Simple installer with JRE check part 1

kentgibson · 1st March 2005, 16:01

Hi-ya

There are at least two errors in the JRE Check example script located at:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/archive/...instances=0,48

Unless I am doing something really silly.

The first one I fixed:

line 29:
InstallDirRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\JRE Test ""

to:
InstallDirRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\JRE Test"

but the next one I thought I would ask some advice:

InstallDir: "$PROGRAMFILES\JRE Test"
InstallDirRegKey expects 3 parameters, got 2.
Usage: InstallDirRegKey root_key subkey entry_name
root_key=(HKCR|HKLM|HKCU|HKU|HKCC|HKDD|HKPD)
Error in script "C:\Documents and Settings\Kent Gibson\Desktop\Simple installer with JRE check part 1-1.nsi" on line 29 -- aborting creation process

thanks

kent

Yathosho · 1st March 2005, 16:20

the subkey is missing, check what subkeys exist under your key ("SOFTWARE\JRE Test") and which points to the installdir

Afrow UK · 1st March 2005, 16:37

He missed a quote off:
InstallDirRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\JRE Test" ""

The last param is "" because it points to the default key.

-Stu

kentgibson · 1st March 2005, 16:56

thanks, but I am not sure what you mean.

First all of I can see no keys in my registry resembling SOFTWARE\JRE Test, which makes sense cuz I have not installed anything. Ok there was also no directory like that. So I went and created one. And it still not work. I tried Program Files\JRE Test & Program Files\SOFTWARE\JRE Test.

Nowhere does it say what sort of preconditions it requires, hmm.

All I am doing is downloading it and trying to compile it.

There is also the line
!define JRE_URL "<path to a jre install>/jre.exe"

which I suppose means I am suppose to inster the path the jre which I did. but still fails on line 29.

kentgibson · 1st March 2005, 17:00

yup you are right the last quote was missing but now comes a new error:

ReserveFile: "jre.ini" -> no files found.
Usage: ReserveFile [/nonfatal] [/r] [/x filespec [...]] file [file...]
Error in script "C:\Documents and Settings\Kent Gibson\Desktop\Simple installer with JRE check part 1-1.nsi" on line 72 -- aborting creation process

hmm, any ideas?

1st March 2005, 16:01	#1
kentgibson Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3	Simple installer with JRE check part 1 Hi-ya There are at least two errors in the JRE Check example script located at: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/archive/...instances=0,48 Unless I am doing something really silly. The first one I fixed: line 29: InstallDirRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\JRE Test "" to: InstallDirRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\JRE Test" but the next one I thought I would ask some advice: InstallDir: "$PROGRAMFILES\JRE Test" InstallDirRegKey expects 3 parameters, got 2. Usage: InstallDirRegKey root_key subkey entry_name root_key=(HKCR\|HKLM\|HKCU\|HKU\|HKCC\|HKDD\|HKPD) Error in script "C:\Documents and Settings\Kent Gibson\Desktop\Simple installer with JRE check part 1-1.nsi" on line 29 -- aborting creation process thanks kent

1st March 2005, 16:20	#2
Yathosho Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: AT-DE Posts: 3,366	the subkey is missing, check what subkeys exist under your key ("SOFTWARE\JRE Test") and which points to the installdir NSIS IDE for Atom \| NSIS for Visual Studio Code \| NSIS for Sublime Text \| NSIS.docset

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1st March 2005, 16:37	#3
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	He missed a quote off: InstallDirRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\JRE Test" "" The last param is "" because it points to the default key. -Stu

1st March 2005, 16:56	#4
kentgibson Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3	thanks, but I am not sure what you mean. First all of I can see no keys in my registry resembling SOFTWARE\JRE Test, which makes sense cuz I have not installed anything. Ok there was also no directory like that. So I went and created one. And it still not work. I tried Program Files\JRE Test & Program Files\SOFTWARE\JRE Test. Nowhere does it say what sort of preconditions it requires, hmm. All I am doing is downloading it and trying to compile it. There is also the line !define JRE_URL "<path to a jre install>/jre.exe" which I suppose means I am suppose to inster the path the jre which I did. but still fails on line 29.

1st March 2005, 17:00	#5
kentgibson Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3	yup you are right the last quote was missing but now comes a new error: ReserveFile: "jre.ini" -> no files found. Usage: ReserveFile [/nonfatal] [/r] [/x filespec [...]] file [file...] Error in script "C:\Documents and Settings\Kent Gibson\Desktop\Simple installer with JRE check part 1-1.nsi" on line 72 -- aborting creation process hmm, any ideas?