shrap
8th February 2006 18:04 UTC

Escaped quotes not working in WriteRegStr?
I must be missing something... I've got the following line in my script:

WriteRegStr HKCR "MyCorp.Client.10\shell\open\command" \
                   "" "$\"$INSTDIR\client.exe$\" $\"%1$\""

I'm getting the error:

WritieRegStr expects 4 parameters, got 10.

I've also tried removing the escaping and using single quotes (') or backticks (`), neither of which changed the error. Is there something special about WriteRegStr, or is there something I'm just not seeing because I've been staring at it for too long?

shrap

Afrow UK
8th February 2006 19:11 UTC

WriteRegStr HKCR "MyCorp.Client.10\shell\open\command" \
                   "" '"$INSTDIR\client.exe" "%1"'

-Stu

shrap
8th February 2006 19:53 UTC

Thanks; I've already tried using single quotes and leaving the double quotes unescaped. I get the same error:

WriteRegStr expects 4 parameters, got 10.

Just in case something was wrong the first time I tried it, I gave that form another shot just now. Same compiler error. I'm using MakeNSIS v2.14.

It's got me rather confused.

shrap

shrap
8th February 2006 20:08 UTC

Alright, I figured it out. I had an extraneous line continuation character (\) on a previous line. The compiler thought the line I posted was part of another call to WriteRegStr.

shrap

Afrow UK
8th February 2006 20:11 UTC

Hmm I'm using NSIS v2.09 and it compiles just fine...
Try downgrading and see what happens.
Could be a new bug...

-Stu

Afrow UK
10th February 2006 17:43 UTC

Oh never mind you posted just as I did.
Case closed!

-Stu