I've created a NSIS webinstaller to install available skins for the Overnet filesharing program. Currently the available skins are hardcoded into the installer and then downloaded from my website. This means that I have to release a new installer each time a new skin is created.
What I was hoping to do was to have a list in text format on the webserver that would allow the installer to be configured at runtime with the available skins. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could do this?
P.S. The current webinstaller is available at www.bigwillystyle42.com?dest=skins&sub=skinpack only the v0.52 skin pack is a NSIS installer.
Runtime customizable sections
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u could read out any textfile with:
FileOpen $handle "file" r
FileRead $handle $variable_to_set $line_to_read
FileClose $handle
for ini-files use
ReadINIStr $var_to_set "label" "field" "setting"
more information in the docs 🙂
(scripting reference -> basic instructions -> file instructions / -> registry, inifiles)
FileOpen $handle "file" r
FileRead $handle $variable_to_set $line_to_read
FileClose $handle
for ini-files use
ReadINIStr $var_to_set "label" "field" "setting"
more information in the docs 🙂
(scripting reference -> basic instructions -> file instructions / -> registry, inifiles)
Reading the text file is the easy part. What I'm more concerned with is adding the sections at runtime instead of compile time as I haven't seen any documentation to that extent. I was hoping to continue using the MUI_COMPONENTS_PAGE if at all possible (really like the way it looks).
It's possible. You can create lots of hidden sections and set their names using SectionSetText (in the show function of the page) to show them. In each section call a function which will download a certain file from the list.
An easier solution would be constructing an InstallOptions custom page in which you can simply fill a list.
An easier solution would be constructing an InstallOptions custom page in which you can simply fill a list.
Thanks kichik I created a _bunch_ of hidden sections and it works great now.
One other question, is there a way to run a program in the background? The skins are packaged in .7z files and I'm running the commandline version of 7zip in order to extract them, however, it pops up a DOS box for each file and spews out some progress info (unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a quiet switch).
One other question, is there a way to run a program in the background? The skins are packaged in .7z files and I'm running the commandline version of 7zip in order to extract them, however, it pops up a DOS box for each file and spews out some progress info (unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a quiet switch).
Why not simply use the LZMA compression built into NSIS? You can try running the command line 7zip with nsExec which hides any DOS boxes and captures the input.