Inno - custom page before anything else

Question

We are switching our application to .Net4, but we still have customers on Windows XP SP2. So I need to make additionnal checks in the setup.

Making a popup message at the start of the setup to throw away XP SP2 users is pretty easy :

function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
var
  Version: TWindowsVersion;
begin
  if IsModuleLoaded('monalbumphoto.exe') then begin
    MsgBox(ExpandConstant('{cm:PleaseClose}'), mbError, MB_OK);
    Result := false;
    Abort;
  end else begin
    // check Windows version (to display a better error message for XP SP2 users)
    GetWindowsVersionEx(Version);
    if (Version.Major = 5) and (Version.Minor = 1) and (Version.ServicePackMajor < 3) then begin
      MsgBox(ExpandConstant('{cm:WrongVersion}'), mbError, MB_OK);
      Result := false;
      Abort;
    end else begin
      Result := true;
    end;
  end;
end;

But now, the requirements have changed. I need to display a (kind of long) message, explaining that the user either have to upgrade to SP3, or download a legacy version of our app, with a link to it.

The easy way is to change the messagebox to use "YESNO" buttons (like in this question How to show a hyperlink in Inno Setup?) to automatically download the setup. But I want to go further.

I would like to display a custom wizard page with the explanation, and an embedded link. Another question (Inno Setup custom page) shows how to do it, but it looks like I can only create a page AFTER a specific page, and not BEFORE anything.

So, is it possible to display a custom wizard page BEFORE any other page, that cancels the whole installation ?

Thank you !

Answer 1

Thanks to @TLama, I now have this, which seems to be working great :

// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5461674/
function GetSystemMetrics (nIndex: Integer): Integer;
  external 'GetSystemMetrics@User32.dll stdcall setuponly';

Const
  SM_CXSCREEN = 0; // The enum-value for getting the width of the cient area for a full-screen window on the primary display monitor, in pixels.
  SM_CYSCREEN = 1; // The enum-value for getting the height of the client area for a full-screen window on the primary display monitor, in pixels.

// Download the legacy version of the software
procedure DownloadLegacyVersion(Sender : TObject);
var
  ErrorCode: Integer;
begin
  ShellExec('open', 'http://download.monalbumphoto.fr/monAlbumPhoto_XPSP2.exe', '', '', SW_SHOW, ewNoWait, ErrorCode);
end;

// Download the legacy version of the software
procedure OpenWindowsUpdate(Sender : TObject);
var
  ErrorCode: Integer;
begin
  ShellExec('open', 'http://update.microsoft.com/', '', '', SW_SHOW, ewNoWait, ErrorCode);
end;

// creates a form specifying that the user must upgrade to SP3 or download a legacy version
procedure WindowsUpgradeNeeded();
var
  Form: TSetupForm;
  StaticText: TNewStaticText;
  LinkButton, UpdateButton, OKButton: TNewButton;
begin
  Form := CreateCustomForm();
  try
    Form.ClientWidth := ScaleX(500);
    Form.ClientHeight := ScaleY(200);
    Form.Caption := ExpandConstant('{cm:WrongVersionTitle}');
    Form.BorderStyle := bsDialog;
    Form.Center();

    StaticText := TNewStaticText.Create(Form);
    StaticText.Top := ScaleY(10);
    StaticText.Left := ScaleX(10);
    StaticText.Caption := ExpandConstant('{cm:WrongVersion}');
    StaticText.AutoSize := True;
    StaticText.Parent := Form;

    LinkButton := TNewButton.Create(Form);
    LinkButton.Parent := Form;
    LinkButton.Width := ScaleX(200);
    LinkButton.Height := ScaleY(30);
    LinkButton.Left := Round(Form.ClientWidth / 2) - Round(LinkButton.Width / 2);
    LinkButton.Top := ScaleY(StaticText.Top + StaticText.Height + 10);
    LinkButton.Caption := ExpandConstant('{cm:WrongVersionDL}');
    LinkButton.OnClick := @DownloadLegacyVersion;
    LinkButton.Default := True;

    UpdateButton := TNewButton.Create(Form);
    UpdateButton.Parent := Form;
    UpdateButton.Width := ScaleX(200);
    UpdateButton.Height := ScaleY(30);
    UpdateButton.Left := Round(Form.ClientWidth / 2) - Round(LinkButton.Width / 2);
    UpdateButton.Top := ScaleY(StaticText.Top + StaticText.Height + 10 + LinkButton.Height + 10);
    UpdateButton.Caption := ExpandConstant('{cm:WrongVersionWU}');
    UpdateButton.OnClick := @OpenWindowsUpdate;
    UpdateButton.Default := True;

    OKButton := TNewButton.Create(Form);
    OKButton.Parent := Form;
    OKButton.Width := ScaleX(75);
    OKButton.Height := ScaleY(23);
    OKButton.Left := Round(Form.ClientWidth / 2) - Round(OKButton.Width / 2);
    OKButton.Top := Form.ClientHeight - ScaleY(23 + 10);
    OKButton.Caption := 'OK';
    OKButton.ModalResult := mrOk;
    OKButton.Default := False;

    Form.ActiveControl := LinkButton;

    if Form.ShowModal() = mrOk then
      MsgBox('You clicked OK.', mbInformation, MB_OK);
  finally
    Form.Free();
  end;
end;

// checks if map already running, and the minimum Windows version
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
var
  Version: TWindowsVersion;
begin
    // check Windows version (to display a better error message for XP SP2 users)
    GetWindowsVersionEx(Version);
    if (Version.Major = 5) and (Version.Minor = 1) and (Version.ServicePackMajor < 3) then begin
      WindowsUpgradeNeeded();
      Result := false;
    end else begin
      Result := true;
    end;
end;

Answer 2

You can create the page to appear after wpWelcome and return true from the ShouldSkipPage(wpWelcome) event function.

Alternatively, you can skip all pages and jump straight to the "Prepare to install" page and retunr text giving instructions.