99 Bottles of Beer

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Date:	04/20/05
Author:	Andrew Rich
URL:	n/a
Comments:	2
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Score:	(2.84 in 19 votes)

/************************************************************
99 Bottles of Beer in InstallScript    (c) 2003 Andrew Rich / Project Insomnia
Released under GPL for http://99-bottles-of-beer.ls-la.net/
Requires: InstallShield Professional 5 or greater
*************************************************************/

#include "ifx.h"

	NUMBER	nBottles;
	STRING	szTitle, szStatus, szTitleS, szStatusS;

program

	Disable ( BACKGROUND );
	Enable ( STATUSDLG );
	
	for nBottles = 99 downto 0
		switch ( nBottles )
			case	1:
				szTitleS = "";
				szStatusS = "s";				
			default:
				szTitleS = "s";
				switch ( nBottles )
					case	2:
						szStatusS = "";
					default:
						szStatusS = "s";
				endswitch;
		endswitch;
		Sprintf ( szTitle, "%d bottle%s of beer on the wall, %d bottle%s of beer",
			nBottles, szTitleS, nBottles, szTitleS );
		if ( nBottles ) then
			Sprintf ( szStatus, "Take one down, pass it around, %d bottle%s of beer on the wall.",
				nBottles - 1, szStatusS );
		else
			szStatus = "";
		endif;
		SetDialogTitle ( DLG_STATUS, szTitle );
		SetStatusWindow ( nBottles, szStatus );
		Delay ( 1 );
	endfor;
	
	Disable ( STATUSDLG );

endprogram

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Andrew Rich said on 05/26/06 06:36:16

Looking at this several years later (by the way, I submitted it to the original archive in '99, so I don't know how the copyright got to be 2003 and submission date to 2005) I would write the switch block like this:

switch ( nBottles )
case 1:
szTitleS = "";
szStatusS = "s";
case 2:
szTitleS = "s";
szStatusS = "";
default:
szTitleS = "s";
szStatusS = "s";
endswitch;

Aside from that it holds up well and still works in InstallShield 11.5.

Tim Owers said on 10/23/06 16:00:47

Slightly modified code that runs in a Basic MSI project with InstallScript.

for nBottles = 10 downto 1
switch ( nBottles )
case 1:
sMsg = "1 bottle of beer on the wall, take it down pass it around, no bottles of beer on the wall.";
case 2:
sMsg = "2 bottles of beer on the wall, take it down pass it around, 1 bottle of beer on the wall.";
default:
NumToStr (sBottles , nBottles);
sMsg = sBottles + " bottles of beer on the wall, ";
NumToStr (sBottles , nBottles -1);
sMsg = sMsg + "take it down, pass it around, " + sBottles + " bottles of beer on the wall.";
endswitch;
MessageBox (sMsg, INFORMATION);
endfor;

Tested in InstallShield 12 Proffessional.

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