brettg
1st June 2004 23:49 UTC

Can't run program with parameter
Hello. I want to give the option of running the program with a command line param at the end of the install. So I define these macros.

!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\SqlitePlus.exe"
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_PARAMETERS "$INSTDIR\Samples\Db\Northwind.db"

The problem is, if there are any spaces in the INSTDIR (like "Program Files"), the parameter is not passed correctly. How can I make it work?

thank you
-brett

deguix
2nd June 2004 03:06 UTC

Use the command GetFullPathName /SHORT. It will convert a long path to its short path format.

But as you can't do this at compile time, you can use this code, but I'm unsure if this will work because I didn't test it:

  ;... other MUI_PAGE_FINISH defines
  !define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_LEAVE ShortenPath

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH

Function ShortenPath

  !undef MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_PARAMETERS

  GetFullPathName /SHORT $0 "$INSTDIR\Samples\Db\Northwind.db"

  !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_PARAMETERS $0

FunctionEnd

brettg
2nd June 2004 04:13 UTC

Thank you. I will try it.

While I have someones attention, I would very much like to know if there is a way to automatically handle usage counting for shared DLLs. As you must know, Windows has a mechanism to keep count of shared DLLs, so setup programs can know when to unregister and delete the shared DLL. I can't find any info on it.

thanks in advance
-brett

brettg
3rd June 2004 05:24 UTC

I tried it but I can't get it to work. Why doesn't the MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_PARAMETERS macro just work? You should be using ShellExecute and you should just quote the parameter. Then it would work. Is there any chance of getting this fixed quicly?

deguix
4th June 2004 01:28 UTC

This one I'm more certain that will work:

  ;... other MUI_PAGE_FINISH defines
  !define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_LEAVE ShortenPath

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH

Function ShortenPath

  !insertmacro MUI_INSTALLOPTIONS_READ $0 "ioSpecial.ini" "Field 4" "State"

  StrCmp $0 1 0 +4

    GetFullPathName /SHORT $0 "${MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_PARAMETERS}"

    Exec '"${MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN}" "$0"'

    Quit

FunctionEnd

Takhir
4th June 2004 08:22 UTC

Shared DLLs - Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
SharedDlls

I found this in MSDN Platform SDK as "Usage counting"
Use DLL path/file as value name in RegQueryValue() call.