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Appendix D - Changelog and Release Notes

Appendix D - Changelog and Release Notes

User variables ($VARNAME) that can be declared with the Var command
Support for all pages in both installer and uninstaller, components, directory and license pages can be used for the uninstaller
Added PageEx , PageCallbacks and DirVar - it's now a lot easier to add the same page type twice
Modern UI 1.67 : New system & syntax for pages, settings (support for multiple pages of the same type, page specific settings, more customization options etc.), Welcome/Finish pages for uninstaller, LicenseForceSelection support, new options for Finish page / language selection dialog, fixes, more
Full support for RTL languages, including support for LTR and RTL languages in one installer
Extraction progress
Improved large files handling (way lower requirements to compile a 2GB installer now)
Added FileBufSize
Added VIAddVersionKey : Add version information resource to the installer
Added AllowSkipFiles : Set whether the user should be able to skip a file when overwriting failed
InstallOptions 2.2 : Added LINK control, added EXTENDEDSELECT flag for list boxes which replaces MULTISELECT that now acts exactly as the real style flag ([double] click turns on or off selection), fixes
Added support for standard predefines: ${__DATE__}, ${__TIME__}, ${__TIMESTAMP__}, ${__FILE__}, ${__LINE__}
MakeNSISW 2.0 : UI to define symbols, easy access to recent scripts, toolbar, more
NLF language files (v6): language specific fonts, RTL and more strings
Full RTL Languages support (set in language file)
Inner LangStrings can be used in the script
No more /LANG, only LangStrings - easier to set one string to all languages
LangStrings are no longer installer/uninstaller specific (no un.)
No more unprocessed strings, variables can be used everywhere
Added IfSilent and SetSilent to allow better /S interaction
/o Switch for Section provides ability to unselect the section by default
Increased amount of InstTypes to 32
Added SectionSetSize , SectionGetSize , SetCurInstType , GetCurInstType
New parameter for DirText to set the browse dialog text
Better ClearType support
Components Tree: Fixed problems with sub-sections with RO sections as children, SF_EXPAND now refreshes the components tree, Added SF_PSELECTED for partially selected sub-sections
.onMouseOverSection is only displayed when mouse over section else nothing is displayed
RO sections can now be in InstType too (default to old behavior)
Added LicenseForceSelection : Checkbox or radiobuttons on license page to let user agree with license or not
Leave function for custom Pages : Input on InstallOptions pages can be validated using script code
Added RMDir : Remove folders on reboot
Added SetCtlColors : Sets background and text color for every dialog control
InstType /NOCUSTOM and /COMPONENTSONLYONCUSTOM work together
Improved AddBrandingImage : Doesn't depend on the UI, can set image on the bottom and on the right, support for custom padding value
Added base_dir for GetTempFileName
Fixed a problem regarding borders in plug-ins BgImage and InstallOptions
Improved System plug-in
Improved macros & functions: UpgradeDLL, GetParent, GetParameters. Using the new versions is recommended.
Minor bug fixes
Code clean-ups and some more comments

Notes: Modern UI 1.67 : Because of the new syntax for pages, remamed of settings and variable names etc., you have to make some changes to your scripts, see the Modern UI Readme for details. Page now have a leave function. As this parameter is placed before the caption you have to add another "" empty string for the title to work. .onSelChange is no longer called when the components page is created v2.0b3

Modern UI 1.63: Header bitmap support, new defines to change the description area, single macro for language selection dialog, more!
New tutorial in the documentation
define_if_last in Page command also works when a define has not been specified for all Page commands. This fixes the problem with the Modern UI "Click Next" / "Click Install" texts.
Added SectionSetInstTypes and SectionGetInstTypes
Reboot command does not force a reboot anymore (allows the user to save work)
!if[n]def/!else fixes
LogSet on now really starts logging
Cancel button available on all pages after the instfiles page but the last page unless /ENABLECANCEL was used in its Page command
License page: No more limit on RTF size
LangDLL: Option to auto-count number of languages, shell font support
Page and UninstPage can not be used inside sections/functions
CreateDirectory now uses the error flag
EnumRegKey/Value output_var check fixed
Updated translations
Dreaded BSOD after plug-ins enumeration finally banished
Minimize button and BGGradient and BGImage compatibility fixes
WriteINIStr with empty value works again
Added FlushINI

v2.0b2

NSIS Menu: links to all NSIS utilities, documentation and websites
NSIS Update: check for new releases, download latest development files
Dialer plugin to connect to the internet
Improved filename validation
VC7 compiler compatibility issues fixed
CreateDirectory sets error flag
InstallOptions: INI File State value fixed
Updated translations
Minor fixes

v2.0b1

User interface improvements: better order/grouping of controls, button selection problems fixed, added minimize box, transparent BrandingText
LangString improvements: can be used before they have been defined, warning if not present in all language tables
New version of the Modern User Interface with UI improvements, bugfixes and some small new features
InstallOptions 2.0 with support for custom font and DPI settings, groupboxes, grouped controls, lots of bugfixes etc.
No more random compression ratios
SetOutPath now sets the working directory
File names are validated, directory given by the user will now always work
$QUICKLAUNCH now works with SetShellVarContext all
Automatically appended directory name in the directory selection dialog will no longer contain squares if not all characters are ASCII.
Fixed a bug with remote drives and available space (\\remote\drive)
Plug-in function's names are now case insensitive
Fixed a bug with specifying Icon twice
Include dirs (!addincludedir)
On leave function for pages
Installers can now really contain more than one branding image
All !if/!else/!endif problems should be solved now
SetFont "MS Shell Dlg" adds the DS_SHELLFONT style
Win9x rename on reboot now also works when the destination file does not exist
DeleteRegKey works on default value
nsExec can be called from an installer executed by CreateProcess
WriteUninstaller sets error code
Banner.dll compatible with Modern UI
Fixed focus problems in MakeNSISw
Updated and new translations
Some new bitmaps for the MUI by Virtlink
Faster and better MakeNSISw integration
Is .NET Framework installed?
Minor bugfixes
Code clean-ups (compiles on VC7)

v2.0b0

New paging system
Added Page and UninstPage
Removed .onNextPage, .onPrevPage, .onInitDialog
New easier version of the Modern User Interface with better multilanguage support, InstallOptions integration, welcome and finish page etc.
Custom pages no longer flicker when created
Added accelerator keys
Added LangString and LangStringUP for user defined multilingual strings
Added support for transparent check marks
Added InitPluginsDir
Renamed nsisconf.nsi to nsisconf.nsh
Added CreateShortcut comment/description parameter
Splash.exe is now a plugin (splash.dll)
Added new plugins: System, AdvSplash, nsExec, UserInfo, BgImage, Banner and StartMenu
!ifdef and friends can now be used in macros
SendMessage can send strings (put STR: before a param) and supports timeouts
Right mouse button "Copy to clipboard" context menu for the Details window
Plugin syntax now requires dll name, e.g. dll::func not just func
Licence text receives initial focus (page up & down work immediately, return key still works)
Made win9x move/delete on reboot support proper and function like on win2k
Now always loads RichEdit v2 if present (links work on Win9x)
DeleteRegKey now complains if given a third parameter (other than /ifempty)
RegDLL now works with DLLs dependent on DLLs from the same directory
${LANG_langName} defined as the language id when loading a NLF
Fixed a few bugs that caused the installer to load slower than before
Uninstall can now get command line parameters too
Added ReserveFile
Added ExDLL.h
Included makensisw 1.9 (lots of changes)
Updated InstallOptions
Updated ZIP2EXE
Updated HTTP download plugin, NSIS-dl (timeout added, better proxy detection)
A lot of new language files
A lot of new icons and check marks
Changed section flags values
SectionSetFlags can now set bold too
SectionSetFlags now works in silent installers too
SectionSetName for sub sections doesn't need '-' in front of the name
Added SetPluginUnload
Hidden section can now use SectionIn too
File /nonfatal switch added
Plugins no longer add size to their containing section
Defines can now be used inside define names (${bla${blo}})
New docs format (WOOHA!)
EXE header size a lot smaller, 33.5KB for bzip2 and 34KB for zlib
Lots of other bugs fixed...

v2.0a7

Can now select the language from .onInit ($LANGUAGE is a variable)
Added CreateFont
Added .onMouseOverSection
Added .onInitDialog and un.onInitDialog
Added SetStaticBkColor
Disabled UseOuterUIItem
SendMessage WM_SETTEXT treats lParam as a string and not a number
CopyFiles script message no longer always prints (silent)
Custom install type text can now be changed
ChangeUI can now change IDD_VERIFY
Default license color now fits the user system
Summary reports the right number of required sections
Checkbox is only required in IDD_DIR if logging is enabled
Not using /LANG now really causes the script compiler to use the last used language
Fixed a bug with MBCS and the uninstaller text
MBCS to Unicode and Unicode to MBCS conversion bugs fixed
Fixed a bug that caused RTF not to show on Windows 9x
Added a dialog that shows up if compress whole is used and initial decompressing lasts longer than a second
Updated to InstallOptions 1.3
MakeNSISw 1.7 included
Added modern UI by Joost Verburg (Examples\Modern UI)
Added new full color icons by adni18
Added Dutch, Korean, Russian, Swedish and Traditional Chinese language files
Updated Spanish language file version (thanks to LsMoNKi)
Added /TRIM(LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER) for BrandingText
EXE header size down to 36.5KB
Added yi-pixel.ico and yi-pixel-uninstall.ico by Jan T. Sott
Fixed a bug with macros at the end of the file
Sub-sections can now have defined names too
Added LangDLL.dll plugin
CallInstDLL /NOUNLOAD added (works on plugin calls too)

v2.0a6

Fixed two bugs with the plug-in mechanism
Fixed infinite loop bug

v2.0a5

Added UseOuterUIItem
Enhanced ChangeUI
Enhanced SetDlgItemText
Added one-section.nsi example file
Optimized Ximon's code for plug-in DLLs (back to 37KB)
If default user language doesn't fit exactly, will try to find primary language match
Fixed some strings that got replaced (space available and required etc.)
Compiles without MS Platform SDK
Included Spanish.nlf
Included MagicLime.exe by snowchyld

v2.0a4

Added automatic detection, packing, unpacking and deletion of plugin dlls
Added simplified calling syntax for plugin dlls
Added PluginDir

v2.0a3

Added LoadLanguageFile
Added $LANGUAGE
Added /LANG option to string setters (Name, Caption, etc.)
'LogSet on' now builds a log file if not already created

v2.0a2

Added ${NSISDIR}
Added XPStyle
Added SetFont
Added ChangeUI
Added AddBrandingImage, and SetBrandingImage
Added SetCompressor (no more makensis-bz2.exe)
Added LicenseBkColor
'SpaceTexts none' now causes no space texts to appear
Icon and UninstallIcon now support icons of any type
CheckBitmap now support bitmaps with any color table/depth
Unused resources are removed before writing out the installer
Documented !error and !warning
Added !echo and !verbose
Added force option for CRCCheck
Updated to Makensisw 1.6
Updated to InstallOptions 1.2
Installer can now be compressed using UPX
A hint is shown if a line is longer than the detail window
Modern style folder select dialog
License data can now be RTF
WindowIcon is now handled in the compiler
Removed debug version (it never worked anyway)
Faster compile time (WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN)

v2.0a1

Added expand node option to Section and SubSection
Added preserve file attribute option to File command
Copy-All bug fix in Makensisw
Added NSISDIR to the define list
Reorganized NSIS directory structure

v2.0a0

TreeView component list (care of Jeff Doozan)
No more SectionDivider, but SubSection and SubSectionEnd.
No more EnabledBitmap/DisabledBitmap, just CheckBitmap. (with tons of button states)
Bugfixes of brokenness.
Added ! for Section/SubSection to make bold.
Made config.h have hacks for easier building for me. :)

For the NSIS 1.x version history, see http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis/version-history.html

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