Wild Card Folders?

9 posts

JRWRFebruary 18, 2008 at 6:28 PM#

Wild Card Folders?

I'm a little new to NSIS, so i dont know how i would do this,

I'm making a simple installer for Gmod users, to install a massive addons pack, and the folder names can change (only one really)

C:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\<name>\garrysmod\garrysmod

so ether A) have a page for the user to select what username to install or B) to install to all folders that have the garrysmod sub folder

bholligerFebruary 18, 2008 at 8:15 PM#

Hi there!

Use SetOutPath [1] in conjunction with File [2].
I'm sure you'll find what you need!

[1] http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.1.9
[2] http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.1.5

Cheers

Bruno

JRWRFebruary 19, 2008 at 11:40 AM#

Nope

I'm still lost, how would it be able to detect the right folder?

Red WineFebruary 19, 2008 at 12:27 PM#

outfile test.exe

ShowInstDetails show



var name



page directory

page instfiles



Function .onInit

 ReadRegStr $name HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" "Logon User Name"

 StrCpy $INSTDIR "$PROGRAMFILES\Steam\Steamapps\$name\garrysmod\garrysmod"

FunctionEnd



Section -

 SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"

 DetailPrint "$OUTDIR"

SectionEnd

JRWRFebruary 19, 2008 at 6:56 PM#

You cant find it that way

Steam does not store the username in the registery

JRWRFebruary 19, 2008 at 6:59 PM#

i think i might of found somthing

found this in the registery

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Valve.Source\shell\open\command
"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\jrwr\garrysmod\hl2.exe" "%1"

JRWRFebruary 19, 2008 at 7:19 PM#

ok i found where steam holds the login info

C:\Program Files\Steam\config\SteamAppData.vdf



"SteamAppData"

{

	"RememberPassword"		"1"

	"AutoLoginUser"		"jrwr"

	"jrwr"

	{

		"User"		"jrwr"

		"AccountCreated"		"1"

		"ShowNotifyTrayHintDialog"		"0"

	}

}

{_trueparuex^}February 19, 2008 at 8:54 PM#

There's a function in the NSIS wiki to get the steam install path and username.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Get_Steam_account_name_and_install_path

To make that function better...

Replace this line in GetSteamAccountName function:

IfFileExists "$R0\steamapps\$R2\*.*" done

With this one:

IfFileExists "$R0\steamapps\$R2\garrysmod\garrysmod\*.*" done

After that change the function returns the first user with garrysmod installed.

JRWRFebruary 20, 2008 at 1:25 AM#edited February 20, 2008 at 2:01 AM

Thank you

Thank you sir (writes name down in installer)
(and Afrow UK)

Also a note: make sure your path is right, spent a hour looking at code to figure this out

old:
StrCpy $INSTDIR "$R1\$R0\SteamApps\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons"

new:
StrCpy $INSTDIR "$R1\SteamApps\$R0\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons"