NSIS - Option to show installation details using ShowInstDetails

• Version: 22.3.2

• Target: windows

I would like to use the switch ShowInstDetails to show details about what the installer is currently doing. Is there a way to use this parameter already or would it be possible to add support for it?

Why: It would give feedback to the user about the progress and details

[zhouJiecode]

i known the reason: look at the code in node_modules/app-builder-lib/templates/nsis/installSection.nsh:

${IfNot} ${Silent}
  SetDetailsPrint none
${endif}

we have to set SetDetailsPrint to both.

what i do is:

• copy the file to my directory, modify SetDetailsPrint to both: SetDetailsPrint both
• add a beforePack hook in package.json: "beforePack": "./script/beforePack.js",， and in the hook, to cover node_modules/app-builder-lib/templates/nsis/installSection.nsh with my file

// beforePack.js
exports.default = async function () {
  const newInstallNshPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../build/myInstallSection.nsh');
  const destNshPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/app-builder-lib/templates/nsis/installSection.nsh');
  fs.renameSync(newInstallNshPath, destNshPath);
}

these code is needed too, they can be put in your installer.nsh:

!macro customHeader
  ShowInstDetails show
  ShowUninstDetails show
!macroend

[sstopkin]

I’m getting same issue with version 22.11.7. Trying to build - “oneClick”: false

As I can see - “ShowInstDetails” and “ShowUninstDetails” options are set to “nevershow”. But for some reason overriding works fine for ShowUninstDetails and doesn’t work for ShowInstDetails. https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/app-builder-lib/templates/nsis/common.nsh#L5 As @yafp mentioned - I’m getting an empty UI from but no any installation log inside.

Any idea what happened here? Thanks