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I am having some problem to understand how to use Inno Setup. I created this script to install my app:

; Script generated by the Inno Setup Script Wizard.
; SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS ON CREATING INNO SETUP SCRIPT FILES!

#define MyAppName "MyApp"
#define MyAppVersion "1.0"
#define MyAppPublisher "Myself"
#define MyAppExeName "MyApp.exe"

[Setup]
; NOTE: The value of AppId uniquely identifies this application.
; Do not use the same AppId value in installers for other applications.
; (To generate a new GUID, click Tools | Generate GUID inside the IDE.)
AppId={{5FA0A2CF-7FD4-4464-AF88-4B73D0857D03}
AppName={#MyAppName}
AppVersion={#MyAppVersion}
;AppVerName={#MyAppName} {#MyAppVersion}
AppPublisher={#MyAppPublisher}
DefaultDirName=C:\{#MyAppName}
DisableDirPage=no
DefaultGroupName=MyApp
;DisableProgramGroupPage=yes
OutputDir=D:\test
OutputBaseFilename=MyApp
Compression=lzma
SolidCompression=yes
PrivilegesRequired=lowest
UninstallDisplayName=MyApp {#MyAppName}
SetupIconFile="D:\MyApp\MyApp.ico"

[Languages]
Name: "english"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"

[Files]
Source: "D:\MyApp\MyApp.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
Source: "D:\MyApp\*"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs
; NOTE: Don't use "Flags: ignoreversion" on any shared system files

[CustomMessages]
FileTemplateDescription=Test description

[Code]
var
  DataDirPage: TInputDirWizardPage;
  FileTemplatePage: TInputQueryWizardPage;
  CustomStatusLabel: TNewStaticText;

procedure InitializeWizard;
begin
  { This part creates the page where to choose the data location directory }
  DataDirPage := CreateInputDirPage(wpSelectDir,
    'Select data directory', 'Where are the files you want to use?',
    'Select the folder where the data files are located, then click Next.',
    False, '');
  DataDirPage.Add('');

  DataDirPage.Values[0] := GetPreviousData('DataDir', '');

  { This part creates the page where to add the filetemplate }
  FileTemplatePage := CreateInputQueryPage(DataDirPage.ID,
    'File template', 'This is an advance option, do not change it if you are not sure.',
    'Please specify the file template, then click Next.');

  // Add items (False means it's not a password edit)
  FileTemplatePage.Add('File template:', False);

  // Set initial values (optional)
  FileTemplatePage.Values[0] := 'GlobalStatReanalysis_temp_sal_ssh_u_v_{{dateTime:%Y%m%d}.nc';

  // Description of the file template
  //  FileTemplatePage.Description := 'Test of description.';
  { S := CustomMessage('FileTemplateDescription');}
    CustomStatusLabel := TNewStaticText.Create(WizardForm);
  CustomStatusLabel.Parent := WizardForm.InstallingPage;
  CustomStatusLabel.Caption := 'Test Text';

end;

//procedure CurPageChanged(CurPageID: Integer);
  //begin
//    M:= TLabel.Create(WizardForm);
    //M.Caption:= (ExpandConstant('{cm:FileTemplateDescription}'));
  //end;

function GetDataDir(Param: String): String;
begin
  { Return the selected DataDir }
  Result := DataDirPage.Values[0];
end;

function GetFileTemplate(Param: String): String;
begin
  // Return values into variables
  Result := FileTemplatePage.Values[0];
end;

[Icons]
Name: "{group}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; IconFilename: "{app}\MyApp.ico"; Parameters: "--path:{code:GetDataDir} --filetemplate:{code:GetFileTemplate} --fileconfig:""{app}\conf.yml"""

[Run]
Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Description: "{cm:LaunchProgram,{#StringChange(MyAppName, '&', '&&')}}"; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent; Parameters: "--path:{code:GetFileTemplate} --filetemplate:{code:GetDataDir} --fileconfig:""{app}\conf.yml"""

I created the page FileTemplatePage so the user can add a file template. What I want is to add a description to this page.

Looking around I found this other question. Basically this is exactly what I want, but I really don't get how the script works.

If I add the CurPageChanged(CurPageID: Integer) procedure, how can I tell it to change FileTemplatePage? Where do I have to put it? Shouldn't I put something like: CurPageChanged(FileTemplatePage.ID) inside InitializeWizard?

In general I have problems to understand how the [Code] part works, isn't there a main function?

I can compile and use this script, and I can visualise the text into the installation page, because the Parent is that, how can I change the Parent?.

I tried to do this: CustomStatusLabel.Parent := FileTemplatePage, but I obtain the error Type mismatch.

Do you have any advise? Thanks.

cicciodevoto
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  • @MartinPrikryl yes you are right, I didn't answer yet because I am still processing the other question and this one is a different topic. Sorry I didn't think it was a problem. – cicciodevoto Nov 02 '18 at 09:31
  • @MartinPrikryl following the instruction of the duplicate question, I solved my problem. Thanks! I modified my code in this way: `FileTemplateDescription := TNewStaticText.Create(WizardForm); with FileTemplateDescription do begin Parent := FileTemplatePage.Surface; FileTemplateDescription.Caption := 'Description'; Top := WizardForm.SelectTasksPage.Top + WizardForm.SelectTasksPage.Height - Height; // - ScaleY(8); end;` – cicciodevoto Nov 02 '18 at 14:07
  • Also, I do not think that `WizardForm.SelectTasksPage.Top + WizardForm.SelectTasksPage.Height - Height` is correct in your case. That's something very specific to the original question. You should place the label in a way specific to your page. – Martin Prikryl Nov 02 '18 at 14:17
  • @MartinPrikryl yes thanks, that was just a first test to see how it works, I will fix it better – cicciodevoto Nov 02 '18 at 14:23

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