regger
29th April 2010 13:59 UTC

System call from an external application
Hello guys!

First of all, i'm new here and i apologize for any grammatical or syntactical errors.

Now my problem: I want to create a Setup in which i can control the user entered password. For this i have a executeable which decrypt an ecrypts a code. How can i call this executeable and fetch the return value within my NSIS-script?
Can anybody help my on this topic?

Animaether
29th April 2010 14:13 UTC

Use ExecWait:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Cha...nchor=#4.9.1.4

Or a plugin, such as ExecDos, which hides the window:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ExecDos_plug-in

Afrow UK
29th April 2010 15:50 UTC

Or you could change your executable to a DLL and call it with the System plug-in.

Edit: There is also the CLR plug-in for calling managed DLL's.

Stu

regger
30th April 2010 12:19 UTC

Thank you for your help!
I found a solution for my problem by using ExecWait.

regger
30th April 2010 12:21 UTC

Thanks for your help!

I found a solution for my problem by using the ExecWait command.

regger
3rd May 2010 11:56 UTC

I have an additional question:
How can i execute a application that is within my setup package. I need to execute the file in the first step of my Setup.

Animaether
3rd May 2010 12:33 UTC

extract your application first ( File command )
then execute it ( Exec / ExecWait / ExecShell or 3rd party plugins like ExecDos )