b0wnage
28th July 2006 03:56 UTC

Installing Multiple Setup.exe files?
Well, Im just trying to put together an installation file that contains numerous Setup.exe files I.E. "Bitcomet, Nero, McAfee, Winamp Etc.." For my home PC's and when i goto a friends or what not, Basicaly i want to run a single Setup.exe that contains the other setup.exe files in it, And have some sort of selection screen for which Setup.exe files to run or even run each setup.exe in a list, Like once the main setup.exe starts it will install Bitcomet and then after it will Install Winamp and so on.

Well if anyone here knows of a way i can accomplish this then it would be much appreciated.

-Thanks

Comperio
28th July 2006 04:11 UTC

Best way would be to create a separate section for each installation you wanted to run. Then, display the components page and allow the user to check whichever combination is desired. Then, in the sections, you just launch each additional setup using ExecWait commands.

Have a look a the docs and examples included with NSIS for more information.

b0wnage
28th July 2006 05:07 UTC

Hmm.. Well i know nothing at all about scripting with the Nullsoft program lol.

Just wondering if anyone knew an easy way this could be done.
Thanks for your help though. :)

Afrow UK
28th July 2006 10:43 UTC

That's very easy to do.

Section "Bitcomet"
ExecWait ...
SectionEnd

Section "Nero"
ExecWait ...
SectionEnd

And so on. It really is that simple, almost. You'd just need to add some Section descriptions if you're using Modern UI (see Examples\Modern UI\*)

-Stu

b0wnage
28th July 2006 11:25 UTC

Originally posted by Afrow UK
That's very easy to do.

Section "Bitcomet"
ExecWait ...
SectionEnd

Section "Nero"
ExecWait ...
SectionEnd

And so on. It really is that simple, almost. You'd just need to add some Section descriptions if you're using Modern UI (see Examples\Modern UI\*)

-Stu

Afrow UK
28th July 2006 11:44 UTC

Notepad and makensisw
Again, look at the example scripts.

-Stu