Using Funtions in Compile Time

[davidhary]

I got the date functions from the NSIS site (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Manage_dates_as_numbers) and would like to get the today serial value during compile time.

I envisioned running the script as follows:

code:


!define day

!define !DaySerial `!insertmacro _!DaySerial`

!macro _!DaySerial _SERIAL

  Call TodaySerial

  Pop ${_SERIAL}

  DetailPrint ${_SERIAL}

!macroend

${!DaySerial} day

But I am getting an error on the call:

Error: command Call not valid outside Section or Function
Error in macro _!DaySerial on macroline 1

Apparently, the CALL command cannot be executed from a compile time macro.

My question is: How can I call the function in compile time?

Thanks

David

[MSG]

You cannot call a function at compile time. You can however call an executable at compile time, using !execute or !system. So you can let your script run a compiled NSIS exe which writes "!define Foo bar" to an nsh file, and then you !include that nsh file after you !execute the exe.