mickmo
31st May 2002 21:18 UTC

Remove OutFile
Hello, I was told by my boss to learn NSIS and use it for the program I created. I finally figured out how to use it thanks to the documentation and this discussion site. However, there is one thing I would like to do in NSIS and haven't been able to fiqure out. Is it possible to delete the Outfile after the user installs the program?
I have tried to use delete command and I even hard coded the path and nothing seemed to work. Is it possible to delete this file through code? If it is how?

Thank you.

Smile2Me
1st June 2002 08:41 UTC

Read this.

If you also want a proper uninstall, do something like this

name deleter
outfile deleter.exe

SilentInstall silent

section
  Sleep 500
  Call GetParameters
  Pop $0
  Delete $0
sectionend

Function GetParameters
  Push $0
  Push $1
  Push $2
  StrCpy $0 $CMDLINE 1
  StrCpy $1 '"'
  StrCpy $2 1
  StrCmp $0 '"' loop
    StrCpy $1 ' ' ; we're scanning for a space instead of a quote
  loop:
    StrCpy $0 $CMDLINE 1 $2
    StrCmp $0 $1 loop2
    StrCmp $0 "" loop2
    IntOp $2 $2 + 1
    Goto loop
  loop2:
    IntOp $2 $2 + 1
    StrCpy $0 $CMDLINE 1 $2
    StrCmp $0 " " loop2
  StrCpy $0 $CMDLINE "" $2
  Pop $2
  Pop $1
  Exch $0
FunctionEnd

outfile prob.exe
name prob

section
sectionend

function .onInstSuccess
  SetOutPath $TEMP
  File /oname=_deleter.exe deleter.exe
  Exec '$TEMP\_deleter.exe $EXEDIR\prob.exe'
functionend

mickmo
3rd June 2002 15:55 UTC

Thank you
Thank you for your help. It is much appreciated.

Smile2Me
3rd June 2002 17:16 UTC

Good :)

Thx,
-Hendri.