KMyers
19th July 2010 21:20 UTC

Simple NSIS Question
Hello All,
I am trying to build an installer to automate several installation packages. One of the packages needs an ini file to be placed at c:\config\aconfig.ini . I need to prompt the user to enter a specific value to add to this file. I have spent 6 hours trying to figure this out but everything I try seems to fail.

Can anyone code up a simple example on the best way to do this?

Animaether
19th July 2010 22:22 UTC

You could use one of the user input plugins that generate a pop-up:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Dialogs_plug-in
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/PassDialog_plug-in

Or you can create a field on a custom page.. e.g.

!include "nsDialogs.nsh"

OutFile "test.exe"

Section
SectionEnd

Var dialog
Var hwnd
Var null

Var ui_ini_keyvalue

Page Custom page.custom.create page.custom.leave
Function page.custom.create
        nsDialogs::Create 1018
        Pop $dialog
        ${NSD_CreateGroupBox} 0 0 100% 20% "Please enter the INI key value"
            Pop $null
        ${NSD_CreateText} 5% 8% 90% 8% "Default Value"
            ; Default values should be handled differently.
            ; http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=305165
            Pop $ui_ini_keyvalue
                ${NSD_OnChange} $ui_ini_keyvalue cb_ini_keyvalue.onchange
    nsDialogs::Show
FunctionEnd

Function cb_ini_keyvalue.onchange
        Pop $hwnd
        ${NSD_GetText} $hwnd $0
        MessageBox MB_OK "User changed: [$0]"
FunctionEnd

Function page.custom.leave
        ${NSD_GetText} $ui_ini_keyvalue $0
        MessageBox MB_OK "User entered: [$0]"
FunctionEnd

MSG
20th July 2010 07:58 UTC

Hah. ini-key shoes, only $40 a pair. Get them while they're hot! :)