grahama
26th September 2004 02:05 UTC

use a NSIS Install.exe as the app itself
I have a quicktime file and an xml file I am installing. Neither of these are .exe files.

I was wondering, it it ok to use the NSIS installer as the app that launches my movie?

basically, myInstaller.exe checks to see if it has allready installed on the user's computer

if so,
myInstaller.exe skips installation and launches the movie

If not, myInstaller.exe installs all the necessary files and folder and then launches my movie

For me, this would make my movie portable between users....as opposed to making a shortcut file

Is there a reason not to do this ?

Afrow UK
26th September 2004 16:31 UTC

None at all.

I've used NSIS as a base for many programs because NSIS supports so many things with little code.

-Stu

Joel
26th September 2004 20:36 UTC

Yeah, little code for us, lot of code for the developers :P

I'm also using NSIS for direct API calls, nice thing I'll say :up:

grahama
26th September 2004 21:16 UTC

great :)
so far my experience with NSIS [about 5 days] has been outstanding. The main reason I'm using nsis is that I can not put a custom icon on a Quicktime file on the Windows platform...always defaults to the default Quicktime icon. I wonder if that is hackable on the Windows Platform without corrupting the file or making an .exe ?

slightly off topic...but I am curios :)

many thanks
g

Afrow UK
26th September 2004 21:34 UTC

You could make a shortcut with a different icon, or you would have to edit the shell registry (HKCR).

-Stu

Yathosho
26th September 2004 22:10 UTC

could be the quicktime agent (whatever the name is) running in the notification area restores the icons everytime you change it. but afaik it can be disabled.