DJScorpion
7th October 2008 11:11 UTC

Problem with a path and a var
Hi community!

i want to make an installer for every plugin / addin which we release.

When the installer runs it should get the content of the following registry path:
HKLM SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories "UIMdb"

And of course... it works.. when i test it i get the directory of the software (f.e. C:\Program Files\Mesap4\).

So now the problem is, that i have to put files in to these folder.
The following problem:

        ReadRegStr $MesapDir HKLM SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories "UIMdb" 

        StrCpy $UninstallExe "$MesapDirUninstall - $AddInName.exe" 

        RegDLL "$MesapDir$DllFile.dll" 

Comperio
7th October 2008 19:42 UTC

I started thinking it was the $MespaDir variable, but then realized you never said what $DllFile.dll was set to. I'll bet you have it starting with a backslash. Fix that and it should fix your issue. (or remove the trailing backslash from $MespaDir).

DJScorpion
8th October 2008 08:44 UTC

$DllFile is not the only thing which needs the $MesapDir variable.
Its also needed for the startmenu shortcut etc.

But how can i remove the \ of the path inside of $MesapDir?

Comperio
8th October 2008 15:20 UTC

here's one way:

!include logiclib
!include WordFunc.nsh
!insertmacro WordReplace
...

ReadRegStr $MesapDir HKLM SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories "UIMdb" 
${WordReplace} "$MesapDir" "\" "" "-1" $MesapDir

DJScorpion
8th October 2008 17:01 UTC

I guess you mean this:

!include logiclib.nsh

But when i try to compile the script i get the following log:

MakeNSIS v2.39 - Copyright 1995-2008 Contributors
See the file COPYING for license details.
Credits can be found in the Users Manual.

Processing config: 
Processing plugin dlls: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Plugins\*.dll"
 - AdvSplash::show
 - Banner::destroy
 - Banner::getWindow
 - Banner::show
 - BgImage::AddImage
 - BgImage::AddText
 - BgImage::Clear
 - BgImage::Destroy
 - BgImage::Redraw
 - BgImage::SetBg
 - BgImage::SetReturn
 - BgImage::Sound
 - Dialer::AttemptConnect
 - Dialer::AutodialHangup
 - Dialer::AutodialOnline
 - Dialer::AutodialUnattended
 - Dialer::GetConnectedState
 - InstallOptions::dialog
 - InstallOptions::initDialog
 - InstallOptions::show
 - LangDLL::LangDialog
 - Math::Script
 - NSISdl::download
 - NSISdl::download_quiet
 - Splash::show
 - StartMenu::Init
 - StartMenu::Select
 - StartMenu::Show
 - System::Alloc
 - System::Call
 - System::Copy
 - System::Free
 - System::Get
 - System::Int64Op
 - System::Store
 - TypeLib::GetLibVersion
 - TypeLib::Register
 - TypeLib::UnRegister
 - UserInfo::GetAccountType
 - UserInfo::GetName
 - UserInfo::GetOriginalAccountType
 - VPatch::GetFileCRC32
 - VPatch::GetFileMD5
 - VPatch::vpatchfile
 - nsDialogs::Create
 - nsDialogs::CreateControl
 - nsDialogs::CreateItem
 - nsDialogs::GetUserData
 - nsDialogs::OnBack
 - nsDialogs::OnChange
 - nsDialogs::OnClick
 - nsDialogs::OnNotify
 - nsDialogs::SelectFileDialog
 - nsDialogs::SelectFolderDialog
 - nsDialogs::SetRTL
 - nsDialogs::SetUserData
 - nsDialogs::Show
 - nsExec::Exec
 - nsExec::ExecToLog
 - nsExec::ExecToStack

!define: "MUI_INSERT_NSISCONF"=""

Changing directory to: "P:\Mesap Setup TEST\NSIS\AddIn-Setups\TempFiles"

Processing script file: "P:\Mesap Setup TEST\NSIS\AddIn-Setups\TempFiles\MPD ControlPanel.nsi"
SetCompress: force
SetCompressor: /SOLID lzma
Name: "Mesap 4 AddIn Installation"
OutFile: "MPD ControlPanel.exe"
XPStyle: on
!include: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Include\LogicLib.nsh"
!include: closed: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Include\LogicLib.nsh"
!include: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Include\WordFunc.nsh"
!define: "WORDFUNC_INCLUDED"=""
!include: closed: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Include\WordFunc.nsh"
!insertmacro: WordReplace
!insertmacro: end of WordReplace
Page: instfiles
UninstPage: uninstConfirm
UninstPage: instfiles
VIAddVersionKey: "ProductName" "M4AddIn011"
VIAddVersionKey: "Comments" "Setup für MPD ControlPanel"
VIAddVersionKey: "CompanyName" "Seven2one GmbH"
VIAddVersionKey: "LegalCopyright" "Seven2one GmbH"
VIAddVersionKey: "FileDescription" "MPD ControlPanel"
Var: "AddInName"
Var: "DllFile"
Var: "MesapDir"
Var: "UninstallExe"
Function: ".onInit"
ReadRegStr $MesapDir HKLM\SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories\UIMdb
!insertmacro: WordReplaceCall
!insertmacro: end of WordReplaceCall
StrCpy $AddInName "MPD ControlPanel" () ()
StrCpy $DllFile "M4AddIn011" () ()
StrCpy $UninstallExe "$MesapDir\Uninstall - $AddInName.exe" () ()
FunctionEnd
Function: "un.onInit"
ReadRegStr $MesapDir HKLM\SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories\UIMdb
!insertmacro: WordReplaceCall
Call must be used with function names starting with "un." in the uninstall section.
Usage: Call function_name | [:label_name]
Error in macro WordReplaceCall on macroline 7
Error in script "P:\Mesap Setup TEST\NSIS\AddIn-Setups\TempFiles\MPD ControlPanel.nsi" on line 39 -- aborting creation process

Comperio
9th October 2008 00:29 UTC

yes, I did mean LogicLib.nsh. (my bad)

And the error is that you are trying to use this in the uninstall section. (When I read your original post, I thought you were in the install section. But your error log shows you are in the uninstall function un.onInit)

To use WordReplace in an uninstaller place a "un." in front.

So "!insertmacro WordReplace" becomes "!insertmacro un.WordReplace"
and
"${WordReplace}" becomes "${un.WordReplace}".