WRITE INI while compiling
 

Hi

I need help. I have a script, that installs a set of new files into a program. After the setup a INI file I updated by the new version number, that is set manually.
I want to change the script, but i do not know how to handle.
How is it possible to write the INI file during the compilation, before the files are packed into the setup?

Here is the script. Hope you can help:

code:
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; Script generated with the Venis Install Wizard

!define APPNAME "Diagnose"

!define APPTYPE "Daten"

!define APPVERSION "3.2.3"

!define APPNAMEANDVERSION "${APPNAME} ${APPTYPE} ${APPVERSION}"



!include "Sections.nsh"



Var DIAGNOSEHOME



; Main Install settings

Name "${APPNAMEANDVERSION}"

InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\Diagnose\"

;InstallDirRegKey HKLM "Software\${APPNAME}" ""

OutFile "C:\Daten\Diagnose\generierte Setup-Files\Setup ${APPNAMEANDVERSION}.exe"

SetCompressor lzma



; Modern interface settings

!include "MUI.nsh"

!define MUI_ABORTWARNING





!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_WELCOME

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH



; Set languages (first is default language)

!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "German"

!insertmacro MUI_RESERVEFILE_LANGDLL



Section "PUDIS Daten" Section1

	; Eventuell vorhandene Installation entfernen

	RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\Data"

	RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\res"

  	; PUDIS Daten installieren

	SetOverwrite on

	SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"

	

	File /r /x "*.metadata*" "C:\Daten\Diagnose\Rohdaten\Diagnose_Daten\*.*"

	

	WriteINIStr $INSTDIR\DiagnoseSetting.INI Allgemein DatenVersNo "${APPVERSION}"

	

SectionEnd



Section -FinishSection

	WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\${APPNAME}" "DATA_VERSION" "${APPVERSION}"

SectionEnd



; On initialization

Function .onInit

	ReadRegStr $DIAGNOSEHOME HKLM "Software\DIAGNOSE" "PATH"

	StrCmp $DIAGNOSEHOME "" ENDE DIAGNOSEYES

	DIAGNOSEYES:

	StrCpy $INSTDIR $DIAGNOSEHOME #

	ENDE:

FunctionEnd



; eof



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You can create an nsis exe, or bat, or vbs script, that writes data to the ini. You can execute this exe/whatever during compilation using !execute or !system. See chapter 5 for details: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter5.html

Batchfiles nor VBScript/WSH supports INI files.

You can fake a .ini file with !appendfile...

I personally prefer to use AutoIt for compile time scripting when NSIS is impractical or to complicated.