JRWR
18th February 2008 20:28 UTC

Wild Card Folders?
I'm a little new to NSIS, so i dont know how i would do this,

I'm making a simple installer for Gmod users, to install a massive addons pack, and the folder names can change (only one really)

C:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\<name>\garrysmod\garrysmod

so ether A) have a page for the user to select what username to install or B) to install to all folders that have the garrysmod sub folder

bholliger
18th February 2008 22:15 UTC

Hi there!

Use SetOutPath [1] in conjunction with File [2].
I'm sure you'll find what you need!

[1] http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.1.9
[2] http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.1.5

Cheers

Bruno

JRWR
19th February 2008 13:40 UTC

Nope
I'm still lost, how would it be able to detect the right folder?

Red Wine
19th February 2008 14:27 UTC

outfile test.exe
ShowInstDetails show

var name

page directory
page instfiles

Function .onInit
 ReadRegStr $name HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" "Logon User Name"
 StrCpy $INSTDIR "$PROGRAMFILES\Steam\Steamapps\$name\garrysmod\garrysmod"
FunctionEnd

Section -
 SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
 DetailPrint "$OUTDIR"
SectionEnd

JRWR
19th February 2008 20:56 UTC

You cant find it that way
Steam does not store the username in the registery

JRWR
19th February 2008 20:59 UTC

i think i might of found somthing

found this in the registery

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Valve.Source\shell\open\command
"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\jrwr\garrysmod\hl2.exe" "%1"

JRWR
19th February 2008 21:19 UTC

ok i found where steam holds the login info

C:\Program Files\Steam\config\SteamAppData.vdf

"SteamAppData"
{
        "RememberPassword"            "1"
        "AutoLoginUser"               "jrwr"
        "jrwr"
        {
                "User"                "jrwr"
                "AccountCreated"              "1"
                "ShowNotifyTrayHintDialog"            "0"
        }
}

{_trueparuex^}
19th February 2008 22:54 UTC

There's a function in the NSIS wiki to get the steam install path and username.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Get_Stea...d_install_path

To make that function better...

Replace this line in GetSteamAccountName function:

IfFileExists "$R0\steamapps\$R2\*.*" done

IfFileExists "$R0\steamapps\$R2\garrysmod\garrysmod\*.*" done

JRWR
20th February 2008 03:25 UTC

Thank you
Thank you sir (writes name down in installer)
(and Afrow UK)

Also a note: make sure your path is right, spent a hour looking at code to figure this out

old:
StrCpy $INSTDIR "$R1\$R0\SteamApps\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons"

new:
StrCpy $INSTDIR "$R1\SteamApps\$R0\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons"