adding build number or time stamp to outfile

Normally it is usefull if some kind of unique string can be added to name of the installer like a build date or number

i tried
OutFile "installer${__TIME__}.exe"
but it contains a space and i would really like to keep track of build numbers intead

i am now investingating making a batch script that would create a file with a number , incrementing it every time it is runned , then running makensis , and reading from the nsi script the number file then appending the number to outfile

any other sugestions ?
would the developers think they can implement something in the lines of this ?

There already is such a thing. Use:

!define /date NOW "%d %b, %Y"

OutFile "installer${NOW}.exe"

ok , i assumed the date format can not be configured , thanks

however as for the build incrementing counter , what do you think ?

I don't think I'll add something that reads from another file and increments. However, I might add math operations to !define. You can use !system to do it for now (write to temporary file and then include it).

can the time format be defined like the date too ?

yea i did not mean including those operations , math functionality would be great 🙂

/date works with both time and date. See !define in the documentation for more information.