installer per user or tagged installation?

phyxeaux3020 · 15th December 2006, 13:41

I am faced with a situation where I need to add a user ID to some installer at the server level. Ie, login and then get a signed installer to your bits.

I see two ways to do this, and was wondering about input.

a) build an installer for each bundle of content dynamically at the server level. (on linux, ming-gw cross compile per user bundle - server load issue).

b) tag the installer to fetch the unique bits, but that would require replacing strings in a compressed executable.

Any suggestions? Any other options?

kichik · 15th December 2006, 14:02

Append a unique ID to the installer. That won't disturb the CRC check, won't require handling compressed data and will be readable by the installer itself.

phyxeaux3020 · 15th December 2006, 14:17

How? Example?

kichik · 15th December 2006, 14:20

How what? Reading a file? FileOpen, FileSeek, FileRead and FileClose. The wiki is filled with such examples, for instance:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Reading_...iting_in_files

kichik · 15th December 2006, 14:21

There's even a complete example:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ReadCustomerData

phyxeaux3020 · 15th December 2006, 14:31

Thanks! FYI, I will be doing this from cmd line, web server and linux.... (pretty easy at this point, thank you very much from the heart of Texas)

15th December 2006, 13:41	#1
phyxeaux3020 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austin, TX! Posts: 3	installer per user or tagged installation? I am faced with a situation where I need to add a user ID to some installer at the server level. Ie, login and then get a signed installer to your bits. I see two ways to do this, and was wondering about input. a) build an installer for each bundle of content dynamically at the server level. (on linux, ming-gw cross compile per user bundle - server load issue). b) tag the installer to fetch the unique bits, but that would require replacing strings in a compressed executable. Any suggestions? Any other options?

15th December 2006, 14:02	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Append a unique ID to the installer. That won't disturb the CRC check, won't require handling compressed data and will be readable by the installer itself. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

15th December 2006, 14:20	#4
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	How what? Reading a file? FileOpen, FileSeek, FileRead and FileClose. The wiki is filled with such examples, for instance: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Reading_...iting_in_files NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

15th December 2006, 14:21	#5
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	There's even a complete example: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ReadCustomerData NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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15th December 2006, 14:17	#3
phyxeaux3020 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austin, TX! Posts: 3	How? Example?

15th December 2006, 14:31	#6
phyxeaux3020 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austin, TX! Posts: 3	Thanks! FYI, I will be doing this from cmd line, web server and linux.... (pretty easy at this point, thank you very much from the heart of Texas)