littlerob
22nd April 2009 13:09 UTC

Simple upgrade installer
Dear all

I have an install kit created using NSIS. Its been working fine for a couple of years, but now we're extending the functionality to allow non-admin users to upgrade their own S/W.

However, unlike the first install, that is done by someone with admin rights and an IT background, the upgrades are done by "normal" users.

What I'd like to be able to do is have a single install kit that:

1. When run with no parameters (i.e. The first full install) goes through the whole wizard business (disclaimers, directory selection, component selection etc.)

2. When run with some commandline parameter displays no options and perhaps just a progressbar, or at least minimal interaction.

I can't use the /S option because that just runs with no UI at all, and the user won't know when it's finished.

Any ideas or pointers.

Many thanks

Rob

Anders
22nd April 2009 15:36 UTC

there is no minimal ui option, but you could skip every page except the instfiles page (and resize it with the system plugin if you really need it smaller)

littlerob
22nd April 2009 15:41 UTC

Anders

Thanks for the reply. How do I conditionally skip pages?

Thanks

Rob

Anders
22nd April 2009 17:28 UTC

by calling abort in the pre callback function for a page or http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Go_to_a_NSIS_page