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Docs/ExperienceUI/pages/pagemode.htm
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  <head>
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    <title>ExperienceUI Documentation Content Frame</title>
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    <link rel=stylesheet href=style.css type=text/css>
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  </head>
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  <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;margin:0px;padding:0px">
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    <table border=0 width=100% height=100%>
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      <tr>
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        <td valign=top style=margin:10px;padding:10px>
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	  <h1>Page Mode Support</h1>
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	  <p style=margin-left:0.2in>
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          <font face=Verdana style=font-size:8pt color=#000000>
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            Since version 1.04, the ExperienceUI supports page modes.  This term may be new to you, but it's XPUI-jargon for using identical
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            pages in both the installer and the uninstaller.  The Modern UI also supports this, but it is very difficult to use.  The
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            ExperienceUI allows you to insert any page you want into just the installer, just the uninstaller, or both.  How does it work?
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            When you insert an XPUI_PAGEMODE macro, three defines are assigned values: XPUI_UN, XPUI_UNFUNC, and XPUI_UNINST.  In the
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            Install page mode, these three are blank values.  In the Uninstall page mode, however, they are assigned the values "UN", "un.",
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            and "UNINST", respectively.  Then, to add a page to the uninstaller, all I have to do is:<br>
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            <br>
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            <code>PageEx ${XPUI_UNFUNC}components<br>
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            &nbsp;...<br>
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            PageExEnd</code><br>
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            <br>
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            Of course, there is also the little detail about strings.  You don't want the uninstaller to confuse you by saying something
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            about installing the program, so I also used this technique with the strings.  The language files have string tables
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            for all 21 pages (10 installer, 11 uninstaller, including the NSIS uninstConfirm page) and the language strings have the
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            ${XPUI_UN} symbol in them.  This allows for completely different install/uninstall strings.  The code is basically like this:<br>
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            <code>
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            !insertmacro XPUI_HEADER_TEXT "$(XPUI_${XPUI_UN}COMPONENTSPAGE_TITLE)" "$(XPUI_${XPUI_UN}COMPONENTSPAGE_SUBTITLE)"
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            </code>
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            </font>
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	    </p>
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	    <a name=using id=using></a>
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	    <h1>Using Page Modes</h1>
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	    <p style=margin-left:0.2in>
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	      <font face=Verdana style=font-size:8pt color=#000000>
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              Using the page mode system is very simple.  Simply insert the page-mode macro and then your pages.  An example of this can be
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              found in the Setup.NSI file in the XPUI installation directory.  For more information, please see the <a href=page_macros.htm>Page Macros</a> section of
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              this document.<br>
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              <br>
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              If you created your scripts for XPUI versions 1.03 or earlier, you may have to change them for versions &gt;1.04.
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          <p class=footer>Copyright &copy; 2004-2006 Dan Fuhry.  All rights except those explicitly given in the <a href=license_agreement.htm style=color:#A0A0D0 onmouseover="this.style.color='#A0A0A0'" onmouseout="this.style.color='#A0A0D0'">license agreement</a> reserved.</p>
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ExperienceUI for NSIS