meganoob
23rd September 2005 21:30 UTC

Backup and restore files question
I need some help with Backup files on install, restore on uninstall macros at http://nsis.sourceforge.net/wiki/Bac...e_on_uninstall. Is there a way to make them accept wildcard?

Afrow UK
23rd September 2005 22:06 UTC

Nope.
You can however make another NSIS installer that generates your NSIS script for your main installer for you.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/wiki/Inv...n_compile-time
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/wiki/Req...t%2C_FindClose

-Stu

meganoob
23rd September 2005 22:42 UTC

Ok, I will try that. Thanks :)

meganoob
7th October 2005 14:23 UTC

Hummm, new question for you Afrow UK...

I am getting errors with these:

!insertmacro BackupFile "$INSTDIR\Data\SingleMissions\English\H H" "h h.mis" "$INSTDIR\Backup\SingleMissions\English\H H"

and

!insertmacro BackupFile "$INSTDIR\Data\NavalAcademy\Convoy Attack\English\Convoy Attack" "Convoy Attack.mis" "$INSTDIR\Backup\NavalAcademy\Convoy Attack\English\Convoy Attack"

Can you help me?

kichik
7th October 2005 14:25 UTC

What are the errors?

meganoob
7th October 2005 14:36 UTC

!insertmacro: BackupFile
IfFileExists: "$INSTDIR\Backup\SingleMissions\English\H H\*.*" ? +2 :
CreateDirectory expects 1 parameters, got 2.
Usage: CreateDirectory directory_name
Error in macro BackupFile on macroline 2
Error in script "d:\Usuarios\jenneram\Meus documentos\Gamevicio\Silent Hunter 3\Silent Hunter 3 2.00.nsi" on line 120 -- aborting creation process

and

!insertmacro: BackupFile
IfFileExists: "$INSTDIR\Backup\NavalAcademy\Convoy Attack\English\Convoy Attack\*.*" ? +2 :
CreateDirectory expects 1 parameters, got 3.
Usage: CreateDirectory directory_name
Error in macro BackupFile on macroline 2
Error in script "d:\Usuarios\jenneram\Meus documentos\Gamevicio\Silent Hunter 3\Silent Hunter 3 2.00.nsi" on line 120 -- aborting creation process

Using NSIS 2.10

kichik
7th October 2005 14:40 UTC

Copy the macro from the Wiki again, I've fixed this. The CreateDirectory command missed quotes around the directory path.

meganoob
7th October 2005 14:43 UTC

Thanks :)

Afrow UK
7th October 2005 15:49 UTC

Thanks also :)

-Stu