lightning19
14th November 2011 18:15 UTC

Starting executable after NSIS installer
At the end of my installer, I want to start an .exe file and then end the installation. I have tried various ways to start this exe, shown below, but none of them are quite right. The .exe file brings up a login screen and the user inputs username and password, and a main application starts.

When I double-click the .exe in the folder, it brings up the login prompt, I put in the credentials, and the application starts. The following methods were tried in the installer to replicate this process:

ExecDos::exec /NOUNLOAD /ASYNC '$Path${APP_FILE_NAME}'
Sleep 30000

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ExecShell "" '"$Path${APP_FILE_NAME}"'

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ExecDos::exec '$Path${APP_FILE_NAME}'

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nsExec::exec '$Path${APP_FILE_NAME}'

Ideally, I would like to get the asynchronous call working so it would kick off the login screen and then end of the installer.

All of the above methods present the login screen as expected, but after logging into the application, the main application just sits on a blank gray screen...something I do not see if I simply double click the .exe in the $Path folder.

Is there something wrong with making these calls to start the .exe?

Afrow UK
14th November 2011 19:07 UTC

Use Exec.

Stu

hphantom
14th November 2011 20:42 UTC

I did this in my installer (I use macros a lot, but it should be readable):

Function .onInstSuccess
    SetOutPath $INSTDIR
    Exec '"$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT}-nextstep.exe"'
FunctionEnd