bitwise
12th April 2011 18:35 UTC

GeoTargeting
I have an app I'm bundling in our installer, and they only want to show the screen for US installs. Is there some kind of way to geotarget so it will show that screen only for US users?

Thanks!

MSG
12th April 2011 19:34 UTC

This is not a question about NSIS installer coding. If you need help with programming your application, you'll have to ask elsewhere.



Edit: Hmm, maybe I misunderstood your question. If you want to get the country the installer is run in, there are several ways to go about it, but I don't think any of them is foolproof or even good to use. Try googling for 'windows get country'. You can use the system plugin to call windows API commands.

bitwise
12th April 2011 20:09 UTC

Thanks for your response.

I was looking over the plugins and maybe the IP Plugin will work in this instance?

I would just need an IP database of some sort for the plugin to lookup and determine the end user's location.

Whatcha think?

MSG
12th April 2011 20:35 UTC

Using reverse DNS lookup is extremely unreliable, even more unreliable than, say, calling GetLocalInfoEx. Also, reverse DNS requires an internet connection, and the user will probably get a warning from the firewall software. I don't think you'll want this.

There's no real way of doing what you want. Any solution you'll end up using will be 1) unreliable, 2) easy to crack, and 3) probably very annoying to your users. I strongly (VERY strongly) suggest you rethink your installation strategy.