Description ==
== Description ==


This plugin is an extention for the original InstallOptions you find with NSIS package. For those who want to have a more professional looking NSIS page. See a little bit of the feature list below to entertrain yourself:
'''Version:''' 2.4.5 beta 3.


*More controls: <i>Animation</i>, <i>ProgressBar</i>, <i>TrackBar</i>, <i>IPAddress</i>, <i>DateTime</i>, <i>MonthCalendar</i>, <i>UpDown</i>, and <i>TreeView</i>.
This plugin is an extension for the original [[InstallOptions plug-in|InstallOptions]] plug-in you find with NSIS package. For those who want to have a more professional looking NSIS page. See a little bit of the feature list below to entertain yourself:
 
*More controls: <i>Animation</i>, <i>ProgressBar</i>, <i>TrackBar</i>, <i>IPAddress</i>, <i>DateTime</i>, <i>MonthCalendar</i>, <i>UpDown</i>, <i>TreeView</i>, <i>ListView</i>, <i>Image</i> (based on already existing ones) and <i>RichText</i>.
*Extended notification system which you can specify the types of notifications you want a control to support.
*Extended notification system which you can specify the types of notifications you want a control to support.
*Supports setting colors and font for most of the controls. Alignment works for some controls.
*Supports setting colors and font for most of the controls. Alignment works for some controls.
*Supports timeout, which makes the plugin to go to the validation function automatically after the specified time.
*Normal and Balloon ToolTips with color change and a halfway multiline support.
*Normal and Balloon ToolTips with color change and a halfway multiline support.
*Automatic detection of number of controls available in your INI page file.
*Automatic detection of number of controls available in your INI page file.
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*Flags have been added, like of those <i>Buttons</i> with an image or icon, <i>Checkbox</i>es with "gray" state added...
*Flags have been added, like of those <i>Buttons</i> with an image or icon, <i>Checkbox</i>es with "gray" state added...
*<i>ListBox</i> controls have the multicolumn feature which makes each item to occupy less space of the control.
*<i>ListBox</i> controls have the multicolumn feature which makes each item to occupy less space of the control.
*<i>Height</i> and <i>Width</i> value names, possibiliting a better organization of controls rectangles.
*<i>Height</i> and <i>Width</i> value names, have a better organization of controls rectangles.
*<i>Button</i> and <i>Link</i> controls have the old <i>DirRequest</i> and <i>FileRequest</i> controls abilities so that you can customize the control text and where the result will go of selecting a file or dir.
*<i>Button</i> and <i>Link</i> controls have the old <i>DirRequest</i> and <i>FileRequest</i> controls abilities so that you can customize the control text and where the result will go of selecting a file or dir.
*All in 16 kb compressed with UPX.


Documentation is available with the plugin DLL download.
Documentation is available with the plugin DLL download.


== Last Version Changes ==
== Lastest Version Changes ==


*Added new control type: TreeView.
After seven years since the last beta version, this is the new InstallOptionsEx version 2.4.5 beta 3.
*Major Fix: Password controls without a value for Text INI value name gave a fatal error.
*Added new flags to Flags INI value name: CHECKBOXES for TreeView controls, TRANSPARENT for Animation controls (second implementation).
*Removed flags from Flags INI value name: RIGHT for CheckBox and RadioButton controls, LEFT for UpDown controls.
*Added new INI value names for "Field #" INI sections: Align, VAlign, TxtAlign,and TxtVAlign.
*Removed ellipsis support for strings that pass control border boundaries on Label, Link, DropList, ComboBox and ListBox controls.
*Added tab character support for Label and Link controls.
*Added carriage return, new line and tab characters support for DropList, ComboBox and ListBox controls.
*Adjusted rectangles of Label and Link controls so that the focus rectangle don't cut part of strings (only Link controls) and have at least 1 pixel of background color on the left and right of the control.
*Right-To-Left dialogs have the UpDown control to invert its position in relation to its buddy control.
*Forgot to mention about NOWORDWRAP flag for Text and Password controls in the documentation.
*MaxLen INI value name for TrackBar controls didn't calculate correctly the maximum number of items. Now if you specify 10, there will be 10 items.
*Aplied patch [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1164307&group_id=22049&atid=373087 #1164307].  


== TODO ==
A lot of bugs were fixed in this version.


=== Next Version ===
Two versions of the plugin are available: an ANSI and an UNICODE.


==== As Discussed ====
'''Changes since version 2.4.5 beta 2:'''
*Nothing 'till now.


==== As Planed ====
A big thank to Tallmaris (Leandro Tramma) for the initial unicode compatibility.


*Add more INI value names to the <i>Settings</i> INI section.
* Added: Full unicode support;
*Add more types of Windows default dialogs.
* Added: make_unicode dll function for Unicode build: Convert an ANSI INI file to the UNICODE charset;
*"Ownerdraw" style for TreeView (?).
* Applied patches from the original InstallOptions source repository.
*More types of checkboxes for TreeView controls (?).


=== TODO For Other Future Versions ===


*Custom dialogs for pages.
== Credits ==
*Add more types of Windows default dialogs.
*Create a system for including new types of controls separatedly from this plugin. (This is NSIS TODO)


The rest of it I don't publish (I have my reasons).
Original IO version Copyright © 2001 Michael Bishop ([[User:locnar42|locnar42]])


== Credits ==
IO DLL version 1 Copyright © 2001-2002 Nullsoft, Inc., ORTIM
 
IO DLL version 2 Copyright © 2003-2009 Amir Szekely ([[User:kichik|kichik]]), [[User:Joost Verburg|Joost Verburg]], Dave Laundon ([[User:eccles|eccles]])


Original IO version Copyright © 2001 Michael Bishop ([[User:locnar42|locnar42]])
IOEx DLL Copyright © 2004-2005 Diego Pedroso ([[User:deguix|deguix]])


IO DLL version 1 Copyright © 2001-2002 Nullsoft, Inc., ORTIM ([[User:nandhp|nandhp]])
IOEx DLL (starting at v.2.4.5) Copyright © 2006-2016 [[User:SuperPat|SuperPat]]


IO DLL version 2 Copyright © 2003-2005 Amir Szekely ([[User:kichik|kichik]]), [[User:Joost|Joost Verburg], Dave Laundon ([[User:eccles|eccles]])


IOEx DLL (changed from original IO 2) Copyright © 2004-2005 Diego Pedroso ([[User:deguix|deguix]])
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Latest revision as of 12:11, 27 August 2016

Author: deguix (talk, contrib)


Links

Zip.gif InstallOptionsEx2.4.5b3.zip (232 KB) (DLL w/ C++ Source)

Exe.gif InstallOptionsEx2.4.5b3.exe (426 KB) (DLL w/ C++ Source)

InstallOptionsEx Forum Thread

InstallOptionsEx SourceForge Project Page

Description

Version: 2.4.5 beta 3.

This plugin is an extension for the original InstallOptions plug-in you find with NSIS package. For those who want to have a more professional looking NSIS page. See a little bit of the feature list below to entertain yourself:

  • More controls: Animation, ProgressBar, TrackBar, IPAddress, DateTime, MonthCalendar, UpDown, TreeView, ListView, Image (based on already existing ones) and RichText.
  • Extended notification system which you can specify the types of notifications you want a control to support.
  • Supports setting colors and font for most of the controls. Alignment works for some controls.
  • Supports timeout, which makes the plugin to go to the validation function automatically after the specified time.
  • Normal and Balloon ToolTips with color change and a halfway multiline support.
  • Automatic detection of number of controls available in your INI page file.
  • Supports variables as a value for any value name, so you don't need anymore to write several times into an INI file.
  • Flags have been added, like of those Buttons with an image or icon, Checkboxes with "gray" state added...
  • ListBox controls have the multicolumn feature which makes each item to occupy less space of the control.
  • Height and Width value names, have a better organization of controls rectangles.
  • Button and Link controls have the old DirRequest and FileRequest controls abilities so that you can customize the control text and where the result will go of selecting a file or dir.

Documentation is available with the plugin DLL download.

Lastest Version Changes

After seven years since the last beta version, this is the new InstallOptionsEx version 2.4.5 beta 3.

A lot of bugs were fixed in this version.

Two versions of the plugin are available: an ANSI and an UNICODE.

Changes since version 2.4.5 beta 2:

A big thank to Tallmaris (Leandro Tramma) for the initial unicode compatibility.

  • Added: Full unicode support;
  • Added: make_unicode dll function for Unicode build: Convert an ANSI INI file to the UNICODE charset;
  • Applied patches from the original InstallOptions source repository.


Credits

Original IO version Copyright © 2001 Michael Bishop (locnar42)

IO DLL version 1 Copyright © 2001-2002 Nullsoft, Inc., ORTIM

IO DLL version 2 Copyright © 2003-2009 Amir Szekely (kichik), Joost Verburg, Dave Laundon (eccles)

IOEx DLL Copyright © 2004-2005 Diego Pedroso (deguix)

IOEx DLL (starting at v.2.4.5) Copyright © 2006-2016 SuperPat