Installation programs

[McBainUK]

I'm thinking of moving away from zip files for distribution so I can distribute common library's without fear of version conflicts and avoid overwriting user's config files (WebCams2.xml for example).

So my question is what are my options? I want something simple and easy to use, its hard work with all these plugins

[McBainUK]

Just came across http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Devel...criptFiles and its great. Downloaded the HM NIS editor and it seems it can grab the required files straight from the GB-PVR directory and compile them into an exe.

No more copy and pasting and creating damn zip files while watching versions and file sizes all the time. This has made my day

[ubu]

I've been using the SFX module that comes with WinRAR (free!) to create a self extracting .exe that displays a fairly businesslike GUI and can be scripted (somewhat). It's easy to use and has met my needs up to now.

However, I, too, have been looking for something a bit more sophisticated (ability to use the registry and to run executables part way through the install, for instance).

If you still give the NSIS solution the thumbs up after a test drive, I think I'll switch too. The HM NIS editor looks very cool.

[McBainUK]

It took 10mins of editing fatman_do's script to suit my plugin and now I have a professional GUI which works great and allows for the inclusion of common library's (UI elements for example) without worrying about version conflicts.

So in summary I give it two thumbs up!

[Fatman_do]

Cheers,

I like how I can right-click on the nsi file in windows explorer, and choose "Compile NSIS script", and away it goes. I use it to install the CommonGBPVRUtilities and GBPVRUIElements with the CommunitySkin.

Something I didn't have in my example is if you have a folder with several files,

Code:

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\"
File "Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\cinemas.xml"
File "Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\films.xml"
File "Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\ICLPHelper.dll"
File "Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\NewZealand.exe"
File "Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\showings.xml"
File "Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\UKandIreland.exe"
File "Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\UKandIreland.exe.log"

you can use this instead of lisiting each file...

Code:

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\"
File "Plugins\InternationalCinemaListings\*.*"

or Ubu, I would use this..

Code:

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\Plugins\UbuStream\"
File /r "Plugins\UbuStream*.*"

the /r means recursive all subfolders.