Registered: Jan 2005
From: Seattle, WA

How to get what files to install on compile time?

Hi...I stopped using NSIS about an year ago. I know that then it was not possible to define in an .ini file which files the NSIS executable should contain.
So, my question is this: Is it possible to tell the NSIS compiler to get the files from an .ini file.
I want to have a generic setup script to install some patches for my application. And because different patches may contain different files, I do not want to be forced to reedit the script when those files change. I want just to edit an .ini file and the NSIS compiler should look at that file and get from there the files.
Thank you.

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Registered: Nov 2002
From: Shropshire, England

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Invokin...on_compile-time

Create another NSIS installer which is executed at compile time to use ReadINIStr and write a list of NSIS File instructions in a seperate .nsi file which is later !include-d by the main .nsi script.

-Stu

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Registered: Jan 2005
From: Seattle, WA

Thank you. I will try that.

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Registered: Mar 2006
From: Ath. GR

If you're going to use Afrow's RecFind you'll make your life easy. :-)

1. Create the header

code:
!define PatchDir 'D:\Patch1'
!define Header 'Patch1_Files.nsh'

OutFile 'CreateHeader.exe'

!include RecFind.nsh

Section
  SetOutPath '$EXEDIR'
  FileOpen $R2 ${Header} w
  ${RecFindOpen} "${PatchDir}" $R0 $R1
  ${RecFindFirst}
  FileWrite $R2 'File "${PatchDir}$R0\$R1"$\r$\n'
  ${RecFindNext}
  ${RecFindClose}
  FileClose $R2
SectionEnd

code:
!define Header 'Patch1_Files.nsh'
!system CreateHeader.exe
!include ${Header}

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Last edited by Red Wine on 04-11-2006 at 12:00 PM

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Registered: Nov 2002
From: Shropshire, England

Nice script Red Wine!
Just one thing though,

!include ${Header}

-Stu

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Registered: Jan 2005
From: Seattle, WA

Thank you. I am glad that there is a solution for my problem. I will try to do this a.s.a.p

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Registered: Mar 2006
From: Ath. GR

@ Stu
hmm a typo! that's me! :-)

@ Chilli24
to include subdirs as well place the line bellow under ${RecFindOpen} "${PatchDir}" $R0 $R1:
FileWrite $R2 'SetOutPath "$$INSTDIR$R0"$\r$\n'

code:
Section
  SetOutPath '$EXEDIR'
  FileOpen $R2 ${Header} w
  ${RecFindOpen} "${PatchDir}" $R0 $R1
   FileWrite $R2 'SetOutPath "$$INSTDIR$R0"$\r$\n'
  ${RecFindFirst}
   FileWrite $R2 'File "${PatchDir}$R0\$R1"$\r$\n'
  ${RecFindNext}
  ${RecFindClose}
  FileClose $R2
SectionEnd

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Registered: Mar 2006
From: Ath. GR

Just posted an article at wiki

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Registered: May 2005
From: Hawera, New Zealand

It is also possible to compile and run a premade script from your installer at compile time:

code:
!define PatchType 'Patch1_Files'
!define PatchPath 'C:\${PatchType}' 

!system '"${NSISDIR}\makensis.exe" /D PatchDir "${PatchPath}" /D Header "${PatchType}" "CreateHeader.nsi"'
!system 'CreateHeader.exe'

Section
!include '${PatchType}.nsh'
SectionEnd

CreateHeader.nsi contains the code above by Red Wine, and remove the top two lines of the script as they are defined on the command line . Now all you have to change is the patch type at the top of my script .
[edit]Typo: 'bellow' is spelled 'below' [/edit]

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Last edited by JasonFriday13 on 04-12-2006 at 01:01 AM

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Registered: May 2005
From: Hawera, New Zealand

Sorry, just found an error: forgot the extenstion on the command line.

code:
!define PatchType 'Patch1_Files'
!define PatchPath 'C:\${PatchType}' 

!system '"${NSISDIR}\makensis.exe" /D PatchDir "${PatchPath}" /D Header "${PatchType}.nsh" "CreateHeader.nsi"'
!system 'CreateHeader.exe'

Section
!include '${PatchType}.nsh'
SectionEnd

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Registered: Mar 2006
From: Ath. GR

@ Jason
I really appreciate your notice for my spelling, though, don't expect I will not do it again.:-)
If you don't mind, please contribute your extension on the above mentioned article
regards

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Registered: May 2005
From: Hawera, New Zealand

Will do. [edit] Done. [/edit]

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