lightning19
21st November 2011 17:17 UTC

Find files in silent mode
I have the following function to recursively search for dll files.

Function ProcessDLLFiles
Exch $0
Push $1
Push $2
FindFirst $1 $2 "$INSTDIR\*.dll"
loop:
IfErrors end
DetailPrint 'Found "$0\$2"'
FindNext $1 $2
goto loop
end:
FindClose $1
FindFirst $1 $2 "$0\*.*"
dirloop:
IfErrors dirend
IfFileExists "$0\$2\*.*" 0 dirnext
StrCmp $2 "." dirnext
StrCmp $2 ".." dirnext
Push "$0\$2"
call ${__FUNCTION__}
dirnext:
FindNext $1 $2
goto dirloop
dirend:
FindClose $1
Pop $2
Pop $1
Pop $0
FunctionEnd

When I run the installer normally, it works as expected and finds all dll files in the associated folder.

However, it does not find these files in silent mode, even though I can navigate to the directory it is searching in and see that the files are there. I already request admin privileges during installation, and Administrators have full permissions on the dll files in the folder.

Any ideas why it may not be finding the files?

MSG
21st November 2011 18:58 UTC

Here's an obvious question: Are you sure that $INSTDIR contains the same thing in silent mode? Might want to write the path to a file to verify.

Afrow UK
21st November 2011 22:14 UTC

Or use a message box (they still show in silent mode unless you use /SD).

Stu

lightning19
23rd November 2011 18:13 UTC

It ended up being the fact that I was using an nxs banner in silent mode.

I didn't have the /end on the nxs calls. Adding it fixed the issue.