nsPerl can't be loaded on XP
 

Hello,

Yet another problem with my installer :/
On Win2K everything works fine - but not on XP.
I get an error when it tries to load nsPerl.dll from the temp directory: "Error loading C:\Documents...\myprofile\Local Se...\Temp\nsr2B.tmp\nsPerl.dll"
I checked the temp dir, the file is there.

The installer requires admin-rights and checks for thos .onInit - therefor I think this shouldn't be the problem.
Any ideas about this?
Or any chances to get a more specific error message from the installer?

As side info, I use Perl to search and replace in some text files with regular expressions, afaik this isn't possible with pure NSIS, right?

Thanks in advance!

Did you redistribute the Perl files as well? It's not a standalone plug-in. It requires Perl's files.

To replace strings in a file, use the functions available in the included headers.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/AppendixE.html

Oh, OK, that was the issue - perhaps this should be explicitly mentioned on the nsPerl wiki pages.
On my Win2K-sys I have Perl installed - that was why I didn't get errors.

I can't use the included functions because I need a complete set of regular expressions.
Perl offers me this - and if it's only the 800kb extra space I choose this as the simplest way.

Thank you for making things clear, now my installer works fine so far :)

It's a wiki page. Go right ahead :)

Added it, hope I made it clear and understandable.
Keep in mind I'm speaking German generally.