LazyBear
27th January 2004 14:39 UTC

RegDLL and .OLB
Thx guys! :D my Setup is running fine, the only thing I have to do now is to get NSIS to register 3 .OLB Files (MSACC9.OLB, MSWORD8.OLB and MSWORD9.OLB) and I don't know how to - anyway I don't know how to register them without NSIS :rolleyes: I hope anybody knows how to realize that

so long -L-B-

opher
27th January 2004 17:37 UTC

Hi,
You have two options:
1. Use Regtlib.exe EXCEL9.OLB
2. Use a system call msdn

For the former option see attached file,
for the latter, perhaps someone more experianced with system.dll plugin can help.

Joost Verburg
27th January 2004 18:16 UTC

Regtlib is not include with all Windows versions. Using API calls is a better idea.

I'm also looking for a good way to register type libaries for VB run-time installation etc.

LazyBear
28th January 2004 07:29 UTC

Regtlib
I'll try it with the regtlib, I'll just install it into the $WINDIR with my setup and then call it. One more question:

Can anyone give me a more detailed sample of using Exec and ExecShell? The only Examples I found where bigtest.nsi and viewhtml.nsi, and there is no example of using parameters

thanks in advance

-L-B-

opher
28th January 2004 07:43 UTC

Joost hello,
Regtlib is not included with ANY version of windows.
It is included in Visual Studio service pack 3 +.

LazyBear
28th January 2004 07:50 UTC

No matter
No matter, 'cause you can include it in all of your setups - you just have to know how you use it with NSIS, thats what my problem is :D

Well - if it's as easy as I think, I have just to call it like this:

SearchPath $6 REGTLIB.EXE
Exec '"$6"'
ExecShell "" '"$INSTDIR"' "$SYSDIR\MSACC9.OLB"

Is this right?

Unfortunately I don't know how to check if they have been registered, any idea?

so long -L-B-

opher
28th January 2004 09:49 UTC

Not quite :D
You use

ExecWait '$SYSDIR\regtlib.exe "D:\path to file\file to register"'
 - or -
ExecWait '"$PLUGINSDIR\regtlib.exe" "D:\path to file\file to register"'

LazyBear
28th January 2004 12:42 UTC

Hmm
Ok, this works...but...
If regtlib fails, I dont receive an error...

opher
28th January 2004 13:54 UTC

Look it up in the docs: :confused:

ExecWait '"$PLUGINSDIR\regtlib.exe" "D:\path to file\file to register"' $R0

LazyBear
29th January 2004 09:29 UTC

Nope
Unfortunately it doesn't work
but I solved it with

ExecWait '$SYSDIR\USregOLB.BAT'

So the User can see if there is an error.

I know it's not the best way...but it works and for now it's an acceptable solution I think

nevertheless thanks you all!

-L-B-

opher
29th January 2004 10:20 UTC

Attached is a BAT file. As you can see it reports the error, so $R0 whould hold an error code!!