Dave Riches
7th October 2005 18:14 UTC

Viewing package contents
Is there a mechanism/technique to view the contents of an existing NSIS package BEFORE unpacking/installing the contents?

I use NSIS to package build output. Part of that package is a long-running program that installs several SQL databases.

I'm looking for something that could either view or extract the packager contents without causing the packager to execute the SQL installer program.

Thanks in advance for any ideas/suggestions.

Current environment setup: NSIS v2.08, Windows 2003 Server. I'm an NSIS newbie but have been tremendously impressed with it so far.

Comm@nder21
8th October 2005 17:54 UTC

its not possible so far.
but its possible to include a function into the installer that just extracts the other files. for to know how the installer packs have a closer look at the File and ReserveFile commands!