Update Plugin

I was looking to download the VPatch plugin but it seems that the download link doesn't work. Is this still an active plugin project or is there another/better patch plugin system? Thanks in advance. 😛

Another quick question- the plugins... do they need to be programmed in C++ or would Visual Basic work. Thanks.

download works for me: http://www.tibed.net/index.php?page=vpatch

Download works for me too.

This is a page that explains how to call exported VB functions. As you can see it uses an MFC dll to do that. This means that your installer will require both VB and MFC runtimes just to install your program. It's possible, but I don't think it's such a good idea.

Is it possible to install some runtimes (MFC and VB runtimes, for example) BEFORE calling the plugin (using the plugin only after the installation page)?
Or is the plugin pre-loaded, which would cause an error if the runtimes aren't available yet?

It's possible, NSIS doesn't preload any plug-in.

Keep in mind though that the installation might require a reboot.

That is possible.

You might want to change the download link in the archive section. Thanks for the new download link. Will VPatch be added into the next release of NSIS?

The download link in the archive works fine for me.

Originally posted by firefly2442
You might want to change the download link in the archive section. Thanks for the new download link. Will VPatch be added into the next release of NSIS?

Good idea. Unfortunately, the GUI is too big, so a command-line version will have to be created.

I just mailed Koen about including VPatch in the next version. With a few aditions to the command line version, it should be possible 🙂

Yeah, the tibed.net link works great. But the archive one is different. Great! A patching system will a major improvement for the next release. 🙂