statblaster
8th July 2003 23:37 UTC

Running files from the internet
I have a product that I am currently using NSIS as my installer for. My exe is around 1MB but that is too big to distribute. I want to post that exe on my server and distribute a much smaller NSIS installer that all it does is call my exe from my server via http and execute it. Is this doable? And if so, how?

Mike

Brummelchen
9th July 2003 01:11 UTC

PLS check
{NSISDIR}\Contrib\NSISdl
and
{NSISDIR}\Contrib\Dialer
and
\examples\waplugin.nsi

statblaster
9th July 2003 02:05 UTC

thanks
exactly what i wanted.

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kichik
9th July 2003 13:07 UTC

Take a look at the NSIS Update code too (Contrib\NSIS Update). It downloads compressed and uncompresses them when finished to make the download smaller. NSIS Update code is only available on the CVS version, it doesn't come by default with NSIS.

statblaster
9th July 2003 13:30 UTC

What is the CVS?
Im sorry, I am very new to NSIS.

1.What is CVS?

2. I went into the contrib folder and saw the NSISDL folder but what do I do with it? I didnt see any dll.

I must say I am a huge fan of NSIS and appreciate your help.

Shalom

kichik
9th July 2003 13:33 UTC

CVS is a place where the latest development version of NSIS resides. You can browse it online or get it on your hard-disk using NSIS Update.

The NSISdl folder in Contrib only contains the readme. The plug-in itself is in the Plugins folder. You don't need to know where the plug-in itself is, NSIS handles that. All you need to know is what the parameters are and that is listed in the readme.