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rbalhorn
15th September 2005 17:31 UTC

parameter
Ok I am trying to make a short cut. I can pass any shortcut parameter with a + or - in front of it but I cannot have any spaces with the parameter.

Ie:

CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\BF2C.lnk" "$INSTDIR\..\..BF2.exe" +modPath mods/BF2C "$INSTDIR\BF2C.ico"

does not compile

but

CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\BF2C.lnk" "$INSTDIR\..\..BF2.exe" +fullscreen +menu +modpath "$INSTDIR\BF2C.ico"

works just fine.

Anyway to add in the mods/BF2C section? Is the a character to add for spaces like a % or something?

Thanks for any help.

Yathosho
15th September 2005 17:39 UTC

use quotes

Afrow UK
15th September 2005 18:21 UTC

Put quotes around +fullscreen +menu +modpath

-Stu

rbalhorn
15th September 2005 19:04 UTC

lol I knew it would be something simple (and make me look dumb).

Thanks for your help.

rbalhorn
16th September 2005 20:41 UTC

Ok another related question. I can create the link the target and parameters work but it needs the correct "Start in" to be different from the $INSTDIR. Is there a way to do that?

The other option was to have a lnk file in the installer copy to the $DESKTOP the shortcut works but it doesnt use the ico file.

Thanks again for any help.

kichik
17th September 2005 09:04 UTC

SetOutPath sets the "Start in" directory for shortcuts.

rbalhorn
29th September 2005 17:44 UTC

Got around to another version and a time to fix this bug. The problem I am getting is that I still cant set a proper "Starts In" path.


SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\..\..\"
  CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\$ICONS_GROUP\BF2C.lnk" "$INSTDIR\..\..\BF2.exe" "+menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +modPath mods/BF2C" "$INSTDIR\BF2C.ico"
  CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\BF2C.lnk" "$INSTDIR\..\..\BF2.exe" "+menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +modPath mods/BF2C" "$INSTDIR\BF2C.ico"

This will give me
Starts In:
"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\BF2C\..\.."

Any way to fix this?

Thanks.

Takhir
29th September 2005 17:54 UTC

I used something like this (long ago :) )


SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
SetOutPath ".."
SetOutPath ".."

rbalhorn
29th September 2005 17:56 UTC

na that doesnt work either. It just makes the "Starts In" just ".."

Thanks for helping though.

Takhir
30th September 2005 06:48 UTC

wiki page Repair path names with ../

rbalhorn
7th October 2005 23:38 UTC

that completely lost me :(. Sorry, Is there one in english?

Afrow UK
8th October 2005 10:27 UTC

StrCpy $INSTDIR $EXEDIR
DetailPrint $INSTDIR # C:\Program Files\NSIS\Projects\Testing
GetFullPathName $R0 "$INSTDIR\..\.."
DetailPrint $R0 # C:\Program Files\NSIS
SetOutPath $R0

-Stu