wobo99
16th April 2006 20:17 UTC

program and data dir
Hello,
I'm new in NSIS programing and my problem is that I need an installer for some XLS-files. I need an installer to install some files in a so called "program directory" and some other files in an "data directory". The user shold be able to chose this directories. There are some examples of installations with a second target directory, but I found no way to use it for me. I think the main problem for me is the connection between the page and the file lists.

Sorry for my english,

Afrow UK
16th April 2006 22:13 UTC

You can try this:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Two_inst..._one_installer

-Stu

wobo99
17th April 2006 10:20 UTC

Thank you for your help Afrow UK,

I found this tread for my self, but it's very complex for me at this time (components, more than 1 section ...). The other thread i found was
Problem to have two directories in one installer ?
but there is no realy usable example, now I tried it with the following solution, I look forward to your comment.
;-----------------------------------------------
;Test.nsi

OutFile "Setup.exe"

XPStyle on

InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\Test"

Var DATA_DIR

Page Directory

PageEx directory
DirText "Data"
DirVar $DATA_DIR
PageCallbacks DirectoryPre
PageExEnd

Page Instfiles

Section
SetOutPath $INSTDIR
File "C:\Test\Prog\*"
SetOutPath $DATA_DIR
File "C:\Test\Dat\*"
SectionEnd

Function DirectoryPre
StrCpy $DATA_DIR "$PROGRAMFILES\Test\Data"
FunctionEnd
;-----------------------------------------------

Afrow UK
17th April 2006 11:22 UTC

That's how it's done normally. It'd be easier with Modern UI though.

Var INSTDIR2

# First directory page.
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY

# Second directory page.
!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_VARIABLE $INSTDIR2
!define MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_PRE DirectoryPre
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY

Function DirectoryPre
 StrCpy $INSTDIR2 "$PROGRAMFILES\Test\Data"
FunctionEnd

wobo99
18th April 2006 20:29 UTC

It works very fine - thank you!