Execute compiler from .NET application
 

Has any work been done to facilitate kicking off the compilation process from within another application without resorting to command line shell operations? In other words, has anyone done any work to make a library out of the nsis compiler, that would be accessible from, say, .NET. I am on a project that requires dynamic compilation of the installer triggered from a web application. This application does not run in a security context that will allow executing shell commands. Any insight on this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Once upon a time, pjw64 created makensis.dll. The URL is now dead, and the DLL contains an outdated version of makensis anyway. But, it shows this is possible.