Getting Outfile as a variable in compile time

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Larsen
2nd March 2006 12:13 UTC

Getting Outfile as a variable in compile time
Hello,

I would like to write the name of the created installer into a file on compiling. I just found ${__FILE__} but that return the name of the script.

I guess I could use !define and use that variable with Outfile and for writing into a file.

Is there any other way I missed?

Afrow UK
2nd March 2006 12:30 UTC

!define OutFile "setup.exe"
OutFile "${OutFile}"

!system "echo ${OutFile} >OutFile.txt"

If you need to do more operations then look at this:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Invoking...n_compile-time

-Stu

Larsen
2nd March 2006 15:03 UTC

Ok, that´s the way I already implemented it.


!ifdef FULLSETUP
    !ifdef NORMAL
        !define OUTFILE "u:\larsen\${version}\EasyBuyer_Setup_${VERSION}.exe"
    !else
        !define OUTFILE "u:\larsen\${version}\EasyBuyer_Setup_Light_${VERSION}.exe"
    !endif
!else
    !ifdef NORMAL
        !define OUTFILE "u:\larsen\${version}\EasyBuyer_SP_${VERSION}.exe"
    !else
        !define OUTFILE "u:\larsen\${version}\EasyBuyer_SP_Light_${VERSION}.exe"
    !endif
!endif

OutFile ${OUTFILE}

Next problem I have is that I just want to use the file part of OutFile. So my code should look like this (unfortunately doesn´t work):


!define OUTDIR "u:\larsen\${version}\"

# <code to set OUTFILE according to defines>
!define OUTFILE "EasyBuyer_SP_Light_${VERSION}.exe"

#concatenate string outside section
# would be very useful
OutFile ${OUTDIR}.${OUTFILE}

# code to insert ${OUTFILE} in php script to be included
# ...

Of course, I could write text into a temporay file somehow, but that would not be very elegant, I guess. Therefore, I will use two defines - and so being redundant =(

Afrow UK
2nd March 2006 15:54 UTC

OutFile "${OUTDIR}${OUTFILE}"

-Stu

Larsen
2nd March 2006 17:22 UTC

Oh, that simple.
Again, thank you very much!