Inno Setup Get progress from .NET Framework 4.5 (or higher) installer to update progress bar position

Question

I am currently installing .NET Framework 4.6.2 as a prerequisite in the PrepareToInstall event function so that I can obtain the exit code, set the NeedsR

Answer 1

The following shows Pascal Script implementation of the code from
How to: Get Progress from the .NET Framework 4.5 Installer

[Files]
Source: "NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe"; Flags: dontcopy

[Code]

{ Change to unique names }    
const
  SectionName = 'MyProgSetup';
  EventName = 'MyProgSetupEvent';

const
  INFINITE = 65535;
  WAIT_OBJECT_0 = 0;
  WAIT_TIMEOUT = $00000102;
  FILE_MAP_WRITE = $0002;
  E_PENDING = $8000000A;
  S_OK = 0;
  MMIO_V45 = 1;
  MAX_PATH = 260;
  SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS = $00000040;
  INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1;
  PAGE_READWRITE = 4;
  MMIO_SIZE = 65536;

type
  TMmioDataStructure = record
    DownloadFinished: Boolean; { download done yet? }
    InstallFinished: Boolean; { install done yet? }
    DownloadAbort: Boolean; { set downloader to abort }
    InstallAbort: Boolean; { set installer to abort }
    DownloadFinishedResult: Cardinal; { resultant HRESULT for download }
    InstallFinishedResult: Cardinal; { resultant HRESULT for install }
    InternalError: Cardinal;
    CurrentItemStep: array[0..MAX_PATH-1] of WideChar;
    DownloadSoFar: Byte; { download progress 0 - 255 (0 to 100% done) }
    InstallSoFar: Byte; { install progress 0 - 255 (0 to 100% done) }
    { event that chainer 'creates' and chainee 'opens'to sync communications }
    EventName: array[0..MAX_PATH-1] of WideChar; 

    Version: Byte; { version of the data structure, set by chainer. }
                   { 0x0 : .Net 4.0 }
                   { 0x1 : .Net 4.5 }

    { current message being sent by the chainee, 0 if no message is active }
    MessageCode: Cardinal; 
    { chainer's response to current message, 0 if not yet handled }
    MessageResponse: Cardinal; 
    { length of the m_messageData field in bytes }
    MessageDataLength: Cardinal; 
    { variable length buffer, content depends on m_messageCode }
    MessageData: array[0..MMIO_SIZE] of Byte; 
  end;

function CreateFileMapping(
  File: THandle; Attributes: Cardinal; Protect: Cardinal;
  MaximumSizeHigh: Cardinal; MaximumSizeLow: Cardinal; Name: string): THandle;
  external 'CreateFileMappingW@kernel32.dll stdcall';

function CreateEvent(
  EventAttributes: Cardinal; ManualReset: Boolean; InitialState: Boolean;
  Name: string): THandle;
  external 'CreateEventW@kernel32.dll stdcall';

function CreateMutex(
  MutexAttributes: Cardinal; InitialOwner: Boolean; Name: string): THandle;
  external 'CreateMutexW@kernel32.dll stdcall';

function WaitForSingleObject(
  Handle: THandle; Milliseconds: Cardinal): Cardinal;
  external 'WaitForSingleObject@kernel32.dll stdcall';

function MapViewOfFile(
  FileMappingObject: THandle; DesiredAccess: Cardinal; FileOffsetHigh: Cardinal;
  FileOffsetLow: Cardinal; NumberOfBytesToMap: Cardinal): Cardinal;
  external 'MapViewOfFile@kernel32.dll stdcall';

function ReleaseMutex(Mutex: THandle): Boolean;
  external 'ReleaseMutex@kernel32.dll stdcall';

type
  TShellExecuteInfo = record
    cbSize: DWORD;
    fMask: Cardinal;
    Wnd: HWND;
    lpVerb: string;
    lpFile: string;
    lpParameters: string;
    lpDirectory: string;
    nShow: Integer;
    hInstApp: THandle;    
    lpIDList: DWORD;
    lpClass: string;
    hkeyClass: THandle;
    dwHotKey: DWORD;
    hMonitor: THandle;
    hProcess: THandle;
  end;

function ShellExecuteEx(var lpExecInfo: TShellExecuteInfo): BOOL; 
  external 'ShellExecuteExW@shell32.dll stdcall';

function GetExitCodeProcess(Process: THandle; var ExitCode: Cardinal): Boolean;
  external 'GetExitCodeProcess@kernel32.dll stdcall';

procedure CopyPointerToData(
  var Destination: TMmioDataStructure; Source: Cardinal; Length: Cardinal);
  external 'RtlMoveMemory@kernel32.dll stdcall';

procedure CopyDataToPointer(
  Destination: Cardinal; var Source: TMmioDataStructure; Length: Cardinal);
  external 'RtlMoveMemory@kernel32.dll stdcall';

var
  FileMapping: THandle;
  EventChaineeSend: THandle;
  EventChainerSend: THandle;
  Mutex: THandle;
  Data: TMmioDataStructure;
  View: Cardinal;

procedure LockDataMutex;
var
  R: Cardinal;
begin
  R := WaitForSingleObject(Mutex, INFINITE);
  Log(Format('WaitForSingleObject = %d', [Integer(R)]));
  if R <> WAIT_OBJECT_0 then
    RaiseException('Error waiting for mutex');
end;

procedure UnlockDataMutex;
var
  R: Boolean;
begin
  R := ReleaseMutex(Mutex);
  Log(Format('ReleaseMutex = %d', [Integer(R)]));
  if not R then
    RaiseException('Error releasing waiting for mutex');
end;

procedure ReadData;
begin
  CopyPointerToData(Data, View, MMIO_SIZE);
end;

procedure WriteData;
begin
  CopyDataToPointer(View, Data, MMIO_SIZE);
end;

procedure InitializeChainer;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  Log('Initializing chainer');  

  FileMapping :=
    CreateFileMapping(
      INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, 0, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, MMIO_SIZE, SectionName);
  Log(Format('FileMapping = %d', [Integer(FileMapping)]));
  if FileMapping = 0 then
    RaiseException('Error creating file mapping'); 

  EventChaineeSend := CreateEvent(0, False, False, EventName);
  Log(Format('EventChaineeSend = %d', [Integer(EventChaineeSend)]));
  if EventChaineeSend = 0 then
    RaiseException('Error creating chainee event'); 

  EventChainerSend := CreateEvent(0, False, False, EventName + '_send');
  Log(Format('EventChainerSend = %d', [Integer(EventChainerSend)]));
  if EventChainerSend = 0 then
    RaiseException('Error creating chainer event'); 

  Mutex := CreateMutex(0, False, EventName + '_mutex');
  Log(Format('Mutex = %d', [Integer(Mutex)]));
  if Mutex = 0 then
    RaiseException('Error creating mutex'); 

  View :=
    MapViewOfFile(FileMapping, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0);
  if View = 0 then
    RaiseException('Cannot map data view');
  Log('Mapped data view');

  LockDataMutex;

  ReadData;

  Log('Initializing data');  
  for I := 1 to Length(EventName) do
    Data.EventName[I - 1] := EventName[I];
  Data.EventName[Length(EventName)] := #$00;

  { Download specific data }
  Data.DownloadFinished := False;
  Data.DownloadSoFar := 0;
  Data.DownloadFinishedResult := E_PENDING;
  Data.DownloadAbort := False;

  { Install specific data }
  Data.InstallFinished := False;
  Data.InstallSoFar := 0;
  Data.InstallFinishedResult := E_PENDING;
  Data.InstallAbort := False;

  Data.InternalError := S_OK;

  Data.Version := MMIO_V45;
  Data.MessageCode := 0;
  Data.MessageResponse := 0;
  Data.MessageDataLength := 0;

  Log('Initialized data');  

  WriteData;

  UnlockDataMutex;

  Log('Initialized chainer');  
end;

var
  ProgressPage: TOutputProgressWizardPage;

procedure InstallNetFramework;
var
  R: Cardinal;
  ExecInfo: TShellExecuteInfo;
  ExitCode: Cardinal;
  InstallError: string;
  Completed: Boolean;
  Progress: Integer;
begin
  ExtractTemporaryFile('NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe');

  { Start the installer using ShellExecuteEx to get process ID }
  ExecInfo.cbSize := SizeOf(ExecInfo);
  ExecInfo.fMask := SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
  ExecInfo.Wnd := 0;
  ExecInfo.lpFile := ExpandConstant('{tmp}\NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe');
  ExecInfo.lpParameters := '/pipe ' + SectionName + ' /chainingpackage mysetup /q';
  ExecInfo.nShow := SW_HIDE;

  if not ShellExecuteEx(ExecInfo) then
    RaiseException('Cannot start .NET framework installer');

  Log(Format('.NET framework installer started as process %x', [ExecInfo.hProcess]));

  Progress := 0;
  { Displaying indefinite progress while the framework installer is initializing }
  ProgressPage.ProgressBar.Style := npbstMarquee;
  ProgressPage.SetProgress(Progress, 100);
  ProgressPage.Show;
  try
    Completed := False;

    while not Completed do
    begin
      { Check if the installer process has finished already }
      R := WaitForSingleObject(ExecInfo.hProcess, 0);
      if R = WAIT_OBJECT_0 then
      begin
        Log('.NET framework installer completed');
        Completed := True;
        if not GetExitCodeProcess(ExecInfo.hProcess, ExitCode) then
        begin
          InstallError := 'Cannot get .NET framework installer exit code';
        end
          else
        begin
          Log(Format('Exit code: %d', [Integer(ExitCode)]));
          if ExitCode <> 0 then
          begin
            InstallError :=
              Format('.NET framework installer failed with exit code %d', [ExitCode]);
          end;
        end;
      end
        else
      if R <> WAIT_TIMEOUT then
      begin
        InstallError := 'Error waiting for .NET framework installer to complete';
        Completed := True;
      end
        else
      begin
        { Check if the installer process has signaled progress event }
        R := WaitForSingleObject(EventChaineeSend, 0);
        if R = WAIT_OBJECT_0 then
        begin  
          Log('Got event from the installer');
          { Read progress data }
          LockDataMutex;
          ReadData;
          Log(Format(
            'DownloadSoFar = %d, InstallSoFar = %d', [
              Data.DownloadSoFar, Data.InstallSoFar]));
          Progress := Integer(Data.InstallSoFar) * 100 div 255;
          Log(Format('Progress = %d', [Progress]));
          UnlockDataMutex;
          { Once we get any progress data, switch to definite progress display }
          ProgressPage.ProgressBar.Style := npbstNormal;
          ProgressPage.SetProgress(Progress, 100);
        end
          else
        if R <> WAIT_TIMEOUT then
        begin
          InstallError := 'Error waiting for .NET framework installer event';
          Completed := True;
        end
          else
        begin
          { Seemingly pointless as progress did not change, }
          { but it pumps a message queue as a side effect }
          ProgressPage.SetProgress(Progress, 100);
          Sleep(100);
        end;
      end;
    end;
  finally
    ProgressPage.Hide;
  end;

  if InstallError <> '' then
  begin 
    { RaiseException does not work properly while TOutputProgressWizardPage is shown }
    RaiseException(InstallError);
  end;
end;

function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
begin
  InitializeChainer;

  Result := True;
end;

procedure InitializeWizard();
begin
  ProgressPage := CreateOutputProgressPage('Installing .NET framework', '');
end;

You can use it like below, or on any other place of your installer process.

function NextButtonClick(CurPageID: Integer): Boolean;
begin
  Result := True;

  if CurPageID = wpReady then
  begin
    try
      InstallNetFramework;
    except
      MsgBox(GetExceptionMessage, mbError, MB_OK);
      Result := False;
    end;
  end;
end;

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The following screenshot shows how the "progress page" in Inno Setup is linked to the .NET framework installer (of course the .NET framework installer is hidden by the /q switch, it was just temporarily shown for purposes of obtaining the screenshot).

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I've successfully tested the code on

• dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe (.NET framework 4.5 - off-line installer)
• NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe (.NET framework 4.6.2 - off-line installer)

Note that the code takes into account the InstallSoFar only as both installers above are off-line. For on-line installers, DownloadSoFar should be taken into account too. And actually even off-line installers do sometime download something.

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The ShellExecuteEx code taken from Inno Setup Exec() function Wait for a limited time.