Problem with a path and a var

Hi community!

i want to make an installer for every plugin / addin which we release.

When the installer runs it should get the content of the following registry path:
HKLM SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories "UIMdb"

And of course... it works.. when i test it i get the directory of the software (f.e. C:\Program Files\Mesap4\).

So now the problem is, that i have to put files in to these folder.
The following problem:

	ReadRegStr $MesapDir HKLM SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories "UIMdb" 

...to get the path into $MesapDir

	StrCpy $UninstallExe "$MesapDirUninstall - $AddInName.exe" 

...to create the uninstaller.

	RegDLL "$MesapDir$DllFile.dll" 

...to register the copied dll-files.

But of course all these phrases doesn't work!
What do i have to do to make it work? $MesapDir\*rest* doesn't work because there are two backslashes... :-(

can anyone help please?
greetz, scorpion

PS: german is also ok (or much better!)

I started thinking it was the $MespaDir variable, but then realized you never said what $DllFile.dll was set to. I'll bet you have it starting with a backslash. Fix that and it should fix your issue. (or remove the trailing backslash from $MespaDir).

$DllFile is not the only thing which needs the $MesapDir variable.
Its also needed for the startmenu shortcut etc.

But how can i remove the \ of the path inside of $MesapDir?

here's one way:

!include logiclib

!include WordFunc.nsh

!insertmacro WordReplace

...



ReadRegStr $MesapDir HKLM SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories "UIMdb" 

${WordReplace} "$MesapDir" "\" "" "-1" $MesapDir

I guess you mean this:

!include logiclib.nsh

But when i try to compile the script i get the following log:

MakeNSIS v2.39 - Copyright 1995-2008 Contributors

See the file COPYING for license details.

Credits can be found in the Users Manual.



Processing config: 

Processing plugin dlls: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Plugins\*.dll"

 - AdvSplash::show

 - Banner::destroy

 - Banner::getWindow

 - Banner::show

 - BgImage::AddImage

 - BgImage::AddText

 - BgImage::Clear

 - BgImage:😁estroy

 - BgImage::Redraw

 - BgImage::SetBg

 - BgImage::SetReturn

 - BgImage::Sound

 - Dialer::AttemptConnect

 - Dialer::AutodialHangup

 - Dialer::AutodialOnline

 - Dialer::AutodialUnattended

 - Dialer::GetConnectedState

 - InstallOptions::dialog

 - InstallOptions::initDialog

 - InstallOptions::show

 - LangDLL::LangDialog

 - Math::Script

 - NSISdl::download

 - NSISdl::download_quiet

 - Splash::show

 - StartMenu::Init

 - StartMenu::Select

 - StartMenu::Show

 - System::Alloc

 - System::Call

 - System::Copy

 - System::Free

 - System::Get

 - System::Int64Op

 - System::Store

 - TypeLib::GetLibVersion

 - TypeLib::Register

 - TypeLib::UnRegister

 - UserInfo::GetAccountType

 - UserInfo::GetName

 - UserInfo::GetOriginalAccountType

 - VPatch::GetFileCRC32

 - VPatch::GetFileMD5

 - VPatch::vpatchfile

 - nsDialogs::Create

 - nsDialogs::CreateControl

 - nsDialogs::CreateItem

 - nsDialogs::GetUserData

 - nsDialogs::OnBack

 - nsDialogs::OnChange

 - nsDialogs::OnClick

 - nsDialogs::OnNotify

 - nsDialogs::SelectFileDialog

 - nsDialogs::SelectFolderDialog

 - nsDialogs::SetRTL

 - nsDialogs::SetUserData

 - nsDialogs::Show

 - nsExec::Exec

 - nsExec::ExecToLog

 - nsExec::ExecToStack



!define: "MUI_INSERT_NSISCONF"=""



Changing directory to: "P:\Mesap Setup TEST\NSIS\AddIn-Setups\TempFiles"



Processing script file: "P:\Mesap Setup TEST\NSIS\AddIn-Setups\TempFiles\MPD ControlPanel.nsi"

SetCompress: force

SetCompressor: /SOLID lzma

Name: "Mesap 4 AddIn Installation"

OutFile: "MPD ControlPanel.exe"

XPStyle: on

!include: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Include\LogicLib.nsh"

!include: closed: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Include\LogicLib.nsh"

!include: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Include\WordFunc.nsh"

!define: "WORDFUNC_INCLUDED"=""

!include: closed: "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Include\WordFunc.nsh"

!insertmacro: WordReplace

!insertmacro: end of WordReplace

Page: instfiles

UninstPage: uninstConfirm

UninstPage: instfiles

VIAddVersionKey: "ProductName" "M4AddIn011"

VIAddVersionKey: "Comments" "Setup für MPD ControlPanel"

VIAddVersionKey: "CompanyName" "Seven2one GmbH"

VIAddVersionKey: "LegalCopyright" "Seven2one GmbH"

VIAddVersionKey: "FileDescription" "MPD ControlPanel"

Var: "AddInName"

Var: "DllFile"

Var: "MesapDir"

Var: "UninstallExe"

Function: ".onInit"

ReadRegStr $MesapDir HKLM\SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories\UIMdb

!insertmacro: WordReplaceCall

!insertmacro: end of WordReplaceCall

StrCpy $AddInName "MPD ControlPanel" () ()

StrCpy $DllFile "M4AddIn011" () ()

StrCpy $UninstallExe "$MesapDir\Uninstall - $AddInName.exe" () ()

FunctionEnd

Function: "un.onInit"

ReadRegStr $MesapDir HKLM\SOFTWARE\MESAP\Mesap4\Directories\UIMdb

!insertmacro: WordReplaceCall

Call must be used with function names starting with "un." in the uninstall section.

Usage: Call function_name | [:label_name]

Error in macro WordReplaceCall on macroline 7

Error in script "P:\Mesap Setup TEST\NSIS\AddIn-Setups\TempFiles\MPD ControlPanel.nsi" on line 39 -- aborting creation process

yes, I did mean LogicLib.nsh. (my bad)

And the error is that you are trying to use this in the uninstall section. (When I read your original post, I thought you were in the install section. But your error log shows you are in the uninstall function un.onInit)

To use WordReplace in an uninstaller place a "un." in front.

So "!insertmacro WordReplace" becomes "!insertmacro un.WordReplace"
and
"${WordReplace}" becomes "${un.WordReplace}".