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- AdvSplash.dll - small (5.5k), simple plugin that lets you throw
- up a splash screen in NSIS installers with cool fading effects (win2k/xp)
- and transparency.
-
- To use:
-
- Create a .BMP file of your splash screen.
- (optional) Create a .WAV file to play while your splash screen shows.
-
- Add the following lines to your .NSI file:
-
- Function .onInit
- SetOutPath $TEMP
- File /oname=spltmp.bmp "my_splash.bmp"
-
- ; optional
- ; File /oname=spltmp.wav "my_splashshit.wav"
-
- advsplash::show 1000 600 400 -1 $TEMP\spltmp
-
- Pop $0 ; $0 has '1' if the user closed the splash screen early,
- ; '0' if everything closed normal, and '-1' if some error occured.
-
- Delete $TEMP\spltmp.bmp
- ; Delete $TEMP\spltmp.wav
- FunctionEnd
-
- Calling format
- advsplash::show Delay FadeIn FadeOut KeyColor FileName
-
- Delay - length to show the screen for (in milliseconds)
- FadeIn - length to show the fadein scene (in ms) (not included in Delay)
- FadeOut - length to show the fadeout scene (in ms) (not included in Delay)
- KeyColor - color used for transparency, could be any RGB value
- (for ex. R=255 G=100 B=16 -> KeyColor=0xFF6410),
- use KeyColor=-1 if there is no transparent color at your image.
- FileName - splash bitmap filename (without the .bmp). The BMP file used will be
- this parameter.bmp, and the wave file used (if present) will be this
- parameter.wav.
-
- (If you already have an .onInit function, put that in it)
-
- Note 1: fadein/fadeout supported only on win2k/winxp systems, all other systems
- will show simple splash screen with Delay = Delay + FadeIn + FadeOut. Also, I've
- noted my winXP uses no transparent color at 16 bpp, so at bpps lower than 32
- for images with transparent color no fading effect will occur.
-
- Note 2: the return value of splash is 1 if the user closed the splash
- screen early (pop it from the stack)
-
- -Justin
- Converted to a plugin DLL by Amir Szekely (kichik)
- Fading and transparency by Nik Medved (brainsucker)