[=hris
5th August 2003 11:08 UTC

ExecShell & regsvr32 help
I am trying to get my installer to register an ocx file using regsvr32.
When i do this manually, i use

C:\WINDOWS\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSwinsck.ocx

So, i tried to make this less OS specific and do it in the installer, with this command:

ExecShell open "$SYSDIR\regsvr32.exe $SYSDIR\Mswinsck.ocx"

When i run the installer, it says that it did execute the exact command i was expecting it to execute, but normally a message box pops up saying something along the lines of "Succesfully registered mswinsck.ocx in registry, but when the installer does it nothing happens - does anyone know if the installer has actually performed the command properly, cause i have no real way of telling :igor:

Thanks

Afrow UK
5th August 2003 11:10 UTC

Try
Exec "$\"$SYSDIR\regsvr32.exe$\" $\"$SYSDIR\Mswinsck.ocx$\""

-Stu

[=hris
5th August 2003 11:47 UTC

Thanks, it works now :D

kichik
5th August 2003 12:41 UTC

Why not just use RegDLL?

[=hris
5th August 2003 13:43 UTC

never used that before - what is the difference? :confused:

Afrow UK
5th August 2003 13:50 UTC

It's a better solution. It will work most definately on all Win OS'.

-Stu

[=hris
5th August 2003 15:29 UTC

Thanks - will change that :)
Where is regdll located?
I did a search, and it didnt find anything by that name?

kichik
5th August 2003 15:31 UTC

It's a NSIS command. Search the NSIS documentation.

[=hris
6th August 2003 08:46 UTC

got it, so i can do

RegDLL "$SYSDIR\MSwinsck.ocx"

And that will call the registry server just like using regsvr32.dll?

Afrow UK
6th August 2003 10:51 UTC

Yes, else it will print an error message I think?

-Stu

Sunjammer
6th August 2003 13:31 UTC

The error flag is set if it can't register the DLL, see the docs for RegDLL and IfErrors.

[=hris
6th August 2003 17:28 UTC

ok, thanks :) i will try it later