Include a list during compilation
 

Hello,

During setup, I want to edit a number of installed files (e.g. to adjust the path inside these files). I would like the list of files to be edited to be configurable (i.e.,
not hardcoded in my main code, but listed in another file
e.g. "editscripts.nsh"). Preferably, I want to include
this list during compilation of the setup executable.

With the following code, I can do this, but I wondered
whether there is some simpler way.

(Another way would be to have a file "editscripts.dat"
that contains these filenames, and simply read this file
during execution of the setup, but I prefer to have
only one single execution file during setup and not a lot
of datafiles on the side).


; editscripts.nsh, to be included in main code
;

Function ListEditScripts

; don´t quit the next line,
; otherwise the loop won´t stop...
Push ""
; The list of files to be edited:
Push "myfiles\commandline.bat"
Push "myfiles\commandline.config"
Push "myfiles\utils\util.bat"
Push "myfiles\utils\util.config"

FunctionEnd

Function GetNextEditScript

Call ListEditScripts
loop:
Pop $0
MessageBox MB_OK "Var 0 is $0"
StrCmp $0 "" endloop loop
endloop:

FunctionEnd

Maybe this could help you (?) - put these lines to somefile.nsi (.nsh):

Push "myfiles\commandline.bat"
Push "myfiles\commandline.config"
Push "myfiles\utils\util.bat"
Push "myfiles\utils\util.config"

and replace them in ListEditScripts functions with !include 'somefile.nsi'. Something says me that this is not exactly what you want :rolleyes:

Well, actually, that is what I do now.
The code I showed I put in "somefile.nsi" and in my main
code "maincode.nsi" I do the include.
But I would like the code in "somefile.nsi" to be simpler.
In other words: I would like to get rid of all the 'push'
bit (and the 'push "" ' bit).
Thank you anyway.

You prefer to have only one single execution file during setup and not a lot of datafiles on the side. If you !include a file to NSIS script then you don't need it during setup.
OK, no problem to get rid of all the 'push'. Then you must parse your filelist from some file. You can do this:

• By NSIS: First do Push "". Then iterate over lines of the filelist and Push every line. You don't need this filelist during setup, only during compilation of NSIS script.
• By SED, AWK or something else.

Example
 

I guess what I don´t see is how to do "Then iterate over lines of the filelist" during compilation.
When I create a custom page, e.g.:
Page custom EditMyFiles
and do as you suggest inside "EditMyFiles" (iterate over the filelist), this will only happen during execution time, not during compilation. Indeed, in this case, my filelist.dat can be simply:
filename1
filename2

On the other hand, if I do it by means of "!include somefile.nsh", then inside somefile.nsh I cannot simply have a list of files, I have to present them there with
Push "filename1"
Push "filename2"

In the code example, the fileread loop is done during execution of example.exe, not during creation of example.exe.

Then you should do "pre-build step" (using sed or awk) and "translate" simple filelist into the Push-filelist. And !include this new one :up:

Just for your info - this is my way how I "build" setups. Simple batch file:

call get_files_CD.bat
echo !define VERZE_CD > DDVerze.nsi
echo !define DDVERZE 'CD' >> DDVerze.nsi
..\common\get_time.exe "!define DATUM_VYROBY" >> DDVerze.nsi
makensis install.nsi
pause

Ok, that´s a good idea. Instead of directly compiling the nsi code, do some sed/awk stuff first to create the necessary include files.
I might go and do just that.
Many thanks for the help.