[ui] perform ISO download feature check in a background thread

ChangeLog.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ o Version 3.11 (2020.06.??)
     Add a cheat mode (Alt-P) to toggle a GPT ESP to Basic Data (Windows 10 only)
     Fix improper x86 32-bit NTFS driver being used for UEFI:NTFS
     Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility with older UEFI firmwares
+    Improve startup time by running the ISO download feature check in the background
     Remove Ubuntu's splash screen for persistent UEFI drives
     Enable ASLR for the Rufus executable
 

src/rufus.c

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ BOOL enable_HDDs = FALSE, enable_VHDs = TRUE, enable_ntfs_compression = FALSE, n
 BOOL advanced_mode_device, advanced_mode_format, allow_dual_uefi_bios, detect_fakes, enable_vmdk, force_large_fat32, usb_debug;
 BOOL use_fake_units, preserve_timestamps = FALSE, fast_zeroing = FALSE, app_changed_size = FALSE;
 BOOL zero_drive = FALSE, list_non_usb_removable_drives = FALSE, enable_file_indexing, large_drive = FALSE;
-BOOL write_as_image = FALSE, write_as_esp = FALSE, installed_uefi_ntfs = FALSE, enable_fido = FALSE, use_vds = FALSE;
+BOOL write_as_image = FALSE, write_as_esp = FALSE, installed_uefi_ntfs = FALSE, use_vds = FALSE;
 float fScale = 1.0f;
 int dialog_showing = 0, selection_default = BT_IMAGE, windows_to_go_selection = 0, persistence_unit_selection = -1;
 int default_fs, fs_type, boot_type, partition_type, target_type; // file system, boot type, partition type, target type
@@ -3286,7 +3286,6 @@ relaunch:
 	image_option_txt[0] = 0;
 	select_index = 0;
 	safe_free(fido_url);
-	enable_fido = FALSE;
 	SetProcessDefaultLayout(right_to_left_mode ? LAYOUT_RTL : 0);
 	if (get_loc_data_file(loc_file, selected_locale))
 		WriteSettingStr(SETTING_LOCALE, selected_locale->txt[0]);

src/rufus.rc

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 232, 326
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 3.11.1675"
+CAPTION "Rufus 3.11.1676"
 FONT 9, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Drive Properties",IDS_DRIVE_PROPERTIES_TXT,8,6,53,12,NOT WS_GROUP
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 3,11,1675,0
+ FILEVERSION 3,11,1676,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 3,11,1675,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 3,11,1676,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -414,13 +414,13 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "https://rufus.ie"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.11.1675"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.11.1676"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2020 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus-3.11.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.11.1675"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.11.1676"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"

src/stdlg.c

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include "license.h"
 
 /* Globals */
-extern BOOL is_x86_32, enable_fido;
+extern BOOL is_x86_32;
 static HICON hMessageIcon = (HICON)INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 static char* szMessageText = NULL;
 static char* szMessageTitle = NULL;
@@ -1497,6 +1497,55 @@ INT_PTR CALLBACK UpdateCallback(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM l
 	return (INT_PTR)FALSE;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Use a thread to enable the download button as this may be a lengthy
+ * operation due to the external download check.
+ */
+static DWORD WINAPI CheckForFidoThread(LPVOID param)
+{
+	static BOOL is_active = FALSE;
+	LONG_PTR style;
+	char* loc = NULL;
+	uint64_t len;
+	HWND hCtrl;
+
+	// Because a user may switch language before this thread has completed,
+	// we need to detect concurrency.
+	// Checking on a static boolean is more than good enough for our purpose.
+	if (is_active)
+		return -1;
+	is_active = TRUE;
+	safe_free(fido_url);
+
+	// Get the Fido URL from parsing a 'Fido.ver' on our server. This enables the use of different
+	// Fido versions from different versions of Rufus, if needed, as opposed to always downloading
+	// the latest release from GitHub, which may contain incompatible changes...
+	len = DownloadToFileOrBuffer(RUFUS_URL "/Fido.ver", NULL, (BYTE**)&loc, NULL, FALSE);
+	if ((len == 0) || (len >= 4 * KB))
+		goto out;
+
+	len++;	// DownloadToFileOrBuffer allocated an extra NUL character if needed
+	fido_url = get_token_data_buffer(FIDO_VERSION, 1, loc, (size_t)len);
+	if (safe_strncmp(fido_url, "https://github.com/pbatard/Fido", 31) != 0) {
+		uprintf("WARNING: Download script URL %s is invalid ✗", fido_url);
+		safe_free(fido_url);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (IsDownloadable(fido_url)) {
+		hCtrl = GetDlgItem(hMainDialog, IDC_SELECT);
+		style = GetWindowLongPtr(hCtrl, GWL_STYLE);
+		style |= BS_SPLITBUTTON;
+		SetWindowLongPtr(hCtrl, GWL_STYLE, style);
+		RedrawWindow(hCtrl, NULL, NULL, RDW_ALLCHILDREN | RDW_UPDATENOW);
+		InvalidateRect(hCtrl, NULL, TRUE);
+	}
+
+out:
+	safe_free(loc);
+	is_active = FALSE;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Initial update check setup
  */
@@ -1549,27 +1598,10 @@ BOOL SetUpdateCheck(void)
 	if (((ReadRegistryKey32(REGKEY_HKLM, "Microsoft\\PowerShell\\1\\Install") > 0) ||
 		 (ReadRegistryKey32(REGKEY_HKLM, "Microsoft\\PowerShell\\3\\Install") > 0)) &&
 		(ReadSetting32(SETTING_UPDATE_INTERVAL) > 0)) {
-		char *loc = NULL;
+		CreateThread(NULL, 0, CheckForFidoThread, NULL, 0, NULL);
-		// Get the Fido URL from parsing a 'Fido.ver' on our server. This enables the use of different
-		// Fido versions from different versions of Rufus, if needed, as opposed to always downloading
-		// the latest release from GitHub, which may contain incompatible changes...
-		uint64_t loc_len = DownloadToFileOrBuffer(RUFUS_URL "/Fido.ver", NULL, (BYTE**)&loc, NULL, FALSE);
-		if ((loc_len != 0) && (loc_len < 4 * KB)) {
-			loc_len++;	// DownloadToFileOrBuffer allocated an extra NUL character if needed
-			fido_url = get_token_data_buffer(FIDO_VERSION, 1, loc, (size_t)loc_len);
-			if (safe_strncmp(fido_url, "https://github.com/pbatard/Fido", 31) != 0) {
-				ubprintf("WARNING: Download script URL %s is invalid ✗", fido_url);
-				safe_free(fido_url);
 	} else {
-				uprintf("Fido URL is %s", fido_url);
+		ubprintf("Notice: The ISO download feature has been deactivated because "
-				enable_fido = IsDownloadable(fido_url);
+			"'Check for updates' is disabled in your settings.");
-			}
-		}
-		safe_free(loc);
-	}
-	if (!enable_fido) {
-		ubprintf("Notice: The ISO download feature has been deactivated because %s", (ReadSetting32(SETTING_UPDATE_INTERVAL) <= 0) ?
-			"'Check for updates' is disabled in your settings." : "the remote download script can not be accessed.");
 	}
 	return TRUE;
 }

src/ui.c

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 UINT_PTR UM_LANGUAGE_MENU_MAX = UM_LANGUAGE_MENU;
 HIMAGELIST hUpImageList, hDownImageList;
-extern BOOL enable_fido, use_vds;
+extern BOOL use_vds;
 int update_progress_type = UPT_PERCENT;
 int advanced_device_section_height, advanced_format_section_height;
 // (empty) check box width, (empty) drop down width, button height (for and without dropdown match)
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ void GetMainButtonsWidth(HWND hDlg)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 	RECT rc;
-	LONG_PTR style;
 	char download[64];
 
 	GetWindowRect(GetDlgItem(hDlg, main_button_ids[0]), &rc);
@@ -158,19 +157,14 @@ void GetMainButtonsWidth(HWND hDlg)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE(main_button_ids); i++) {
 		// Make sure we add extra space for the SELECT split button (i == 0) if Fido is enabled
-		bw = max(bw, GetTextWidth(hDlg, main_button_ids[i]) + ((enable_fido && i == 0) ? (3 * cbw) / 2 : cbw));
+		bw = max(bw, GetTextWidth(hDlg, main_button_ids[i]) + ((i == 0) ? (3 * cbw) / 2 : cbw));
 	}
 	// The 'CLOSE' button is also be used to display 'CANCEL' and we sometimes
 	// want to add "DOWNLOAD" into the Select split button => measure that too.
 	bw = max(bw, GetTextSize(GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDCANCEL), lmprintf(MSG_007)).cx + cbw);
-	if (enable_fido) {
 	static_strcpy(download, lmprintf(MSG_040));
 	CharUpperBuffU(download, sizeof(download));
 	bw = max(bw, GetTextSize(GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDC_SELECT), download).cx + (3 * cbw) / 2);
-		style = GetWindowLongPtr(GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDC_SELECT), GWL_STYLE);
-		style |= BS_SPLITBUTTON;
-		SetWindowLongPtr(GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDC_SELECT), GWL_STYLE, style);
-	}
 }
 
 // The following goes over the data that gets populated into the half-width dropdowns