Locate plugin

[Instructor]

Features:
1. Search for directories or empty directories and/or files
    -search with wildcard
    -search with extensions filter (include/exclude)
    -search with times filter
    -search with size filter
    -search with attributes filter
    -sort files and/or directories by name, type, size, date (with reverse or not)
    -output first files or directories
    -search with subdirectories or not
    -search with banner support
    -return path\name
    -return path
    -return name
    -return size of file
    -return date of file or directory
    -return attributes of file or directory
2. Find the size of a file, files wildcard or directory (locate::GetSize)
3. Find the sum of the files, directories and subdirectories (locate::GetSize)
4. Remove empty directories and/or subdirectories (locate::RMDirEmpty)

This plugin is the replacement for Locate and GetSize functions.


"Locate" plugin v1.0

[Instructor]

Changes:
-Option /X and /-X - Separated by "|" instead of "," (locate::Open)
-New: option /P - Additional paths to "[Path]" (locate::Open)
-New: option /-PF - Don't locate in these paths (locate::Open)
-New: option /-PN - Don't locate in these directories (locate::Open)


"Locate" plugin v1.1

[Instructor]

Changes:
-New: options /N and /-N - names filter (locate::Open)
-Readme improvement


"Locate" plugin v1.2

[mgillespie]

Does anyone have any example ModernUI code that uses this locate plugin?

I want to locate several files, and present the user with a way of selecing one of them.

How would I go about doing this?

[Instructor]

Here you go. Script also using Takhir's nxs plugin

[mgillespie]

Perfect. Thanks.

[Instructor]

Fixed: Case sensitive sort of files and directories (if used sort by "NAME" or "TYPE"). Now case insensitive.
Fixed: Accepted only uppercased sort type "NAME|TYPE|SIZE|DATE". Now case insensitive.


"Locate" plugin v1.3

[Instructor]

Fixed: CRT function "tolower" in StrFunc.h didn't return correct national character. "tolower", ("islower", "setlocale" ...) replaced with "CharLower" (user32.dll).


"Locate" plugin v1.4

[Instructor]

Changed: Now plugin is msvcrt.dll independed -> work on Win95 (thanks kichik)
Updated: "ConvFunc.h" to v1.3


"Locate" plugin v1.5

[Instructor]

Changed: Removed option "/P=", now plugin can accept multi-path in first parameter
Updated: "ConvFunc.h" to v1.5
Updated: "StrFunc.h" to v1.6
Changed: Now plugin used header "Locate.nsh" for custom user variables and
              better compile errors check.

Update from previous versions:
         - Insert line in script:
            !include "Locate.nsh"
         - Replace:
            locate::Open -> ${locate::Open} ...
         - Replace:
            .r0 -> $0, .r1 -> $1 ... .R0 -> $R0, .R1 -> $R1 ...

"Locate" plugin v1.6

[Instructor]

Fixed: ignore files/directories names which began with "."
Fixed: error, if file had more then 16 characters extension
Fixed: "/SF=DATE" <=> "/-SF=DATE"
Updated: "StrFunc.h" to v1.7
Updated: "StackFunc.h" to v1.9
Updated: "ConvFunc.h" to v1.7
Changed: Now if files has same date or size they sorted by name
Added: handles for search

"Locate" plugin v1.7

[rxs2k5]

Hi instructor,

How do I use this syntax

${locate::Find} "[handle]" $var1 $var2 $var3 $var4 $var5 $var6

1. I need to find the directory or file exist in C:\Program Files\
2. I need it to change the InstallDIR or setoutpath to the found dir or file in it.

could u create a function for me to perform the task.

[Instructor]

Fixed: locate::Open failed to open paths ended with backslash
Updated: "StrFunc.h" to v1.9
Updated: "StackFunc.h" to v2.0
Updated: "ConvFunc.h" to v2.0


"Locate" plugin v1.8

[zeeh3]

Hi, many of our users are having problems when NSIS uses locate plugin inside windows 7, mainly because msvcr71.dll is natively missing. Can this be fixed (removing this dependency)? Thanks.

[Instructor]

zeeh3
You are using self-rebuilded dll? You can check with "Dependency Walker" that plugin linked only to kernel32.dll and user32.dll.

[zeeh3]

Sorry, there was a mistake... my bad

[ivansobaka]

Hi dear Instructor.
I have a problem during using 'locate' with Windows7 32bit

My code is following:
${locate::Open} "$0" "/F=0 /G=0" $0
StrCmp $0 0 0 loop
MessageBox MB_OK "error" IDOK close

loop:
${locate::Find} $0 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6
StrCmp $1 "" close 0

IfFileExists "$1\setup.exe" 0 loop
IfFileExists "$1\config.ini" 0 loop
; do smth
goto loop

close:
${locate::Close} $0 ; at this point application going to hang up
${locate::Unload}

[dean.g]

Hi Instructor,

I am attempting to cycle through all subdirectories in My Documents. I have hidden directories, the first one Locate comes across is "$AVG" (hidden, readonly). This subdirectory has one subdirectory ($AVG/$CHJW) which contains four files (acgch??.dat).

Following is my open command:
${locate::Open} "$DOCUMENTS" "/F=1 /D=0 /M=*-temp-*.ppp|*Recovered*.ppp /A=-HIDDEN /B=1" $0

The find command seems to find an "endless" number of empty paths\files in the $AVG/$CHJW directory. Adding /-PN=$$AVG stops this behavour but I need this script to run on anyones computer.

Any assistance appreciated!

[Instructor]

ivansobaka
Make sure you don't change $0 variable in "; do smth"

dean.g
I'm out of the active NSIS developing, but you can pack this folder and send me on email I will try to reproduce the bug.

[ivansobaka]

I dont use $0 variable in "; do smth"
But I've changed following string

${locate::Close} $0

to

${locate::Close} $R1

Now it works right,
thank you very much

[dean.g]

Hi Instructor,

If you need more information please let me know.

Cheers!
Dean

[Instructor]

Added: full unicode support on NSIS Unicode.

Locate plugin v2.0

[mlf176f2]

For some reason this plugin cannot locate files such as

c:\.Rhistory

Is there some work-around?

[Instructor]

mlf176f2
Is not reproduced.

code:
FILE:"c:\IO.SYS" [110080 b] [Created: 08.06.2000 17:00:00] [-a--]

FILE:"c:\.Rhistory" [0 b] [Created: 31.10.2011 19:57:00] [-a--]

FILE:"c:\ntldr" [251152 b] [Created: 13.04.2008 18:02:06] [rahs]

[tinflute]

My installer crashes when I run locate. It always crashes when it hits a particular folder (c:\Program Files (x86)\Oracle\). Runniny on windows 7.

code:
${locate::Open} "C:\" `/F=1 /D=0 /X=exe /-PN="Oracle" /-PF="$WINDIR\System|$WINDIR\System32|$WINDIR\Help" /N=pg_dump.exe /B=1` $0

${locate::Find} $0 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6

StrCpy $backup $0

[Afrow UK]

If it is reproducible how about running it through a debugger. If you are up for installing Visual Studio 2010 Express and the Windows 7 SDK then I will explain how.

Stu

[tinflute]

ok thanks. i'll get back to you if i get that installed.
i'm looking at an another approach looking up exe path through the registry.