neoflame
13th May 2009 23:21 UTC

Is it possible to load a file from the internet?
Hi,

I'm new to NSIS so sorry if this seems like a stupid question. Is it possible to request a file from the internet as part of the setup? All I need to do is trigger the file which is a script on my server that logs how many times my app has been installed. I don't need to save the contents of this file anywhere and it should ignore the step if it fails or if the user isn't connected to the internet.

Is anything like this possible with NSIS?

Animaether
14th May 2009 00:52 UTC

yes, using nsisdl for example.. See:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=306317
That downloads a file to a temporary location, which gets cleared up once the installer exits (or you can delete the file yourself immediately afterrward).