Could i compile an .nsi-file in runtime

wolf67
28th June 2004 07:11 UTC

Could i compile an .nsi-file in runtime
My thougt is this. I want to compile and create an istallation file from an nsi-file. And i want to start all of that from an C# application and on every time I want to include a new ini-file in the compilation. Is there any way to do this?

wolf67
28th June 2004 11:19 UTC

More questions
When i compile whith "makensis" i want to set different output library for the installation file and a filepath to an .ini-file in the command line. Could i do that and how to take care of it in my .nsi-file?

zimsms
28th June 2004 13:34 UTC

I did something similar. The way I set up my build environment allows me to have an nsis make file which builds nsis installers based on information in ini files. You can find an example of my build environment via this thread.

Cheers!

wolf67
28th June 2004 14:32 UTC

I am new on this, Could you help me a little bit? I have tried to:

!define File 

>

in my .nsi-file and in makensis


makensis /V4 /Olog.txt /DFile=aku.ini aku5.nsi 

>

and i get the follow error "!define: "File" already defined!". My thougt is this. Every instance of the setup.exe should contain a unique version of the ini-file because i have a serialnumber in it which is unique for every setup.exe. Could i declare a file path to the ini-file and send it in the makensis command and take care of it in the .nsi-file?

Sorry for my bad english

zimsms
28th June 2004 15:00 UTC

Well to start off "File" is a reserved word. Try:


define MyFile 

>

or:


makensis /V4 /Olog.txt /DMyFile=aku.ini aku5.nsi 

>

wolf67
29th June 2004 07:11 UTC

this works a bit on the way, How should i take care of it in my .nsi-file? I tried

File "MyFile"

and

File/nonfatal /a /r "MyFile"

but i doesnt work:confused:

This displays in the log file for .nsi

Command line defined: "MyFile=C:\Program\NSIS\aku.ini"

and this

File: "MyFile" -> no files found.

It should contain the file path so the script knows where to find the .ini-file.

zimsms
29th June 2004 13:23 UTC

Change:

File/nonfatal /a /r "MyFile"

to:

File/nonfatal /a /r "$MYFILE"

wolf67
29th June 2004 14:10 UTC

Still not working

File: "$MYFILE" -> no files found.

This drive me crasy i think.

This is how the section looks like:
Section "MainSection" SEC01
SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
SetOverwrite ifnewer
;File "aku.ini"
File "C:\Akupunktör_klient\Akup.exe"
CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\Akupunktör"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\Akupunktör\Akupunktör.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Akup.exe"
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\Akupunktör.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Akup.exe"
File "..\..\..\..\Webbserver\ApacheGroup\Apache2\htdocs\Akutest\reg2.php"
File "..\..\..\..\Webbserver\ApacheGroup\Apache2\htdocs\Akutest\index3.php"
File "..\..\..\..\Webbserver\ApacheGroup\Apache2\htdocs\Akutest\verreg.php"
File "..\..\..\..\Webbserver\ApacheGroup\Apache2\htdocs\Akutest\valkomna2.php"
File /nonfatal /a /r "$MYFILE"
SectionEnd

any ideas?

zimsms
29th June 2004 14:28 UTC

haha, my fault, I forgot the braces.

File /nonfatal /a /r "${MYFILE}"

That should do it.

wolf67
29th June 2004 14:47 UTC

Now it´s work!!!!!!!

Thanks a lot for the help :)

zimsms
29th June 2004 14:49 UTC

Your quite welcome.