shyam.gupta
28th April 2011 08:29 UTC

Pass command line argument to an exe in NSIS in compile time
Hi

My Run.exe takes an argument for it to run. I want the NSIS installer to execute the Run.exe with the argument following it during compilation.

Basically Run.exe takes command line argument to run successfully.

My NSIS Code:
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!define AutoRun "Run.exe MyArgumentList"

Function AUTORUN
!execute 'AutoRun'
FunctionEnd

Function .onInit

Call AUTORUN

FunctionEnd
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The code runs well if i don't pass MyArgumentList. But it is necessary for me to pass an argument.

Is there any way so that i can pass command line argument to Run.exe so that it can execute while compiling the NSIS script.

Thanks
Shyam Gupta

MSG
28th April 2011 10:19 UTC

I think you should try !execute ${AutoRun} , instead. That's how you reference a define.

jpderuiter
28th April 2011 10:32 UTC

And use:
!define AutoRun 'Run.exe "MyArgumentList"'

Afrow UK
28th April 2011 10:49 UTC

And you don't need to put it in a function! Functions are for run-time.

Stu