craig_46
21st January 2006 21:50 UTC

stamp data into an installation exe
Hi,

I have a bunch of games I serve up for downloads. I would like to stamp in some information real-time when someone requests the exe. For example, download date, affiliate code, etc. Is there a way I can do this from a servlet? Can I set aside a spot in the nsis install exe where I can stuff this data?

Then when the installer is running, I would probably write this data to the registry.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Craig

NcF
22nd January 2006 08:09 UTC

Quite some time back, while I was still using Win as my primary OS, I heard that you could append data past the EOF on an EXE and it would ignore it--I don't know how true that claim is though...maybe it's something to consider? (How you'd access the NSIS Installer exe while in setup is beyond me though =P)

HTH

-Wes
Feel free to contact me if you would like an elaboration or possible example, and I shall provide you with such. (I don't check the NSIS forums all too often--sorry)
(nofulfillment atTheAlmighty numbinside superDot net)