I am currently installing .NET Framework 4.6.2 as a prerequisite in the PrepareToInstall
event function so that I can obtain the exit code, set the NeedsReboot
status, or abort if installation fails. My code is below and this is all working fine.
var
PrepareToInstallLabel: TNewStaticText;
PrepareToInstallProgressBar: TNewProgressBar;
intDotNetResultCode: Integer;
CancelWithoutPrompt, AbortInstall: Boolean;
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
begin
Result := True;
OverwriteDB := False;
CancelWithoutPrompt := False;
AbortInstall := False;
end;
function PrepareToInstall(var NeedsRestart: Boolean): String;
var
intResultCode: Integer;
strInstallType: String;
begin
if not IsDotNet45Installed and IsWindows7Sp1OrAbove then
begin
HidePrepareToInstallGuiControls;
PrepareToInstallLabel.Caption := 'Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2...';
ShowPrepareToInstallGuiControls;
ExtractTemporaryFile('NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe');
if WizardSilent = True then
begin
strInstallType := '/q';
end
else
begin
strInstallType := '/passive';
end;
Exec(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe'), strInstallType + ' /norestart', '', SW_SHOW,
ewWaitUntilTerminated, intDotNetResultCode);
if (intDotNetResultCode = 0) or (intDotNetResultCode = 1641) or (intDotNetResultCode = 3010) then
begin
Log('Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 installed successfully.' + #13#10 + 'Exit Code: ' + IntToStr(intDotNetResultCode));
CancelWithoutPrompt := False;
AbortInstall := False;
end
else
begin
if WizardSilent = True then
begin
Log('Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 failed to install.' + #13#10 + 'Exit Code: ' + IntToStr(intDotNetResultCode) + #13#10 + 'Setup aborted.');
end
else
begin
MsgBox('Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 failed to install.' + #13#10 + #13#10 +
'Exit Code: ' + IntToStr(intDotNetResultCode) + #13#10 + #13#10 +
'Setup aborted. Click Next or Cancel to exit, or Back to try again.',
mbCriticalError, MB_OK);
end;
PrepareToInstallProgressBar.Visible := False;
PrepareToInstallLabel.Caption := 'Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 failed to install.' + #13#10 + #13#10 + 'Exit Code: ' + IntToStr(intDotNetResultCode) + #13#10 + #13#10 + 'Setup aborted. Click Next or Cancel to exit, or Back to try again.';
CancelWithoutPrompt := True;
AbortInstall := True;
Abort;
end;
end;
end;
procedure InitializeWizard();
begin
//Define the label for the Preparing to Install page
PrepareToInstallLabel := TNewStaticText.Create(WizardForm);
with PrepareToInstallLabel do
begin
Visible := False;
Parent := WizardForm.PreparingPage;
Left := WizardForm.StatusLabel.Left;
Top := WizardForm.StatusLabel.Top;
end;
//Define Progress Bar for the Preparing to Install Page
PrepareToInstallProgressBar := TNewProgressBar.Create(WizardForm);
with PrepareToInstallProgressBar do
begin
Visible := False;
Parent := WizardForm.PreparingPage;
Left := WizardForm.ProgressGauge.Left;
Top := WizardForm.ProgressGauge.Top;
Width := WizardForm.ProgressGauge.Width;
Height := WizardForm.ProgressGauge.Height;
PrepareToInstallProgressBar.Style := npbstMarquee;
end;
end;
procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep);
begin
if CurStep = ssInstall then
begin
if AbortInstall = True then
begin
Abort;
end;
end;
end;
At the moment, I am setting the installation type to either silent or unattended using /q
or /passive
to control the amount of visible GUI the .NET Framework installer displays, depending on how Inno Setup is running and using a Marquee style progress bar to indicate that something is happening. However, from the Microsoft documentation here, it appears that it is possible to get the .NET Framework installer to report it's install progress back, using the /pipe
switch, which might allow it to interactively update a normal style progress bar on the actual progress. This would mean that the .NET Framework installer could be hidden completely and Inno Setup used to indicate the relative progress, which is a much tidier solution. Unfortunately, I do not know C++ and am only a novice programmer. Therefore, can anyone confirm if this is possible to do with Inno Setup and, if so, how it might be attempted?
The following shows Pascal Script implementation of the code from
How to: Get Progress from the .NET Framework 4.5 Installer
[Files]
Source: "NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe"; Flags: dontcopy
[Code]
{ Change to unique names }
const
SectionName = 'MyProgSetup';
EventName = 'MyProgSetupEvent';
const
INFINITE = 65535;
WAIT_OBJECT_0 = 0;
WAIT_TIMEOUT = $00000102;
FILE_MAP_WRITE = $0002;
E_PENDING = $8000000A;
S_OK = 0;
MMIO_V45 = 1;
MAX_PATH = 260;
SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS = $00000040;
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1;
PAGE_READWRITE = 4;
MMIO_SIZE = 65536;
type
TMmioDataStructure = record
DownloadFinished: Boolean; { download done yet? }
InstallFinished: Boolean; { install done yet? }
DownloadAbort: Boolean; { set downloader to abort }
InstallAbort: Boolean; { set installer to abort }
DownloadFinishedResult: Cardinal; { resultant HRESULT for download }
InstallFinishedResult: Cardinal; { resultant HRESULT for install }
InternalError: Cardinal;
CurrentItemStep: array[0..MAX_PATH-1] of WideChar;
DownloadSoFar: Byte; { download progress 0 - 255 (0 to 100% done) }
InstallSoFar: Byte; { install progress 0 - 255 (0 to 100% done) }
{ event that chainer 'creates' and chainee 'opens'to sync communications }
EventName: array[0..MAX_PATH-1] of WideChar;
Version: Byte; { version of the data structure, set by chainer. }
{ 0x0 : .Net 4.0 }
{ 0x1 : .Net 4.5 }
{ current message being sent by the chainee, 0 if no message is active }
MessageCode: Cardinal;
{ chainer's response to current message, 0 if not yet handled }
MessageResponse: Cardinal;
{ length of the m_messageData field in bytes }
MessageDataLength: Cardinal;
{ variable length buffer, content depends on m_messageCode }
MessageData: array[0..MMIO_SIZE] of Byte;
end;
function CreateFileMapping(
File: THandle; Attributes: Cardinal; Protect: Cardinal;
MaximumSizeHigh: Cardinal; MaximumSizeLow: Cardinal; Name: string): THandle;
external 'CreateFileMappingW@kernel32.dll stdcall';
function CreateEvent(
EventAttributes: Cardinal; ManualReset: Boolean; InitialState: Boolean;
Name: string): THandle;
external 'CreateEventW@kernel32.dll stdcall';
function CreateMutex(
MutexAttributes: Cardinal; InitialOwner: Boolean; Name: string): THandle;
external 'CreateMutexW@kernel32.dll stdcall';
function WaitForSingleObject(
Handle: THandle; Milliseconds: Cardinal): Cardinal;
external 'WaitForSingleObject@kernel32.dll stdcall';
function MapViewOfFile(
FileMappingObject: THandle; DesiredAccess: Cardinal; FileOffsetHigh: Cardinal;
FileOffsetLow: Cardinal; NumberOfBytesToMap: Cardinal): Cardinal;
external 'MapViewOfFile@kernel32.dll stdcall';
function ReleaseMutex(Mutex: THandle): Boolean;
external 'ReleaseMutex@kernel32.dll stdcall';
type
TShellExecuteInfo = record
cbSize: DWORD;
fMask: Cardinal;
Wnd: HWND;
lpVerb: string;
lpFile: string;
lpParameters: string;
lpDirectory: string;
nShow: Integer;
hInstApp: THandle;
lpIDList: DWORD;
lpClass: string;
hkeyClass: THandle;
dwHotKey: DWORD;
hMonitor: THandle;
hProcess: THandle;
end;
function ShellExecuteEx(var lpExecInfo: TShellExecuteInfo): BOOL;
external 'ShellExecuteExW@shell32.dll stdcall';
function GetExitCodeProcess(Process: THandle; var ExitCode: Cardinal): Boolean;
external 'GetExitCodeProcess@kernel32.dll stdcall';
procedure CopyPointerToData(
var Destination: TMmioDataStructure; Source: Cardinal; Length: Cardinal);
external 'RtlMoveMemory@kernel32.dll stdcall';
procedure CopyDataToPointer(
Destination: Cardinal; var Source: TMmioDataStructure; Length: Cardinal);
external 'RtlMoveMemory@kernel32.dll stdcall';
var
FileMapping: THandle;
EventChaineeSend: THandle;
EventChainerSend: THandle;
Mutex: THandle;
Data: TMmioDataStructure;
View: Cardinal;
procedure LockDataMutex;
var
R: Cardinal;
begin
R := WaitForSingleObject(Mutex, INFINITE);
Log(Format('WaitForSingleObject = %d', [Integer(R)]));
if R <> WAIT_OBJECT_0 then
RaiseException('Error waiting for mutex');
end;
procedure UnlockDataMutex;
var
R: Boolean;
begin
R := ReleaseMutex(Mutex);
Log(Format('ReleaseMutex = %d', [Integer(R)]));
if not R then
RaiseException('Error releasing waiting for mutex');
end;
procedure ReadData;
begin
CopyPointerToData(Data, View, MMIO_SIZE);
end;
procedure WriteData;
begin
CopyDataToPointer(View, Data, MMIO_SIZE);
end;
procedure InitializeChainer;
var
I: Integer;
begin
Log('Initializing chainer');
FileMapping :=
CreateFileMapping(
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, 0, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, MMIO_SIZE, SectionName);
Log(Format('FileMapping = %d', [Integer(FileMapping)]));
if FileMapping = 0 then
RaiseException('Error creating file mapping');
EventChaineeSend := CreateEvent(0, False, False, EventName);
Log(Format('EventChaineeSend = %d', [Integer(EventChaineeSend)]));
if EventChaineeSend = 0 then
RaiseException('Error creating chainee event');
EventChainerSend := CreateEvent(0, False, False, EventName + '_send');
Log(Format('EventChainerSend = %d', [Integer(EventChainerSend)]));
if EventChainerSend = 0 then
RaiseException('Error creating chainer event');
Mutex := CreateMutex(0, False, EventName + '_mutex');
Log(Format('Mutex = %d', [Integer(Mutex)]));
if Mutex = 0 then
RaiseException('Error creating mutex');
View :=
MapViewOfFile(FileMapping, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0);
if View = 0 then
RaiseException('Cannot map data view');
Log('Mapped data view');
LockDataMutex;
ReadData;
Log('Initializing data');
for I := 1 to Length(EventName) do
Data.EventName[I - 1] := EventName[I];
Data.EventName[Length(EventName)] := #$00;
{ Download specific data }
Data.DownloadFinished := False;
Data.DownloadSoFar := 0;
Data.DownloadFinishedResult := E_PENDING;
Data.DownloadAbort := False;
{ Install specific data }
Data.InstallFinished := False;
Data.InstallSoFar := 0;
Data.InstallFinishedResult := E_PENDING;
Data.InstallAbort := False;
Data.InternalError := S_OK;
Data.Version := MMIO_V45;
Data.MessageCode := 0;
Data.MessageResponse := 0;
Data.MessageDataLength := 0;
Log('Initialized data');
WriteData;
UnlockDataMutex;
Log('Initialized chainer');
end;
var
ProgressPage: TOutputProgressWizardPage;
procedure InstallNetFramework;
var
R: Cardinal;
ExecInfo: TShellExecuteInfo;
ExitCode: Cardinal;
InstallError: string;
Completed: Boolean;
Progress: Integer;
begin
ExtractTemporaryFile('NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe');
{ Start the installer using ShellExecuteEx to get process ID }
ExecInfo.cbSize := SizeOf(ExecInfo);
ExecInfo.fMask := SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
ExecInfo.Wnd := 0;
ExecInfo.lpFile := ExpandConstant('{tmp}\NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe');
ExecInfo.lpParameters := '/pipe ' + SectionName + ' /chainingpackage mysetup /q';
ExecInfo.nShow := SW_HIDE;
if not ShellExecuteEx(ExecInfo) then
RaiseException('Cannot start .NET framework installer');
Log(Format('.NET framework installer started as process %x', [ExecInfo.hProcess]));
Progress := 0;
{ Displaying indefinite progress while the framework installer is initializing }
ProgressPage.ProgressBar.Style := npbstMarquee;
ProgressPage.SetProgress(Progress, 100);
ProgressPage.Show;
try
Completed := False;
while not Completed do
begin
{ Check if the installer process has finished already }
R := WaitForSingleObject(ExecInfo.hProcess, 0);
if R = WAIT_OBJECT_0 then
begin
Log('.NET framework installer completed');
Completed := True;
if not GetExitCodeProcess(ExecInfo.hProcess, ExitCode) then
begin
InstallError := 'Cannot get .NET framework installer exit code';
end
else
begin
Log(Format('Exit code: %d', [Integer(ExitCode)]));
if ExitCode <> 0 then
begin
InstallError :=
Format('.NET framework installer failed with exit code %d', [ExitCode]);
end;
end;
end
else
if R <> WAIT_TIMEOUT then
begin
InstallError := 'Error waiting for .NET framework installer to complete';
Completed := True;
end
else
begin
{ Check if the installer process has signaled progress event }
R := WaitForSingleObject(EventChaineeSend, 0);
if R = WAIT_OBJECT_0 then
begin
Log('Got event from the installer');
{ Read progress data }
LockDataMutex;
ReadData;
Log(Format(
'DownloadSoFar = %d, InstallSoFar = %d', [
Data.DownloadSoFar, Data.InstallSoFar]));
Progress := Integer(Data.InstallSoFar) * 100 div 255;
Log(Format('Progress = %d', [Progress]));
UnlockDataMutex;
{ Once we get any progress data, switch to definite progress display }
ProgressPage.ProgressBar.Style := npbstNormal;
ProgressPage.SetProgress(Progress, 100);
end
else
if R <> WAIT_TIMEOUT then
begin
InstallError := 'Error waiting for .NET framework installer event';
Completed := True;
end
else
begin
{ Seemingly pointless as progress did not change, }
{ but it pumps a message queue as a side effect }
ProgressPage.SetProgress(Progress, 100);
Sleep(100);
end;
end;
end;
finally
ProgressPage.Hide;
end;
if InstallError <> '' then
begin
{ RaiseException does not work properly while TOutputProgressWizardPage is shown }
RaiseException(InstallError);
end;
end;
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
begin
InitializeChainer;
Result := True;
end;
procedure InitializeWizard();
begin
ProgressPage := CreateOutputProgressPage('Installing .NET framework', '');
end;
You can use it like below, or on any other place of your installer process.
function NextButtonClick(CurPageID: Integer): Boolean;
begin
Result := True;
if CurPageID = wpReady then
begin
try
InstallNetFramework;
except
MsgBox(GetExceptionMessage, mbError, MB_OK);
Result := False;
end;
end;
end;
The following screenshot shows how the "progress page" in Inno Setup is linked to the .NET framework installer (of course the .NET framework installer is hidden by the /q
switch, it was just temporarily shown for purposes of obtaining the screenshot).
I've successfully tested the code on
- dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe (.NET framework 4.5 - off-line installer)
- NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe (.NET framework 4.6.2 - off-line installer)
Note that the code takes into account the InstallSoFar
only as both installers above are off-line. For on-line installers, DownloadSoFar
should be taken into account too. And actually even off-line installers do sometime download something.
The ShellExecuteEx
code taken from Inno Setup Exec() function Wait for a limited time.