Zoroxeus
30th September 2009 15:54 UTC

Write quote charachter in registry
  Hi,
I am very new to NSIS ...
I have been reverse engineering [like the rest of my life :) ] various samples and trying to find my way.
So far it's been fairly straighforward but I need to write the following Reg_Expand_Sz key in my registry:
Name: ImagePath
Value: "C:\mysql\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\mysql\my.ini" MySQL"

[Value is as it is, ie with the quote charchater]

What would be the way please?

WriteRegExpandStr HKLM "SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MySQL" "ImagePath" "$\"C:\mysql\bin\mysqld$\" --defaults-file=$\"C:\mysql\my.ini$\" MySQL"


?

Thanks

MSG
30th September 2009 16:04 UTC

simply wrap the string in different quotes:

WriteRegExpandStr HKLM "SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MySQL" "ImagePath" 'C:\mysql\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\mysql\my.ini" MySQL'

Zoroxeus
30th September 2009 16:09 UTC

Thanks MSG
Did you mean:

WriteRegExpandStr HKLM "SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MySQL" "ImagePath" '" C:\mysql\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\mysql\my.ini" MySQL'

?

So does that mean that NSIS maker at compile time looks at different scenarios ?

As well why the $\ escpae would not work ?

Thanks for the infos

Zinthose
30th September 2009 20:47 UTC

That is correct..

NSIS can parse strings with the following characters:

"

'

`

## Examples:

"String One"

'String Two'

`String Three` 

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