Comm@nder21
18th March 2007 17:53 UTC

Error _launching_ NSIS Menu
hey there, especially kichik ;)

with your help, i now successfully compiled current NSIS' cvs version, including NSIS Menu.

but i can't _launch_ it on my system!

i have ms platform sdk 2003 server r2 installed with all features turned on.
also i have installed ms visual c++ express 2005 with all features turned on.

nsis menu complains about "msvcr80.dll missing".

which package do i need to install to get that dll?

and why does nsis menu need a non-default runtime package? that may cause problems with many users...

and just as a hint: nsis menu executable has grown from 3xx kb (download version 2.24) to 6xx kb (self compiled cvs version)

kichik
18th March 2007 18:25 UTC

msvcr80.dll is a very standard Visual C++ 2005 DLL. If it doesn't install it by default to the entire system, there's probably a redistributable laying around. And if not, it's on MSDN.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Size difference is because it's no longer UPX'ed.

Comm@nder21
18th March 2007 22:04 UTC

downloading and trying out...

but what about the other things? :)

kichik
18th March 2007 22:45 UTC

What other things? Why it uses a "non-standard" DLL? It's only because you compiled it with Visual C++ 2005. Normal NSIS distributions are built with VC6.

Comm@nder21
19th March 2007 16:48 UTC

ah, ok, thats what i ment :)