Running as an EXE

jenolan1701 · 30th June 2006, 08:36

I know I have seen this somewhere but my eyes must be dimming

What I need to do is have the end user run the 'installer' inside are 4 files that I want to a temporary area, the utility exe run and then the whole lot simply deleted (it is a sort of patch).

I have to do it this way because the files to be changed are in a database of sorts, I need to extract the info, change it and then reinsert to fix.

Thanks .. Larry

PS: I just know when someone tells me where the info is I am going to say D'oh!

1123581321 · 30th June 2006, 08:43

see the Advanced Splash *.nsi example in the NSIS examples directory -- I believe there's a part where it copies things to a temp directory and then deletes them.

Viesis · 30th June 2006, 08:43

code:
InstallDir "$TEMP"

File *.*

ExecWait your.exe

RMDir $OUTDIR

jenolan1701 · 30th June 2006, 10:22

Yup thanks that did the trick!!!!

30th June 2006, 08:36	#1
jenolan1701 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 12	Running as an EXE I know I have seen this somewhere but my eyes must be dimming What I need to do is have the end user run the 'installer' inside are 4 files that I want to a temporary area, the utility exe run and then the whole lot simply deleted (it is a sort of patch). I have to do it this way because the files to be changed are in a database of sorts, I need to extract the info, change it and then reinsert to fix. Thanks .. Larry PS: I just know when someone tells me where the info is I am going to say D'oh!

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30th June 2006, 08:43	#2
1123581321 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Beijing CN/Houston TX Posts: 5	see the Advanced Splash *.nsi example in the NSIS examples directory -- I believe there's a part where it copies things to a temp directory and then deletes them.

30th June 2006, 08:43	#3
Viesis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Latvia Posts: 4	code: InstallDir "$TEMP" File . ExecWait your.exe RMDir $OUTDIR

30th June 2006, 10:22	#4
jenolan1701 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 12	Yup thanks that did the trick!!!!