kdeslauriers
18th June 2008 20:47 UTC

Catching an error
Is there a way to catch exceptions in NSIS?

My problem is the following:

I want to write to a file but first I want to ensure that it is not currently open by some other operation.

If it is, I want to place a MessageBox on the screen, inform the user that it cannot be written to and then prompt them to continue or not with the installation.

Thanks.

Anders
18th June 2008 20:54 UTC

you can check if >> FileOpen $0 "c:\foo" a << fails

Afrow UK
18th June 2008 23:23 UTC

Use FileOpen as Anders suggests with a ClearErrors before hand followed by IfErrors (or ${If} ${Errors} ... ${EndIf} if you use LogicLib).

Stu

Anders
19th June 2008 00:28 UTC

its less work to check if $0 (outvar) is empty ;)