dselkirk
12th August 2003 18:44 UTC

HELP: VB hex function equivelant
Hey, would anyone know if its possible to duplicate the VB hex function command in nsis?

Thanks

kichik
12th August 2003 18:56 UTC

What exactly does this hex function do? If it converts a number to a hex string use:

IntFmt $0 "0x%X" "put number here"

dselkirk
12th August 2003 19:33 UTC

Returns a String representing the hexadecimal value of a number.
Example:

Dim MyHex
MyHex = Hex(5) ' Returns 5.
MyHex = Hex(10) ' Returns A.
MyHex = Hex(459) ' Returns 1CB.

*description from MS

Joel
12th August 2003 19:36 UTC

There isn't one...well at least that I know ...

iceman_k
12th August 2003 20:18 UTC

The example provided by Kichik does exactly what dselkirk asks for.
On the other hand, I am not sure if there is a function that does the reverse, i.e., take a hex value and convert it to decimal.

dselkirk
12th August 2003 20:57 UTC

it seems to be working. thanks for your help.

kichik
13th August 2003 00:20 UTC

Sure there is. This reverses the process:

IntFmt $0 "%d" "0xhex number here"

iceman_k
13th August 2003 02:29 UTC

You're absolutely correct. I forgot about the 0x prefix notation for hex numbers.