!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN does not run executable

Maxim30 · 21st February 2010, 07:01

Hello,
I have to run an executable located in the path $INSTDIR\Bin when setup ends by the define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\bin\$8" where $8 is obtained in the installer code by command StrCpy $8 "bin\MyExecutableFile.exe".
But all of this does not work.
I have also tried to use !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\bin\$8" and StrCpy $8 "MyExecutableFile.exe", but it does not work again.

How to fix it ?

MSG · 21st February 2010, 07:13

$8 may well have changed its value by the time the run command is called. Try using a variable instead of a register.

Maxim30 · 21st February 2010, 09:23

There are not others $8 variables in the code; I have tried another unique variable ($eseg), but it does not work again.

Yathosho · 21st February 2010, 10:40

if $8 is bin\MyExecutableFile.exe, shouldn't it be !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\bin\$8"? is your exe really stored in "$INSTDIR\bin\bin"?!

Maxim30 · 21st February 2010, 11:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Yathosho
if $8 is bin\MyExecutableFile.exe, shouldn't it be !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\bin\$8"? is your exe really stored in "$INSTDIR\bin\bin"?!

I have mistyped in my previous message

.
It is !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\$8" and StrCpy $8 "bin\MyExecutableFile.exe", then this does not work as long as !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\bin\$8" and StrCpy $8 "MyExecutableFile.exe".

The real path is $INSTDIR\bin\MyExecutableFile.exe.
I have also this in the code:

Function .onVerifyInstDir
StrCpy $INSTDIR "$INSTDIR\${Name}"
FunctionEnd

But when I have installed I have not used the default path ${Name}, another folder instead.

Maxim30 · 23rd February 2010, 21:35

Furtherly, I have tried to escape the slash in the path adding another slash or a quote ("bin\\$8" or bin"\$8) but the code yet does not work resulting in the missing launching when setup ends.

Are there any suggestions to let the setup run the application (16 bit) at end ?

21st February 2010, 07:01	#1
Maxim30 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Martinsicuro -Teramo- Italy Posts: 76	!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN does not run executable Hello, I have to run an executable located in the path $INSTDIR\Bin when setup ends by the define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\bin\$8" where $8 is obtained in the installer code by command StrCpy $8 "bin\MyExecutableFile.exe". But all of this does not work. I have also tried to use !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\bin\$8" and StrCpy $8 "MyExecutableFile.exe", but it does not work again. How to fix it ? Massimo

21st February 2010, 09:23	#3
Maxim30 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Martinsicuro -Teramo- Italy Posts: 76	There are not others $8 variables in the code; I have tried another unique variable ($eseg), but it does not work again. Massimo

21st February 2010, 10:40	#4
Yathosho Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: AT-DE Posts: 3,363	if $8 is bin\MyExecutableFile.exe, shouldn't it be !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\bin\$8"? is your exe really stored in "$INSTDIR\bin\bin"?! NSIS IDE for Atom \| NSIS for Visual Studio Code \| NSIS for Sublime Text \| NSIS.docset

23rd February 2010, 21:35	#6
Maxim30 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Martinsicuro -Teramo- Italy Posts: 76	Furtherly, I have tried to escape the slash in the path adding another slash or a quote ("bin\\$8" or bin"\$8) but the code yet does not work resulting in the missing launching when setup ends. Are there any suggestions to let the setup run the application (16 bit) at end ? Massimo Last edited by Maxim30; 23rd February 2010 at 22:06.

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21st February 2010, 07:13	#2
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,892	$8 may well have changed its value by the time the run command is called. Try using a variable instead of a register.