如何使用nsis在我的设置中添加背景？

Question

I'm creating a setup.exe to my application and I'm using the nsis setup creator and I am compiling on ubuntu.

Now I want customize the setup to appear with background image like this:

How can I put a background in my setup with nsis ?

Answer 1

Your picture is actually this one: http://www.graphical-installer.com/joomla/images/stories/gallery/projects/gallery-4.jpg

So you can use that software - Graphical Installer for NSIS - to achieve exactly the same effect without any effort or programming :)

As author of that software I can say it is really easy to achieve such design:

1. Add custom control on installer UI (using ResHacker) - the better is to create new UI file so your previous installer will not be corrupted
2. Load image from file into control - use WinAPI calls or some NSIS wrapper. Keep in mind the picture path must be somewhere on end-user's computer, eg $Temp.

(the same as hypheni said but with more details)

Answer 2

A clue would be, editing the required UI executable using Resource hacker and add a picture control on top of it.

You can find the available UI modules inside system path: C:\\Program Files\\NSIS\\Contrib\\UIs.

Then once you are done with your editing, define the custom UI using !define MUI_UI in your script and process accordingly.

Answer 3

For more details please refer to the below code snippet

Var hBitmap
!define MUI_CUSTOMFUNCTION_GUIINIT CustomGUIInit

Function CustomGUIInit
    InitPluginsDir
    ReserveFile `${BMP_HEAD}`
    File `/ONAME=$PLUGINSDIR\head.bmp` `${BMP_HEAD}`

    GetDlgItem $R1 $HWNDPARENT 1034
    System::Call `user32::LoadImage(i 0, t "$PLUGINSDIR\head.bmp", i ${IMAGE_BITMAP}, i 0, i 0, i ${LR_LOADFROMFILE}) i.s`
    Pop $hBitmap
    SendMessage $R1 ${STM_SETIMAGE} ${IMAGE_BITMAP} $hBitmap
FunctionEnd

The above code is calling LoadImage Win32 API function from user32.dll and sets to windows control by SendMessage call.