Re: BUG #2893: Non-standard theme explodes the installer.

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> To me this sounds like the theme is broken. Especially since we only use it to look for terminal services stuff iirc. it'd be interesting to see if this can be
> reproduced on a different non standard
> theme.
>
> /Magnus
>
>
> ------- Original message -------
> From: Ilya Kogan <ikogan(at)cs(dot)ohiou(dot)edu>
> Sent: 1-14-'07, 20:05
>
>
>> The following bug has been logged online:
>>
>> Bug reference: 2893
>> Logged by: Ilya Kogan
>> Email address: ikogan(at)cs(dot)ohiou(dot)edu
>> PostgreSQL version: 8.1.6
>> Operating system: Windows XP Pro SP-2
>> Description: Non-standard theme explodes the installer.
>> Details:
>>
>> I was trying to install 8.1.6 via the MSI installer and would keep getting
>> "Could not get system metrics: 8" when trying to get past "Installation
>> Notes" screen. After reading a bit about GetSystemMetrics, I decided to
>> switch from my non-standard theme (Some msstyle downloaded from something
>> that was googled) to Windows Classic.
>>
>> Surprisingly, the error went away and I was free to finish installing.
>>
>> I also tried installing 8.2 previously and that went without a hitch.
>>
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You are correct, using the first theme that was a pure msstyle that you
get when searching google for "msstyle",
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/30092322/, seemed to not cause the
problem. It seems odd though that this occurs with 8.1.6 and not 8.2,
nor does it happen with any other program I have so far run on this
system. Is that installer really the only thing that uses
GetSystemMetrics() in that way?

Ilya