ExoticMandibles
18th September 2001 09:05 UTC

Announcement: New branch of NSIS, NSIS(lch), with new functionality!
NSIS(lch) is a variant of the NSIS installer we all know and love. I've hacked in a bunch of new functionality for a project I needed, and because my bosses are swell guys, I've made the changes available to you!

Frequently Asked Questions about NSIS(lch):

(Or, questions that would be frequently asked, if anyone cared.)

What's different about NSIS(lch)?

There are a total of ten new script elements.

Two new "attributes": BrandingText and ReserveFreeSpace.

Three new callback functions: .onExit, .onInsufficientSpaceInstDir, and .onSufficientSpaceInstDir.

And five new functions: BroadcastMessage, CallExtensionDll, DebugBreak, ExitWindows, and SetDialogText.

I put the full documentation up here:

http://www.midwinter.com/~funkster/nsislch.html

Of course, it's also included in the installer.

What license is NSIS(lch) released under?

It's licensed under the same license as the original NSIS (the zlib license); however, since I did the work on it on company time, my bosses wanted to retain ownership, so there was a one-line addition to the license to reflect this.

Where can I get technical support for NSIS(lch)?

Ha ha ha! Oh, you kill me. Seriously, post a message on this here Winamp message board, and I (or somebody else) will probably be able to help.


Where can I get this incredible new thingy, whatever it is? It sounds exciting!

You bet!

http://www.midwinter.com/~funkster/nsislch144.exe

:D


Seriously, please post here if you find this useful, or whatever. I'm interested in whether or not anybody uses this.

Bon appetit,


larry

DuaneJeffers
18th September 2001 10:00 UTC

Great, I'm downloadin' now to see what it is like. I hope it is good.

-Duane

DuaneJeffers
18th September 2001 10:12 UTC

Now, after formally downloading it, I have a few questions.

1) I see a DLL file, What is that???
2) I don't understand the BroadcastMessage tag, what does it do (with out using Programming terms)???
3) What does LCH mean???

There will be a few more questions when I really get to use the program. But for now, it sounds good.

-Duane

ExoticMandibles
18th September 2001 10:19 UTC

1) If you're talking about extdemo.dll, that's a sample "extension DLL" for use with the new CallExtensionDLL function. It's used in the examplelch.nsi sample NSI script. C programmers can now write DLLs to add new functions to NSIS, without having to hack up the NSIS source.

2) Explaining the BroadcastMessage function without using programming terms... ain't gonna happen. Don't sweat it, like I said in the documentation, it's not particularly useful for most folks.

3) L C H are my initials.


larry

prodangle
18th September 2001 17:15 UTC

Im downloading it now - thanks much ;)

prodangle
18th September 2001 17:41 UTC

lookin lovely - but the one feature I liked about the Yaga installer was the I agree checkbox. Do you plan to release something that'll let us all use that (or even could you...) if it's difficult making it optional, Id love it even more if it was the only way (although I dont know how others might feel about that :D :D :D )

thanks a lot for releasing what you have anyway

dTomoyo
25th September 2001 07:22 UTC

:( I can't download it.

DNS error... (at South Korea. Bora.net )

show me the mirror link.

plz...


:)

Someonebutnotme
4th October 2001 18:19 UTC

my bosses wanted to retain ownership, so there was a one-line addition to the license to reflect this

CraigF
5th October 2001 00:35 UTC

possibly.
I assume that as the original program is owned by nullsoft, and no agreement has taken place to transfer ownership of said software, then they cannot retain any ownership rights, as they had none in the first place.

Of course, im not one on the legalities of this such stuff.

ExoticMandibles
5th October 2001 00:51 UTC

The change to the license is simply the insertion of this line below the existing copyright notice:

Modifications Copyright 2001 Yaga, Inc.

DuaneJeffers
5th October 2001 05:13 UTC

Are you gonna port the newest version to lch???

ExoticMandibles
5th October 2001 07:45 UTC

There are exactly two changes from NSIS 1.44 to NSIS 1.45:

• Made exehead explicitly call InitCommonControls() for potential XP bugfix.
• Fixed bug when you hit back and the OK button is disabled.

Repzilon
6th October 2001 14:39 UTC

ExoticMandibles, the InitCommonControls change is just adding #include <commctrl.h> in declarations of exehead\main.c and InitCommonControls(); just after declarations of WinMain function of main.c .

But, NSIS 1.50 released and I will have to update my source code too (based on Edgewize, updated to match 1.45).

ExoticMandibles
11th October 2001 09:25 UTC

Since you posted, we got 1.50, and then in quick succession 1.51 - 1.55. I think I'm gonna wait until it's been at lest, oh, two days since a new release before I do my Big Hairy Merge. Besides, the machine I'd post it on has no chance of coming back online 'til next week anyway...


larry

DuaneJeffers
11th October 2001 21:38 UTC

Once you do your "Big Hairy Merge", Submit it to the NSIS Project House ( I'm the admin :D ). You can read more about it in the thread titled "NSIS Project House Coming Soon..." .

-Duane

P.s. I have to work on the PHP/MySQL Scripting :eek:

ExoticMandibles
12th October 2001 10:20 UTC

Updated to 1.55
I've sync'd up my branch of NSIS to version 1.55. Here's the list of changes from 1.44(lch):

• Removed RequireFreeSpace attribute, as it has been superceded by NSIS's excellent AddSize function.
• Added LicenseExplicitAgree and LicenseAgreeText attributes.
• Added NoSleep attribute/function.

http://www.funkopolis.com:8080/~lch/nsislch155.exe

DuaneJeffers
13th October 2001 02:14 UTC

Do you have a SourceForge Unix (login) Name??? I can add you to the project.

-Duane

DuaneJeffers
13th October 2001 17:05 UTC

I have added NSIS(lch) v. 1.55 to the following page
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsisphouse .

-Duane

prodangle
15th October 2001 01:03 UTC

Re: Updated to 1.55

Originally posted by ExoticMandibles
I've sync'd up my branch of NSIS to version 1.55. ......

ExoticMandibles
15th October 2001 11:32 UTC

Sorry to hear it. I haven't seen it go by.

Could you make a tiny test case and send it to me / post it here? My email address is larry at hastings dot org.


larry

ExoticMandibles
15th October 2001 15:37 UTC

By the way: another user sent me email directly pointing out that the examplelch.nsi installer crashes immediately with 1.55(lch). That's because I included an older version of extdemo.cpp, which used a prototype extension DLL interface (which was radically different), and that was the version I built extdemo.dll from.

This is fixed, along with the (minor) bug of specifying the now-no-longer-defined ReserveFreeSpace. I was lazy and didn't create a new file, I just called it the same thing: http://www.funkopolis.com:8080/~lch/nsislch155.exe

If you care about extdemo.dll or examplelch.nsi, you should grab a fresh copy. Apart from that, the distribution is the same, and by not downloading a second copy you spare my poor DSL line :)

Enjoy,


larry

prodangle
15th October 2001 17:15 UTC

I've zipped up the files+script, and a copy of the installer created on my machine. It's at http://septor.screaming.net/massive_...5_testcase.zip if you want to take a look. (It's not that massive, only 223k :) )

Also, I should mention, I haven't tested it with NSIS155 (I thought I had, but I've only got 154, 156 and 157 here). The uninstaller created does work when created by NSIS154, 156 or 157 though.

Thanks a lot.

calum

ExoticMandibles
15th October 2001 18:34 UTC

Fixed it! And, it turns out, the uninstall was broken for everybody. Sigh. Sorry about that.

Once again, in my neglectful slacker ways, I just cut a new installer with the same name and all:

http://www.funkopolis.com:8080/~lch/nsislch155.exe

prodangle
15th October 2001 19:05 UTC

Brilliant - works beautifully now. Thanks :p