Ultra-Modern UI

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UltraModernUI_2.0b5.zip (4.1 MB)

NSIS_3.04_UltraModernUI_2.0b5.exe (4.2 MB)

UltraModernUI_2.0b5.exe (2.8 MB)

Description

Version: 2.0.

The Ultra-Modern User Interface is a new interface with a style like the most recent installers for NSIS 3 (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) x86 edition, the tool that allows programmers to create such installers for Windows. Ultra-Modern UI and NSIS are released under an open source license.

The Ultra-Modern User Interface also features new pages (Confirm, Abort, AlternativeStartMenu, AdditionalTasks, Information, Maintenance, Update, SetupType...). The interface and the graphics can be customized using the provided settings and the new skins system.

Ultra-Modern UI include also another User Interface named Modern UIEx. Modern UIEx is the same User Interface as the original Modern UI style but with the support of the new ultra-modern pages and with a little more options.

Using the Ultra-Modern UI macros and language files, writing scripts with a ultra-modern interface is easy. A lot of examples are available to show the different features and this document contains all information about writing Ultra-Modern UI scripts and a reference of all settings.

The issue of Ultra-Modern UI is to be the most compatible with the existing Modern UI scripts. Because of it is based on the Modern UI of Joost Verburg, it uses the same macro and define and provide new one. The new macro and define use the prefix UMUI_ instead of MUI_.

Please be aware that the Ultra-Modern UI and the Modern UI interfaces settings are different compared to the classic interface. This means that you should not use settings like LicenseText, Icon, CheckBitmap, InstallColors etc. but the ones that are documented here.

Ultra-Modern UI include three NSIS plug-ins:

• SkinnedControls: a plug-in, natively integrated to Ultra-Modern UI, to skin all buttons and scroll bars of your installer;
• InstallOptionsEx: an extension, natively integrated to Ultra-Modern UI, of the original InstallOptions plug-in with more feature to create custom pages;
• nsArray: needed by some Ultra-Modern UI features, provide less out-of-the-box arrays and map features.

Latest Version Changes

Version 2.0 Beta 5 (January 01, 2019)

• Ultra-Modern UI is resynchronized under Modern UI version 1.81.
• Consequently, The UMUI_TEXT_COLOR define was renamed in MUI_TEXTCOLOR.
• UMUI now provide an extended NSIS Menu with links for UMUI and extra plugins documentations.
• Consequently, UMUI installers no more create extra shortcuts on the start menu, but replace the original NSIS menu shortcuts.
• Fixed bug when the Additional Tasks page is skipped, options were not affected...
• Fixed bug when the License page text is unreadable with the Windows high contrast mode.
• Minor Fixes.

Version 2.0 Beta 4 (February 04, 2018)

• Fixed UMUI_PAGE_SERIALNUMBER and UMUI_UNPAGE_SERIALNUMBER pages failed to compile.

Version 2.0 Beta 3 (August 06, 2017)

• New Bulgarian language files by Angel.
• Added support HKCR32, HKCR64, HKCU32, HKCU64, HKLM32 and HKLM64 root keys for all the UMUI_*_REGISTRY_ROOT defines and for the UMUI_ADDPARAMTOSAVETOREGISTRYKEY macro with NSIS versions >= 3.02.
• Added support for MUI_UNCONFIRMPAGE_VARIABLE from Modern UI 1.8.
• Added support for MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_DESTROYED for original StartMenu page from Modern UI 1.8.
• Minor Fixes.

Version 2.0 Beta 2 (December 25, 2016)

• Updated the SkinnedControls plug-in to version 1.4 with support of the new NSIS plug-in API, optional unskinit method calls and ignore case parameters name support.
• Fixed: Links on RichText information pages are now clickable;
• Fixed: Missing MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_PRE support missing for some Ultra-Modern pages (by Bodenseematze);
• Fixed: Most of the time, command line parameters were not transferred to Exec calls (thanks Bodenseematze);
• Several new and completed language files and other minor fixes by Bodenseematze:

   * Completed: German language file;
   * New: Greek language file;
   * New: Italian language file;
   * New: Lithuanian language file;
   * New: Russian language file;
   * New: Slovenian language file;
   * New: Spanish language file;
   * New: Turkish language file;

• Minor optimizations.

Version 2.0 Beta 1 (August 27, 2016)

• Ultra-Modern UI is now fully compatible with NSIS version 3 x86 edition and now with the large string special build;
• The NSISArray plug-in was replaced by the new nsArray plug-in in version 1.1.1.7 who is faster and uses less memory;
• Updated the InstallOptionsEx plug-in to version 2.4.5 beta 3 with full unicode support;
• Updated the SkinnedControls plug-in to version 1.3 with unicode support, rewritten documentation and button image size are no more limited to allow smoother gradients;
• The information page is now compatible with UTF16LE text files if compiled in Unicode;
• The information page is now compatible with Unix style (LF only) line return text files;
• The UMUI_CUSTOM_SKIN define is now deprecated, it is no more necessary and you can simply use the UMUI_SKIN define with your custom skin;
• All button image was recreated with smoother gradient;
• Reduced weight of skin images;
• Updated and completed documentation;
• Added an example for nsDialogs based custom page and documentation;
• The default install directory for the NSIS + Ultra-Modern UI package is now C:\ProgramData on Windows Vista and upper to allow examples to be compiled without access rights errors;
• A lot of bug fixes and optimizations;
• Source code now on GitHub: https://github.com/SuperPat45/UltraModernUI.

Credits

• Made by SuperPat

1. Based on Modern UI Copyright 2002-2018 Joost Verburg.
2. And inspired of the ExperienceUI of dandaman32.

• Skins by SuperPat
• Ultra-Modern Icons and WXP BackGround skin is taken again on ExperineceUI of dandaman32.

Links

Official Website (Includes screenshots)

2.0 beta Topic