emoreau
18th March 2001 17:44 UTC

Does anybody built a facility to convert a setup.lst file into a a .nsi file for a vb applications?

Any difficulties in installing VB app with SuperPiMP?

buzzc4
18th March 2001 21:12 UTC

I'm using it for vb, just gotta include the runtimes and stuff. Works pretty damn good. Only 1 exe to distro, no more lst/ini/exe/cab.

emoreau
18th March 2001 21:20 UTC

Do you copy all of your LST into the nsi file?

Can you give a sample of a complete NSI file?

buzzc4
18th March 2001 22:11 UTC

Not really. I recreated the nsi from scratch. Just use the File command for all your files and mkdir as you need to. Also its optional but you can regdll your .dll's and .ocx's, so your program wont have to do it on launch. Thats about it. You can check out the sample .nsi files the installer includes

rfb
23rd March 2001 16:53 UTC

new versions of ocx's
I have to wonder about newer version of OCX's that I might install, should I just set it to Overwrite, then register?

-ryan

prodangle
8th October 2001 16:27 UTC

Re: new versions of ocx's

Originally posted by rfb
I have to wonder about newer version of OCX's that I might install, should I just set it to Overwrite, then register?

-ryan

liquidmotion
8th October 2001 20:05 UTC

i might be able to incorporate this into my nsis gui. sound like a good idea?

Koen van de Sande
8th October 2001 20:13 UTC

Mmm I'm still using the Microsoft distribution of the VB6 runtimes instead of a native NSIS install. Maybe I should make a VB6-Runtime install? With all the correct RegDLL/version checking/etc?

Repzilon
8th October 2001 21:19 UTC

I did a native NSIS install for VB5 runtime libraries. I used SetOverwrite ifnewer instead and before I execute the script, I make sure that I have the latest versions. Here it is :

Section "Runtime Visual Basic 5.0 SP3"
SectionIn 23
SetOverwrite ifnewer
SetCompress Auto
SetDateSave On
SetOutPath "$SYSDIR"
File "C:\Windows\Bureau\mdinote-setup\Asycfilt.dll"
File "C:\Windows\Bureau\mdinote-setup\Comcat.dll"
File "C:\Windows\Bureau\mdinote-setup\Ctl3d32.dll"
File "C:\Windows\Bureau\mdinote-setup\Msvbvm50.dll"
File "C:\Windows\Bureau\mdinote-setup\Oleaut32.dll"
File "C:\Windows\Bureau\mdinote-setup\Olepro32.dll"
File "C:\Windows\Bureau\mdinote-setup\Vb5fr.dll"
RegDLL "$SYSDIR\Comcat.dll"
RegDLL "$SYSDIR\msvbvm50.dll"
RegDLL "$SYSDIR\oleaut32.dll"
RegDLL "$SYSDIR\olepro32.dll"
SectionEnd

Koen van de Sande
9th October 2001 17:45 UTC

But does that work if the OLE files need to be updated?
I created the following yesterday (I have a few notes to make, scroll down):

Section "Visual Basic 6 Runtimes"
  ;OLEAUT32.DLL is always in use! Most of the time, a reboot is needed.
  SetOverwrite on 
  SetOutPath $SYSDIR 
  CompareDLLVersions /STOREFROM OLEAUT32.NEW $SYSDIR\OLEAUT32.DLL oleaut32_1newer oleaut32_2newer 
  goto oleaut32_2newer
  oleaut32_1newer: 
  File OLEAUT32.NEW
  Rename OLEAUT32.NEW OLEAUT32.DLL
  IfErrors 0 oleaut32_noreboot
  Rename /REBOOTOK OLEAUT32.NEW OLEAUT32.DLL
  MessageBox MB_OK "Reboot needed"
  oleaut32_noreboot:
  RegDLL "$SYSDIR\OLEAUT32.DLL"
  oleaut32_2newer:

; do I need this?
  ;OLEPRO32.DLL is always in use! Most of the time, a reboot is needed.
  CompareDLLVersions /STOREFROM OLEPRO32.NEW $SYSDIR\OLEPRO32.DLL olepro32_1newer olepro32_2newer 
  goto olepro32_2newer
  olepro32_1newer: 
  File OLEPRO32.NEW
  Rename OLEPRO32.NEW OLEPRO32.DLL
  IfErrors 0 olepro32_noreboot
  Rename /REBOOTOK OLEPRO32.NEW OLEPRO32.DLL
  MessageBox MB_OK "Reboot needed"
  olepro32_noreboot:
  RegDLL "$SYSDIR\OLEPRO32.DLL"
  olepro32_2newer:

  ;ASYCFILT.DLL
  CompareDLLVersions /STOREFROM ASYCFILT.DLL $SYSDIR\ASYCFILT.DLL asycfilt_1newer asycfilt_2newer
  goto asycfilt_2newer
  asycfilt_1newer: 
  File ASYCFILT.DLL
  asycfilt_2newer:

  ;STDOLE2.TLB
  CompareDLLVersions /STOREFROM STDOLE2.TLB $SYSDIR\STDOLE2.TLB stdole_1newer stdole_2newer
  goto stdole_2newer
  stdole_1newer: 
  File STDOLE2.TLB
  stdole_2newer:

  ;MSVBVM60.DLL
  CompareDLLVersions /STOREFROM MSVBVM60.DLL $SYSDIR\MSVBVM60.DLL MSVBVM60_1newer MSVBVM60_2newer
  goto MSVBVM60_2newer
  MSVBVM60_1newer: 
  File MSVBVM60.DLL
  MSVBVM60_2newer:

  ;COMCAT.DLL
  CompareDLLVersions /STOREFROM COMCAT.DLL $SYSDIR\COMCAT.DLL COMCAT_1newer COMCAT_2newer
  goto COMCAT_2newer
  COMCAT_1newer: 
  File COMCAT.DLL
  COMCAT_2newer:

  ;an OCX registration example
  CompareDLLVersions /STOREFROM comdlg32.ocx $SYSDIR\comdlg32.ocx comdlg32_1newer comdlg32_2newer 
  goto comdlg32_2newer
  comdlg32_1newer: 
  File comdlg32.ocx 
  RegDLL "$SYSDIR\comdlg32.ocx" 
  comdlg32_2newer: 
SectionEnd