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Thyrador
13th July 2011 12:04 UTC

CMD / BAT / EXE Output in active Window
heya guys, need some help here..

i've seen it earlier, that some installers run an embedded exe where the output is shown in active window of the installer.

does anyone know how to do that?

Afrow UK
13th July 2011 12:08 UTC

Use ExecDos::exec /DETAILED or nsExec::ExecToLog.

Stu

Thyrador
13th July 2011 12:17 UTC

ExecDos::exec /DETAILED "$INSTDIR\test.exe"

is that correct?

Yathosho
13th July 2011 12:20 UTC

yes (sometimes trying is the quickest way to find out)

Thyrador
13th July 2011 12:24 UTC

i can't try it on my own at now.
just in a few minutes. thats why i ask ;)

another problem i have is following:

i want the installer show only a small window on installation process.

just as the most "full-screen" installers from installshield do.

there is only few infos about installation process (such as files copied) and the status-bar.
is that possible with nsis too?

Yathosho
13th July 2011 12:29 UTC

you could try a different UI, but that would apply to all of the installer windows (i could be wrong!) or build your custom instpage using nsDialogs or nsWindows, or just the progress dialog using one of the many banner plugins (like Nxs). i built custom instpages before, but it can become a lot of work to accomplish something very simple and it doesn't feel "clean".

Thyrador
13th July 2011 12:36 UTC

hmm, i'm just new to it.

i didn't know anything about configuring my own pages in that way.

back to the first problem: i've tested it now, but dont get any output (the exe just opens up a small cmd-window). the only output is that on which path it is installed

Yathosho
13th July 2011 13:09 UTC

i haven't used ExecDos myself, but i remember there's a bunch of related topics on this forum. using nsExec::ExecToLog myself and don't recall any problems.

Thyrador
13th July 2011 13:14 UTC

maybe its me, but i figured out why it shows nothing...

it wont work with ShowInstDetails nevershow, right?

it seems that i need a custom page for showing the output.
(i dont want an output for the normal installation)

Thyrador
13th July 2011 13:30 UTC

nswindows only shows an error: "Invalid command: ${NSW_CreateWindow}"

i installed the plugin as usual.

Yathosho
13th July 2011 13:58 UTC

Originally posted by Thyrador
maybe its me, but i figured out why it shows nothing...

it wont work with ShowInstDetails nevershow, right?

it seems that i need a custom page for showing the output.
(i dont want an output for the normal installation)

you can also control the output using SetDetailsView

Yathosho
13th July 2011 13:59 UTC

Originally posted by Thyrador
nswindows only shows an error: "Invalid command: ${NSW_CreateWindow}"

i installed the plugin as usual.

did you include nsWindows in the header of your script?

!include "nsWindows.nsh"

Thyrador
13th July 2011 14:18 UTC

Originally posted by Yathosho
did you include nsWindows in the header of your script?

!include "nsWindows.nsh"

yep, its included.
but i get another errormessage too: Invalid command: nsWindows$insWindows::Create

MSG
14th July 2011 08:28 UTC

You need to use !addincludedir and !addplugindir to point the compiler to where you've stored the nsh and dll files.