archana
25th July 2007 12:51 UTC

how to assign version to outfile
hi,
I want to assign version to outfile.
Is there any way to do this?

Afrow UK
25th July 2007 13:44 UTC

Where is the version coming from? Is it from your program executable?

Stu

Trexian
25th July 2007 14:07 UTC

By looking at other installers, I cobbled together this process.

Define the version number, along with other "define"s at the top (along with a name):

!define NAME "IoPictest"
!define VER "0.0.0.1" ; #.#.#.#

Then, you can use those variables to produce an outfile:
OutFile "${NAME}_${VER}.exe"

You can also specify a directory other than where your script is, if you want.

You can also use that to set the information displayed when you hover the mouse over the installer icon with commands like this:

VIProductVersion "${VER}"
VIAddVersionKey ProductName "${NAME}"
VIAddVersionKey Comments "Installs ${NAME}."
VIAddVersionKey CompanyName "Trexian Tools"
VIAddVersionKey LegalCopyright "Copyrights held by individual contributing artists."
VIAddVersionKey FileDescription "${DESC}"
VIAddVersionKey FileVersion "${VER}"
VIAddVersionKey ProductVersion "${VER}"
VIAddVersionKey InternalName "${NAME}"
;VIAddVersionKey LegalTrademarks " "
;VIAddVersionKey PrivateBuild ""
;VIAddVersionKey SpecialBuild ""

Some of them are required, but some are not.

In the examples, look for "VersionInfo.nsi".

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Afrow UK
25th July 2007 15:06 UTC

That is fine, but if you want to grab the version from your main application executable, see this:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Invoking...n_compile-time

Stu

Trexian
25th July 2007 15:09 UTC

Just to make sure I understand - that's for a situation where you'll basically be using the NSIS executable as a wrapper or something, right?

Afrow UK
25th July 2007 16:10 UTC

No you compile that script and use the built installer to read the file version at compile time.

Stu