GDILord
27th May 2008 13:37 UTC

NSIS and Debug/Release Builds
Hi

I am using a user created variable to simulate Debug/Release builds with additional information that I don't want the user to see.

// Main section:
  ;;;;; Are we in DEBUG mode?
  Var /GLOBAL _DEBUGMODE
  StrCpy $_DEBUGMODE 1
  ;;;;; /Are we in DEBUG mode?
  Push $_DEBUGMODE
  Call funct

// Function funct residing in a .nsh file
  Pop $4
  IntCmp $4 1 0 +2
  DetailPrint "DEBUG: funct: ERROR: error message goes here!"
  ; Carry on

pospec
27th May 2008 14:14 UTC

I think that you can do:

!define FORDEBUG
...
!ifdef FORDEBUG
MessageBox MB_OK "FORDEBUG: Blah"
!endif

Defines can be done on command line too.

GDILord
27th May 2008 15:12 UTC

The !define will propagate through all the lines, including external files, correct?

pospec
27th May 2008 15:13 UTC

Correct.

GDILord
27th May 2008 15:43 UTC

Thank you, I'll give it a try.

GDILord
29th May 2008 08:29 UTC

Thanks pospec, it works.