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I wish to show the user a page or a message screen saying "The setup will begin shortly" just before/while until idpDownloadFile will finish to download. I need this page/message to make UX better, Currently when the user double click the setup.exe the setup loads 15 sec after he opened it because the setup waits until idpDownloadFile finishes and that's a bad UX

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  • Didn't you just ask [how to remove the progress page while downloading](http://stackoverflow.com/q/25175176/588306)? – Deanna Aug 19 '14 at 08:50
  • yes, I decided to keep the progress page – ElramV Aug 19 '14 at 08:58
  • So this is a non issue and solved now? – Deanna Aug 19 '14 at 09:27
  • the Question above is completely different from what I tried to achieve in the previous Question, i wish to present a page before the download starts – ElramV Aug 19 '14 at 11:01
  • please!, is there a way to present a page before idpDownloadFile starts? – ElramV Aug 20 '14 at 12:40
  • Doesn't the normal welcome page show before this that contains pretty much the same text? – Deanna Aug 20 '14 at 12:44
  • The sequence I encounter is as follows: 1. double click on setup 2. idpDownloadFile download image file (~7sec) 3. first costume page shows 4. second costume page shows 5. idpAddFile download 6. install page 7. finish page I wish to show the user a "waiting" screen between step 1 and 2 – ElramV Aug 20 '14 at 12:59
  • `CreateCustomPage` (or maybe `CreateProgressPage`). You should know this as you've already created custom pages so I don't get wheat more you're asking for. Showing the original welcome page will also do that. – Deanna Aug 20 '14 at 13:11
  • I want this "waiting" page to show until the `idpDownloadFile` finish to download , when it finish to download I want immediately to move to the next page, is that possible? – ElramV Aug 20 '14 at 13:20

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If you want to show a page while a long running process is running, like a download, then you can use the CreateProgressPage, or CreateCustomForm. This can then be hidden when the long running process has finished.

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  • how do I know when the running process has finished, how do I catch it? – ElramV Aug 20 '14 at 13:53
  • When `idpDownloadFile` returns. It's a blocking call. – Deanna Aug 20 '14 at 14:06
  • it wont do, the `idpDownloadFile` starts before any page loads, I placed a waitpage before the `idpDownloadFile` and it dosent work, here - `procedure InitializeWizard(); begin CreateWaitPage; idpDownloadFile(MOImg, ExpandConstant('{tmp}\moimagefile.bmp')); end; ` – ElramV Aug 21 '14 at 07:04
  • That's because you're doing it in `InitializeWizard()` which is meant for initializing the wizard, not downloading files. If it really needs to be done before an existing custom page, then do it int he events for that page, maybe `CurPageChanged`. Or just reinstate the normal download progress and tell it to be before your custom page. – Deanna Aug 21 '14 at 08:02