Send Email via NSIS?

jakc · 18th September 2011, 10:40

I have been looking at related posts and also hunting about with google.

For my software product (web application) clients will need to request a license from us before installing it.

We would need to check if they are a paying client (a manual process at the moment).
I need the ability for one of the initial steps of my installer to be let user request license via a custom page in the NSIS installer.
They would put in some mandatory fields and then this would get fired off in an email.
Ideally, NSIS would let them know that the email had successfully been sent.

They would then exit the wizard, but when we verify who they are and send them a serial, they can run installer again, and there would be an option to enter the serial, allowing them to progress to the next screen.

It is the emailing bit that I am currently stumped on.
I have not seen any plugins to do this.

What would be the best plan of attack to achieve this?

A rough mockup of what I imagine this custom page would look like.

LoRd_MuldeR · 18th September 2011, 15:44

Why does the registration info have to be sent to the server as e-mail?

You cannot use HTTP POST instead? This would be easy to do with inetc::post in NSIS!

It should be easy to pass the info to a PHP script on the server via HTTP POST.
http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.post.php

LoRd_MuldeR · 18th September 2011, 16:01

Okay, I have put together a simple example in 5 minutes

Give this one a try:
http://www.mediafire.com/?82n36t5dzd0umve

Client NSIS Code:
http://pastie.org/private/4rsw5ujsrijvyhaxqlana

Server PHP Code:
http://pastie.org/private/1pqivzqy97gvxm75oxmmow

jakc · 18th September 2011, 22:26

Needs to be an email
We dont have anything at the server end to store the POST operation in.
But appreciate your efforts.

LoRd_MuldeR · 18th September 2011, 22:38

It should be trivial to make the server script save the request.

You can, for example, make the server script save a simple text file for each request.

It can save the requests on a network share, e.g. on some machine you have direct access to.

Or you can even make the server script emit an e-mail, if you insist

See:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

Script Example:
http://pastie.org/private/5y0dieicrj1pnimt5iprjg

18th September 2011, 10:40	#1
jakc Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 12	Send Email via NSIS? I have been looking at related posts and also hunting about with google. For my software product (web application) clients will need to request a license from us before installing it. We would need to check if they are a paying client (a manual process at the moment). I need the ability for one of the initial steps of my installer to be let user request license via a custom page in the NSIS installer. They would put in some mandatory fields and then this would get fired off in an email. Ideally, NSIS would let them know that the email had successfully been sent. They would then exit the wizard, but when we verify who they are and send them a serial, they can run installer again, and there would be an option to enter the serial, allowing them to progress to the next screen. It is the emailing bit that I am currently stumped on. I have not seen any plugins to do this. What would be the best plan of attack to achieve this? A rough mockup of what I imagine this custom page would look like.

18th September 2011, 15:44	#2
LoRd_MuldeR Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse Posts: 644	Why does the registration info have to be sent to the server as e-mail? You cannot use HTTP POST instead? This would be easy to do with inetc::post in NSIS! It should be easy to pass the info to a PHP script on the server via HTTP POST. http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.post.php My Plugins: StdUtils \| NSISList \| CPUFeatures \| ExecTimeout \| KillProc My source of inspiration: http://youtu.be/lCwY4_0W1YI

18th September 2011, 16:01	#3
LoRd_MuldeR Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse Posts: 644	Okay, I have put together a simple example in 5 minutes Give this one a try: http://www.mediafire.com/?82n36t5dzd0umve Client NSIS Code: http://pastie.org/private/4rsw5ujsrijvyhaxqlana Server PHP Code: http://pastie.org/private/1pqivzqy97gvxm75oxmmow My Plugins: StdUtils \| NSISList \| CPUFeatures \| ExecTimeout \| KillProc My source of inspiration: http://youtu.be/lCwY4_0W1YI

18th September 2011, 22:38	#5
LoRd_MuldeR Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse Posts: 644	It should be trivial to make the server script save the request. You can, for example, make the server script save a simple text file for each request. It can save the requests on a network share, e.g. on some machine you have direct access to. Or you can even make the server script emit an e-mail, if you insist See: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php Script Example: http://pastie.org/private/5y0dieicrj1pnimt5iprjg My Plugins: StdUtils \| NSISList \| CPUFeatures \| ExecTimeout \| KillProc My source of inspiration: http://youtu.be/lCwY4_0W1YI Last edited by LoRd_MuldeR; 19th September 2011 at 01:13.

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18th September 2011, 22:26	#4
jakc Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 12	Needs to be an email We dont have anything at the server end to store the POST operation in. But appreciate your efforts.