bostko
15th October 2010 07:17 UTC

Self extracting zip?
I want to make custom nsis installer with no install data at the end.
I mean that generated nsis exe header must work correctly with random zip archive queue at the end.
I hope you understand me :)

nsnb
19th October 2010 19:10 UTC

Yes, I think I understand you. What is the question?

Animaether
19th October 2010 21:28 UTC

The question is how to make that, I would imagine ;)

The method he's hinting at would be to just stick the ZIP data onto the end of a compiled installer.

So the solution would then be to split that data off to a new ZIP file on installation, and then handle the ZIP file from there. Splitting the data off would be the annoying part, I think... reading bits (starting at the end of the installer, the size of which should be known) and writing them back out.. pretty slow for larger files.

bostko
20th October 2010 12:44 UTC

I thing I found a sollution for this problem
nsUnzip::Extract "/d=$INSTDIR" "$EXEPATH" /END
but now I've got another big problem, make custom dialogs :(

MSG
20th October 2010 12:53 UTC

nsDialogs is very easy to learn. The nsDialogs readme has an excellent tutorial.

bostko
20th October 2010 14:47 UTC

Thank you guy! I had started with ini based interface :D I think this is more intuitive :)

But can you tell me how to customize buttons next, cancel, install?
I didn't see such a control.

MSG
20th October 2010 15:01 UTC

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