Add image into the Inno Setup components list - component description

Question

I would like to display a little image, when user hovers mouse cursor over a component on the "Select Components" page.

For example, I would like to do something like this:

I found a half solution here: Long descriptions on Inno Setup components.

But I'm missing the image part.

Answer 1

Building upon my answer to Long descriptions on Inno Setup components. You will need to copy HoverTimerProc and its supporting functions and global variables.

This answer modifies the HoverComponentChanged and InitializeWizard procedures to support the images in addition to description labels.

[Files]
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Source: Main.bmp; Flags: dontcopy
Source: Additional.bmp; Flags: dontcopy
Source: Help.bmp; Flags: dontcopy

[Code]

var
  CompLabel: TLabel;
  CompImage: TBitmapImage;
  LoadingImage: Boolean;

procedure HoverComponentChanged(Item: Integer);
var 
  Description: string;
  Image: string;
  ImagePath: string;
begin
  case Item of
    0: begin Description := 'This is the description of Main Files'; Image := 'main.bmp'; end;
    1: begin Description := 'This is the description of Additional Files'; Image := 'additional.bmp'; end;
    2: begin Description := 'This is the description of Help Files'; Image := 'help.bmp'; end;
  else
    Description := 'Move your mouse over a component to see its description.';
  end;
  CompLabel.Caption := Description;
  
  if Image <> '' then
  begin
    // The ExtractTemporaryFile pumps the message queue, prevent recursion
    if not LoadingImage then
    begin
      LoadingImage := True;
      try
        ImagePath := ExpandConstant('{tmp}\' + Image);
        if not FileExists(ImagePath) then
        begin
          ExtractTemporaryFile(Image);
        end;
        CompImage.Bitmap.LoadFromFile(ImagePath);
      finally
        LoadingImage := False;
      end;
    end;
    CompImage.Visible := True;
  end
    else
  begin
    CompImage.Visible := False;
  end;
end;

procedure InitializeWizard();
begin
  SetTimer(0, 0, 50, CreateCallback(@HoverTimerProc));
  
  CompImage := TBitmapImage.Create(WizardForm);
  CompImage.Parent := WizardForm.SelectComponentsPage;
  CompImage.Width := ScaleX(96);
  CompImage.Height := ScaleY(64);
  CompImage.Top :=
    WizardForm.ComponentsList.Top + WizardForm.ComponentsList.Height -
    CompImage.Height;
  CompImage.Left :=
    WizardForm.ComponentsList.Left + WizardForm.ComponentsList.Width -
    CompImage.Width;
  CompImage.Anchors := [akRight, akBottom];

  CompLabel := TLabel.Create(WizardForm);
  CompLabel.Parent := WizardForm.SelectComponentsPage;
  CompLabel.Left := WizardForm.ComponentsList.Left;
  CompLabel.Width := CompImage.Left - CompLabel.Left - ScaleX(16);
  CompLabel.Top := CompImage.Top;
  CompLabel.AutoSize := False;
  CompLabel.WordWrap := True;
  CompLabel.Anchors := [akLeft, akRight, akBottom];
  
  WizardForm.ComponentsList.Height :=
    WizardForm.ComponentsList.Height - CompImage.Height - ScaleY(8);
end;