Evil Create Shortcut Quotes Please Help.

here is what is have going on
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Restart Apache1.3.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe$\" -w -n $\"Apache$\" -k restart" "" "$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" 0

all i'm trying to do is recreate a shortcut to restart apache

here is what it is suspose to look like
"C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -n "Apache" -k restart
when it winds up in the shortcut Link

but i have tried all kinds of crap to try to get this right
and I have turned now to you wonderfull people 🙂

here are the results that I have been getting back from it

what it should be
"C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -n "Apache" -k restart

What i have
"C:\"C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -n "Apache" -k restart"

2nd time
"C:\"C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -n "Apache" -k restart"

3rd time
"C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache\Apache.exe -w -n Apache -k restart"

4th time
"C:\"C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -n "Apache" -k restart" "

and if i Use ' it winds up comming out '
it's acting like you can only have so many $\
and there placement to me I thauhgt i had down pat
but now has become like the rubiks cube
Depending on where i place them
they wind up showing up or not 🙁 ?
😢
ACK! Please someone Show me what it's suspose to look like ?
it's been able to work differntly and perfectly throught out the entire script till now ******??

But the other stuff using File write and other things work fine for me.

The problem maybe are the quotes. Try this:

CreateShortCut \

"$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Restart Apache1.3.lnk" \

"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" \

`-w -n "Apache" -k restart` \

"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" \

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Parameters should be in one separate string, see the FAQ.

So I can segment the shortcut line by line ?

Are there certin rules I need to folow when segmenting
the string line by line ?

Thank you deguix
that example worked perfect for me.

You can find information about splitting up lines in the manual. You should put a \ at the end of a line.

Thank you deguix
that example worked perfect for me.

I noticed somthing funky that you did and was wondering about it for somtimes this morning.
And here is the section i need answers on

;this part is fine i understand this
CreateShortCut \ ;this part looks like it is a carry over
;this part is the seperate of the $SMPROGRAMS
"$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Restart Apache1.3.lnk" \
"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" \
;---------------------------------------
;this part is what is confusing to me
`-w -n "Apache" -k restart` \

;it's the ` symbol and how it's used.
;It looks like anything within the ` `

is that like using the
{
}
in C++ or php or like sub end sub in vb ?
it looked as if that was a opening and closing of that
section with the ` ` ?

Thanx for all the help

Here is what I have tried compared to your Example to fix the
same kind of problem using the ` and the \
in conjunction but I can figure out what I'm doing wrong and where ? are there specific rules to this ?
Mabey someone can tell me where I'm Going worng with it
Please.

Here is the error code I'm getting
;--------------------------------------------
\Apache1.3.lnk"->"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" icon:$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe,0, showmode=0x0, hotkey=0x0, comment=
CreateShortCut: "$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Edit the Apache httpd.conf Configuration File.lnk"->"$INSTDIR\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" icon:$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe,0, showmode=0x0, hotkey=0x0, comment=
CreateShortCut expects 2-8 parameters, got 9.
Usage: CreateShortCut shortcut_name.lnk shortcut_target [parameters [icon_file [icon index [showmode [hotkey [comment]]]]]]
showmode=(SW_SHOWNORMAL|SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED|SW_SHOWMINIMIZED)
hotkey=(ALT|CONTROL|EXT|SHIFT)|(F1-F24|A-Z)
Error in script "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Examples\Modern UI\Modern PrositeXL.nsi" on line 144 -- aborting creation process
;------------------------------------------------

It's wigging on the Icon Index as if i missed a parameter
somewhere in the line that's not letting in complete ?


Examples that are giving the error code
;--------------------------------------------
;CreateShortCut \
;"$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Test Configuration.lnk" \
;"$\"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe$\" \
;`-w -t -f "$INSTDIR\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" -d "$INSTDIR\Apache" \
;"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe\" \
;0

;CreateShortCut \
;"$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Test Configuration.lnk" \
;"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" \
;`-w -t -f' \
;"$INSTDIR\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" \
;`-d` \
;"$INSTDIR\Apache" \
;"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe\" \
;0

CreateShortCut \
"$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Test Configuration.lnk" \
"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" \
`-w -t -f` \
`"$INSTDIR\Apache\conf\httpd.conf"` \
`-d` \
`"$INSTDIR\Apache`" \
"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe\" \
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Put quotes around a parameter like:

'-w -t -f "$INSTDIR\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" -d "$INSTDIR\Apache"'

(note the single quote at the end)

Error: unterminated string parsing line at C:\Program Files\NSIS\Examples\Modern UI\Modern PrositeXL.nsi:141
Error in script "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Examples\Modern UI\Modern PrositeXL.nsi" on line 141 -- aborting creation process

135:
136:CreateShortCut \
137:"$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Test Configuration.lnk" \
138:"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" \
139:`-w -t -f "$INSTDIR\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" -d "$INSTDIR\Apache"' \
140:"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe\" \
141:0
142:

Corrected but missing a termination string on the Icon index ?

You should put the same quote at the beginning and the end of that line (139). So either use ` or '.

Jost check this out this is sweet I figured somthing out
using your thing in combination with somthing.


what it should be
"C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -t -f "C:\Program Files\Apache

Group\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" -d "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\"

What i have

"C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -t -f "C:\Program

Files\PrositeXL\Apache\conf\httpd.conf


This Begins the Section ` and this ends the section ` \
this will rem out from the compiler sections and allow for massive crazy input 🙂

Because with this
CreateShortCut \
"$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Test Configuration.lnk" \
"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" \
`-w -t -f "$INSTDIR\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" \
-d "$INSTDIR\Apache"' \
"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe\" \
0 ` \

I got this

"C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -t -f "C:\Program

Files\PrositeXL\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" -d "C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache"' "C:\Program

Files\PrositeXL\Apache\Apache.exe\" 0

and with this
CreateShortCut \
"$SMPROGRAMS\PrositeXL\Apache1.3\Test Configuration.lnk" \
"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe" \
`-w -t -f "$INSTDIR\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" \
-d "$INSTDIR\Apache\" ` \
"$INSTDIR\Apache\Apache.exe\" \
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I got this

"C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -t -f "C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" -d "C:\Program Files\PrositeXL\Apache\"

So this ` and ` \ act like beginning and closing Rem from the compiler thinking it's
actually anything within those 2 things are anything more then just text.
Sweeeeeeeet.
Thanx deguix and Jost for all your help on this one 🙂
the coolest thing was the ` \ anything after that the compiler acted like normal and picked up the rest of the code Imediatly after that 🙂