parameter

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rbalhornSeptember 15, 2005 at 2:31 PM#

parameter

Ok I am trying to make a short cut. I can pass any shortcut parameter with a + or - in front of it but I cannot have any spaces with the parameter.

Ie:

CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\BF2C.lnk" "$INSTDIR\..\..BF2.exe" +modPath mods/BF2C "$INSTDIR\BF2C.ico"

does not compile

but

CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\BF2C.lnk" "$INSTDIR\..\..BF2.exe" +fullscreen +menu +modpath "$INSTDIR\BF2C.ico"

works just fine.

Anyway to add in the mods/BF2C section? Is the a character to add for spaces like a % or something?

Thanks for any help.

YathoshoSeptember 15, 2005 at 2:39 PM#

use quotes

Afrow UKSeptember 15, 2005 at 3:21 PM#

Put quotes around +fullscreen +menu +modpath

-Stu

rbalhornSeptember 15, 2005 at 4:04 PM#

lol I knew it would be something simple (and make me look dumb).

Thanks for your help.

rbalhornSeptember 16, 2005 at 5:41 PM#

Ok another related question. I can create the link the target and parameters work but it needs the correct "Start in" to be different from the $INSTDIR. Is there a way to do that?

The other option was to have a lnk file in the installer copy to the $DESKTOP the shortcut works but it doesnt use the ico file.

Thanks again for any help.

kichikSeptember 17, 2005 at 6:04 AM#

SetOutPath sets the "Start in" directory for shortcuts.

rbalhornSeptember 29, 2005 at 2:44 PM#

Got around to another version and a time to fix this bug. The problem I am getting is that I still cant set a proper "Starts In" path.



SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\..\..\"

  CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\$ICONS_GROUP\BF2C.lnk" "$INSTDIR\..\..\BF2.exe" "+menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +modPath mods/BF2C" "$INSTDIR\BF2C.ico"

  CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\BF2C.lnk" "$INSTDIR\..\..\BF2.exe" "+menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +modPath mods/BF2C" "$INSTDIR\BF2C.ico"

This will give me
Starts In:
"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\BF2C\..\.."

Any way to fix this?

Thanks.

TakhirSeptember 29, 2005 at 2:54 PM#

I used something like this (long ago 🙂 )



SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"

SetOutPath ".."

SetOutPath ".."

rbalhornSeptember 29, 2005 at 2:56 PM#

na that doesnt work either. It just makes the "Starts In" just ".."

Thanks for helping though.

TakhirSeptember 30, 2005 at 3:48 AM#

wiki page Repair path names with ../

rbalhornOctober 7, 2005 at 8:38 PM#

that completely lost me 🙁. Sorry, Is there one in english?

Afrow UKOctober 8, 2005 at 7:27 AM#

StrCpy $INSTDIR $EXEDIR
DetailPrint $INSTDIR # C:\Program Files\NSIS\Projects\Testing
GetFullPathName $R0 "$INSTDIR\..\.."
DetailPrint $R0 # C:\Program Files\NSIS
SetOutPath $R0

-Stu