File and Product Version From File info
 

Hi
I would Like to get the Product Name and version from the Exe File and use this information on the welcome screen.

I have tried MoreInfo plug in and can get it to work if run from with in a Section but if I place i call it from a function all the values are blank.

I want to just set the file name and location and it pick up the product name version etc automaticaly thus I would only need to change one line each time I need to build an installer!

Any idea why I can only use MoreInfo after the welcome screen in a section?

no?

code:


!addplugindir "."

!addincludedir "."



!include "nsDialogs.nsh"

!include "winmessages.nsh"

!include "logiclib.nsh"



; !include "MUI2.nsh"



OutFile "test.exe"



Function .onInit

	InitPluginsDir

	MoreInfo::GetFileDescription "$SYSDIR\rundll32.exe"

	Pop $0

	MoreInfo::GetFileVersion "$SYSDIR\rundll32.exe"

	Pop $1

	MessageBox MB_OK "[$0]$\r$\n[$1]"

FunctionEnd



Section

SectionEnd

Results in (on this machine):

code:


---------------------------

Name Setup

---------------------------

[Run a DLL as an App]



[5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)]

---------------------------

OK   

---------------------------

thank you

OK It was / is working but only when I run it from inside HM NSIS!

I think the problem is that the file I want to use to get the information from is the the main file I'm delivering, so at the welcome screen it's still in the package!

can I use the moreinfo to get file info from the file to be delivered while still in the package so I can show the info on the welcome screen? Or is there a way of getting the info at compile time and saving it to be used during installation?

thanks

You should just be able to unpack the file to a temp location (like $PLUGINSDIR or $TEMP):

code:
Function .onInit

	InitPluginsDir

        File "/oname=$PLUGINSDIR\somefile.dll" somefile.dll	

MoreInfo::GetFileDescription "$PLUGINSDIR\somefile.dll"

	Pop $0

	MoreInfo::GetFileVersion "$PLUGINSDIR\somefile.dll"

	Pop $1

	MessageBox MB_OK "[$0]$\r$\n[$1]"

FunctionEnd

If it's the file you are packing then you should be getting version information from it at compile time, not at run time.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Invoking...n_compile-time

Stu

thanks Stu I will look into this.

Currently I have got around this by extracting it to the plugin folder so it gets auto deleted again and then reading its values from there.