I am looking for a code for Inno Setup, that I can use to make my setup verify my permission to install the program. This code must check a text file on a web server.
- If the file has the value "False", the setup has to cancel an installation and save the value in a registry file to cancel the it always when Internet connection is not available.
- If the file has the value "True", the setup will continue to install, and it will delete the registry file value if it exists.
- If there is no Internet and the registry value does not exist the setup will continue to install.
Use InitializeSetup
event function to trigger your check using HTTP request.
[Code]
const
SubkeyName = 'Software\My Program';
AllowInstallationValue = 'Allow Installation';
function IsInstallationAllowed: Boolean;
var
Url: string;
WinHttpReq: Variant;
S: string;
ResultDWord: Cardinal;
begin
try
WinHttpReq := CreateOleObject('WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1');
Url := 'https://www.example.com/can_install.txt';
WinHttpReq.Open('GET', Url, False);
WinHttpReq.Send('');
if WinHttpReq.Status <> 200 then
begin
RaiseException(
'HTTP Error: ' + IntToStr(WinHttpReq.Status) + ' ' + WinHttpReq.StatusText);
end
else
begin
S := Trim(WinHttpReq.ResponseText);
Log('HTTP Response: ' + S);
Result := (CompareText(S, 'true') = 0);
if RegWriteDWordValue(
HKLM, SubkeyName, AllowInstallationValue, Integer(Result)) then
Log('Cached response to registry')
else
Log('Error caching response to registry');
end;
except
Log('Error: ' + GetExceptionMessage);
if RegQueryDWordValue(HKLM, SubkeyName, AllowInstallationValue, ResultDWord) then
begin
Log('Online check failed, using cached result');
Result := (ResultDWord <> 0);
end
else
begin
Log('Online check failed, no cached result, allowing installation by default');
Result := True;
end;
end;
if Result then Log('Can install')
else Log('Cannot install');
end;
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
begin
Result := True;
if not IsInstallationAllowed then
begin
MsgBox('You cannot install this', mbError, MB_OK);
Result := False;
end;
end;