Kreft
15th August 2001 16:30 UTC

$root
how about a $ROOT variable to represent the drive that the exe is on. This would be extremely helpful.

DuaneJeffers
16th August 2001 01:17 UTC

It is know as $EXEDIR

-DJ

Kreft
16th August 2001 01:23 UTC

not really..
$EXEDIR will be c:\goober if the installer is in c:\goomer i want it to return C:\ if the installer is in c:\goober see what i am saying?

DuaneJeffers
16th August 2001 01:40 UTC

Ohhhhh, I see. But what if someone installed it in lets say:

C:\Program Files\My App\1\1\0\2

I am being hypothetical, but you can't really use a $ROOT tag because then it would go to the next folder up. It would be nice to have something like $INSTDRV . You know. But for right now, you should point SetOutPath to the C:\ drive.

-DJ

DuaneJeffers
16th August 2001 01:47 UTC

Now, let me also say this, if you are a Developer, then you could impliment these things into the NSIS program. But it is only a thought.

-DJ

cchian
16th August 2001 03:37 UTC

If you just need the drive letter, colon and backslash "c:\", try assigning the value to a variable. For example, if your exe is in c:\program files\goober\myexe.exe, and you have the following line of code:

StrCpy $1 $EXEDIR 3

The value of $1 would be "c:\" (without the quotes). If you just want the drive letter, replace the 3 with a 1.

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Kreft
16th August 2001 03:56 UTC

thank you
thanks that should do it ;)