replacing files after build installer

newUser101 · 22nd January 2004, 19:45

Hi,
I a new user to NSIS and would like to know if there is some way to do the following. I would like to build an installer one time on a windows pc and then later on replace some of the files in the installation with new files. I have an application that is built on solaris using java (server and client application) and it has a windows pc client that would be nice to have a windows installer. The client jar file changes on a nightly basis and I don't want to have to rebuild the entire installer on a windows pc everytime there is a change. Is there anyway to do this with NSIS?

Thanks.

Joost Verburg · 22nd January 2004, 19:58

No, you can't replace files in an existing compilation.

You can however use an emulator like Wine to run makensis on a Linux system.

Porting makensis (not the installer VM itself but the compiler) to another platform should also be possible, but that will require some work.

stnchris · 22nd January 2004, 23:06

you could use CopyFiles rather than File in your install script. Just built the install script once, and use that rarely-rebuilt version to install the nightly-rebuilt .jar files.

The .jar files would be external to the install script, install them like:

CopyFiles "$EXEDIR\jarfiles\file1.jar" "$INSTDIR\file1.jar"

22nd January 2004, 19:45	#1
newUser101 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1	replacing files after build installer Hi, I a new user to NSIS and would like to know if there is some way to do the following. I would like to build an installer one time on a windows pc and then later on replace some of the files in the installation with new files. I have an application that is built on solaris using java (server and client application) and it has a windows pc client that would be nice to have a windows installer. The client jar file changes on a nightly basis and I don't want to have to rebuild the entire installer on a windows pc everytime there is a change. Is there anyway to do this with NSIS? Thanks.

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22nd January 2004, 19:58	#2
Joost Verburg NSIS MUI Dev Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,717	No, you can't replace files in an existing compilation. You can however use an emulator like Wine to run makensis on a Linux system. Porting makensis (not the installer VM itself but the compiler) to another platform should also be possible, but that will require some work.

22nd January 2004, 23:06	#3
stnchris Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 6	you could use CopyFiles rather than File in your install script. Just built the install script once, and use that rarely-rebuilt version to install the nightly-rebuilt .jar files. The .jar files would be external to the install script, install them like: CopyFiles "$EXEDIR\jarfiles\file1.jar" "$INSTDIR\file1.jar"