FMXInno - Windows Fluent Design Installer UI for Inno

[Fak Eid]

Hi @Blackfire

The earlier issue with FCreateBlankForm, where it loads with a blank image before load, has resurfaced. When running for the first time it is for more time, it subsequently gets faster (depending upon SSD/HDD, I suppose). Can you please look into it?

I'm not sure if there is already a fix for it, as I lost track of some recent changes in FMXInno. If there is a fix, let me know.

Image and gif added for review.

[hitman797]

Originally Posted by Fak Eid

Hi @Blackfire

The earlier issue with FCreateBlankForm, where it loads with a blank image before load, has resurfaced. When running for the first time it is for more time, it subsequently gets faster (depending upon SSD/HDD, I suppose). Can you please look into it?

I'm not sure if there is already a fix for it, as I lost track of some recent changes in FMXInno. If there is a fix, let me know.

Image and gif added for review.

add this to the code.

procedure InitializeWizard();
begin
  FMXForm.Show;
end;

[BLACKFIRE69]

FMXInno: Cumulative Update - [2024-Mar-15]


What's New:

* Merged FMXInno Dev into this.
* Updated ISArcEx to the latest version.
* Made some improvements and bug fixes.
* This update addresses most of the previous issues.
* Added Radiant Shapes.
* Introduced new properties to classes.
* WinTitleBar will now display the application icon by default.
* Not compressed by default.
  - No Exe compressor or file reduction tricks were used.
* Implemented new functions.

- function MbOrTbEx(Float: Extended; Decimal: Integer; sMb, sGb, sTb: WideString): WideString;
- function MHzOrGHzEx(Float: Extended; Decimal: Integer; sMz, sGz, sTz: WideString): WideString;

etc.

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[BLACKFIRE69]

Originally Posted by BLACKFIRE69

FMXInno: Cumulative Update - [2024-Mar-15]


What's New:

* Merged FMXInno Dev into this.
* Updated ISArcEx to the latest version.
* Made some improvements and bug fixes.
* This update addresses most of the previous issues.
* Added Radiant Shapes.
* Introduced new properties to classes.
* WinTitleBar will now display the application icon by default.
* Not compressed by default.
  - No Exe compressor or file reduction tricks were used.
* Implemented new functions.

FMXInno - Final Release [2024-Mar-20]


What's new:

* This update will extend from FMXInno Dev [2023-Mar-15].

- Make sure to refer to the last previous changelog to check out the new changes.

* Added a new Fluent Form (FluentBlendedColor).

- This is also a standard Fluent Form, but this new form will blend with the Windows colors (Accent or Desktop Image) along with standard Fluent colors.
- The reason for this new form is for Fluent forms to have a more realistic and modern look.
- Supports both Dark/Light modes and custom color mode.
- Also supports some possible customizations.
- Check out the screenshots to see the differences between standard Fluent forms at standard opacity level (Opacity = 0.56).

* Added built-in SVG image support.

- Rendering engine: Image32

* Windows title bar is now more customizable.

- Custom Application Icon instead of the default one.
- Titlebar Color.
- Button Colors.
- Titlebar Background Effects, and so on.

* SKIA and Blend2D are now optional.

- SKIA and Blend2D are optional from now on because they require external dependencies (sk4d.dll, blend2d_win32.dll).
- You can still have them, but you have to download them manually.

* Added Image32 - 2D Graphic Library.

- Image32 will take the place of SKIA and Blend2d from now on, especially because it does not require external dependencies and has average performance compared to SKIA and Direct2D.
- Image32 is not enabled by default for public use; for now, it's for my personal use only (because i'm pretty sure no one will use it directly in their projects. )
- More info about Image32: Image32 is a 2D graphics library

* Added new properties for classes.

* More bug fixes and improvements.

* Plugin folder has been cleaned up.

- Removed unwanted plugins from the directory.
- Re-compiled all the plugins to make sure everything is up to date.

* All the examples have been revised.

- Now the default compression will be 'lzma2/ultra64'.

* Also, added new examples.

* Extended support for Windows 11 24H2.

function FCreateFluentBlendedColor(WParent: HWND; DarkTheme, NoBorder: Boolean;
  Opacity: Single; BrightnessPct: Byte; BlendColorMode: TBlendColorMode): HWND;

function FCreateFluentBlendedColorEx(WParent: HWND; DarkTheme, NoBorder: Boolean;
  Opacity: Single; BrightnessPct: Byte; BlendColorMode: TBlendColorMode;
  BlendColorLvl: Integer): HWND;

function FCreateFluentBlendedColorEx2(WParent: HWND; VCLColor: TColor;
  DarkTheme, NoBorder: Boolean; Opacity: Single; BrightnessPct: Byte;
  BlendColorLvl: Integer): HWND;

Note: The first post has been updated; check it out.



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[BLACKFIRE69]

FMXInno: Minor Update for [Mar-20]

* Added two methods to the UWP class that select a specific UWP tile.

* Now supports FluentBlendedColor option in other forms as well (CustomForm, Dir/Start Form).

* Added missing method 'SetApplicationIconFromFXStream' to the 'FWinTitleBar' class.

UWP Tile Selection:

procedure TileSelect(ATile: LongInt);
procedure TileSelectEx(ATile: LongInt; MouseOverColor: TAlphaColor);

Example:

UWPTiles.TileSelect(Tile[5]);
UWPTiles.TileSelectEx(Tile[5], ALRed);

How to update:

1. Download the latest update from the first post.
2. Replace the 'FMXInno.dll' and 'FMXInnoHandle.iss' with the provided ones.

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[BLACKFIRE69]

FMXInno: Minor Update - [2024-Mar-27]

* Added the FColorComboBox class.
* Prevented forms from being resized.
* Added the following new functions:

function IsValidVCLColor(const AColor: TColor): Boolean;
function IsValidFMXColor(const AColor: TAlphaColor): Boolean;

function IsLightFMXColor(const AColor: TAlphaColor): Boolean;
function IsLightVCLColor(const AColor: TColor): Boolean;

IsLightFMXColor:

> in some cases, 'IsLightFMXColor' is useful for determining the font colors based on the background color or background image color. here's how it can be used:

procedure ClrBxOnChange(Sender: TObject);
var
  CtrlClr: TAlphaColor;
begin
  CtrlClr := AClrBx.GetColor;

  if IsLightFMXColor(CtrlClr) then
    AText.Color(ALBlack)
  else
    AText.Color(ALWhite);

  ARect.FillColor(CtrlClr);
end;

Extra:

function DesktopImgExist: Boolean;

function GetDesktopImgColorFMX: TAlphaColor;
function GetDesktopSolidColorFMX: TAlphaColor;

function GetImgColorFMX(const Image: UnicodeString): TAlphaColor;
function GetImgPartColorFMX(const Image: UnicodeString; 
  const PixelX, PixelY, PixelW, PixelH: Single): TAlphaColor;

How to update:

1. Download the latest update from the first post.
2. Replace the 'FMXInno.dll' and 'FMXInnoHandle.iss' with the provided ones.

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[BLACKFIRE69]

FMXInno - Windows 8

even though i'm not a fan of Windows 8 like many others, i do like the background color transition during its installation. what are your thoughts?

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