Concatenation for OutFile

Hello,

I want to create the outfile in a directory that contains the version, e.g. "c:\output\${version}\setup.exe"

I guess I can create that directory with a !system call. The main problem is that I cannot use StrCpy to set the value:

strcpy $var1 "c:\output\${version}"
#enter system call to create the directory here =)
outfile "$var1\setup.exe"

This is not possible as strcpy is not allowed outside a section.
Is there anyone who would like to create a patch that the outfile directory is created if non-existent?


How can I solve this problem?

Lars

I'm a little confused. Couldn't you do:

CreateDirectory "${version}"
SetOutPath "${version}"

Hello dienjd,

it´s not about the system, where the program is to be installed, but about the system, where I create the setup.

I want to keep a history of recent setups and don´t want to have them all in just one directory.

Ah, sorry about that. I completely misunderstood your original post 🙂

A quick suggestion would be to make a batch file that creates your ${version} directory and then compiles your NSI script to output your EXE into your newly created directory.

Another option would be to just append your ${version} value to your EXE's filename--that would leave all your builds in 1 directory though.

Originally posted by dienjd
Ah, sorry about that. I completely misunderstood your original post 🙂

Nevermind, it seems like I´m not good in explaining things 🙂

A quick suggestion would be to make a batch file that creates your ${version} directory and then compiles your NSI script to output your EXE into your newly created directory.

So, I have to create a batch file that accepts the version number as a parameter, creates the directory and starts the compile script. The compile script also accepts the version number as a parameter.

Is this what you thought of?

Another option would be to just append your ${version} value to your EXE's filename--that would leave all your builds in 1 directory though.

That´s the way I already have it 🙂

So, I have to create a batch file that accepts the version number as a parameter, creates the directory and starts the compile script. The compile script also accepts the version number as a parameter.

Is this what you thought of?

Exactly. That should work. You can also look into automated building tools that are a little more user-friendly than batch files (e.g., http://finalbuilder.com, http://ant.apache.org/), but that may be overkill if all you want to automate is creating a new directory and having your EXE go there.

Thanks for your help!
I´ll have a look into those building tools.


Lars

You can create the directory from within the script using:

!system "mkdir ${version}"

Originally posted by kichik
You can create the directory from within the script using:

!system "mkdir ${version}"

Nice, I didn't know about that command. Using it with 'subst' lets you create directories even on unmapped network shares. Very handy.

Originally posted by kichik
You can create the directory from within the script using:

!system "mkdir ${version}"

Yeah, great! Exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you very much!


Lars