Running other .exe's during installation

[thecoolnessrune]

Hi all. I'm new here and a beginner to NSIS. I have been using niseditor to make installers. I wanted to know if anyone could post an example script that I could use to run an exe put in with the NSIS installer during installations. For instance:

Begin installation:

Install standard stuff
When finished execute specific installer
When finished with that one install another
Then complete the installation

All while being able to have the user choose which exe(s) he wants to install.

Can anyone help with this???

[Jamyn]

PHP Code:

Section InstallSomething SEC0000
  ClearErrors
  DetailPrint "Running something cool."
  ExecWait "C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe"
  IfErrors stop
  DetailPrint "Running something else cool."
  ExecWait "c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe"
  IfErrors stop
  goto done

  stop:
    DetailPrint "Installation failed."
    Sleep 5000 ; Delay 5 seconds so they can read it.
    Abort
  done:
SectionEnd 


If you want the section "hidden" from the list of choices the user can make, put a "-" in front of the section name. Like:

Section -InstallSomething SEC0000

You can use "Exec" instead of "ExecWait" if you don't want the installer to wait for whatever it is to finish running. Sounds like you want to use ExecWait. PS: I think you can use %SYSTEMROOT% (c:\windows\) and %PROGRAMFILES% (c:\program files\) inside NSIS installers.

[thecoolnessrune]

Wow man thx alot!