(Outdated) PortableApps.com Installer 0.12.4 (2009-03-12)

Thanks John for this great new direction. Great idea!

This makes it tons easier so newbies aren't overwhelmed by the amount of code they have to edit. This is wonderful, John!

... nothing more to say!

The only other feature I see missing is the ability to install all or part of the app to CommonFiles like in the Java portablizer or Perl Portable.

Is it possible to put an APPNAME constant so that there's less typing to do?

Wouldnt it better to get rid of the ;!define REMOVEDATADIRECTORY part?
Cause it shouldnt be used anyway and if I need it I can do it via custom codes. I just think it might be better if we make it as hard as possible to delete the users Data.

The old multi-installer had a part where you performed an action if the option wasn't selected, ie:

	;=== BEGIN: OPTIONAL NOT SELECTED POST-INSTALL CODE
	RMDir /r $INSTDIR\App\GnuCash\share\locale
	;=== END: OPTIONAL NOT SELECTED POST-INSTALL CODE

What's the preferred method of doing this now?

Edit: nevermind, I just noticed the end of your post. Must have missed it on first read-through.

Where can I find PortableApps.comInstallerLANG_English.nsh?

I'm not sure why, but when I add more then one component installer doesn't show descriptions and during compilations NSIS displays warnings: "macro:MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT:5".

If you will forgive my impertinence in posting a bug-fix, here it is, and it fixes a few major bugs with components in the installer. (All of these bugs are at the very end, with the component installer section.) The bug becomes apparent if you want to have more than one word in the component installation to stick into appinfo.ini. Normally, you won't want to, as it'll stick on "(English)" or "(Multilingual)", but in the case of BPBible, I needed "(App only)" and "(App with WEB and KJV)", so it didn't work.

!ifdef MAINSECTIONTITLE
	Section /o "${OPTIONALSECTIONTITLE}"
		SetOutPath $INSTDIR
		File /r "..\..\..\${SHORTNAME}Optional1\*.*"
		StrCpy $OPTIONAL1DONE "true"
	SectionEnd

	Section "-UpdateAppInfo" SecUpdateAppInfo
		StrCmp $OPTIONAL1DONE "true" SecUpdateAppInfoOptionalSelected
			StrCmp ${OPTIONALSECTIONNOTSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX} "" SecUpdateAppInfoTheEnd
				ReadINIStr $0 "$INSTDIR\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini" "Version" "DisplayVersion"
				WriteINIStr $INSTDIR\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini" "Version" "DisplayVersion" "$0 ${OPTIONALSECTIONNOTSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX}"
			Goto SecUpdateAppInfoTheEnd

		SecUpdateAppInfoOptionalSelected:
			StrCmp ${OPTIONALSECTIONSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX} "" SecUpdateAppInfoTheEnd
				ReadINIStr $0 "$INSTDIR\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini" "Version" "DisplayVersion"
				WriteINIStr $INSTDIR\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini" "Version" "DisplayVersion" "$0 ${OPTIONALSECTIONSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX}"
		SecUpdateAppInfoTheEnd:
	SectionEnd

	!insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_BEGIN
		!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${MAINSECTIONIDX} "${MAINSECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
		!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONALSECTIONIDX} "${OPTIONALSECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
	!insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_END
!endif

With my fixes:

!ifdef MAINSECTIONTITLE
	Section /o "${OPTIONALSECTIONTITLE}"
		SetOutPath $INSTDIR
		File /r "..\..\..\${SHORTNAME}Optional1\*.*"
		StrCpy $OPTIONAL1DONE "true"
	SectionEnd

	Section "-UpdateAppInfo" SecUpdateAppInfo
		StrCmp $OPTIONAL1DONE "true" SecUpdateAppInfoOptionalSelected
			StrCmp "${OPTIONALSECTIONNOTSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX}" "" SecUpdateAppInfoTheEnd
				ReadINIStr $0 "$INSTDIR\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini" "Version" "DisplayVersion"
				WriteINIStr "$INSTDIR\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini" "Version" "DisplayVersion" "$0 ${OPTIONALSECTIONNOTSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX}"
			Goto SecUpdateAppInfoTheEnd

		SecUpdateAppInfoOptionalSelected:
			StrCmp "${OPTIONALSECTIONSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX}" "" SecUpdateAppInfoTheEnd
				ReadINIStr $0 "$INSTDIR\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini" "Version" "DisplayVersion"
				WriteINIStr "$INSTDIR\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini" "Version" "DisplayVersion" "$0 ${OPTIONALSECTIONSELECTEDAPPINFOSUFFIX}"
		SecUpdateAppInfoTheEnd:
	SectionEnd

	!insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_BEGIN
		!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${MAINSECTIONIDX} "${MAINSECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
		!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${OPTIONALSECTIONIDX} "${OPTIONALSECTIONDESCRIPTION}"
	!insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_END
!endif

Is there any particular reason why the following line:

VIAddVersionKey PortableApps.comInstallerVersion "${PORTABLEAPPSINSTALLERVERSION}"

isn't:

VIAddVersionKey "PortableApps.com Installer Version" "${PORTABLEAPPSINSTALLERVERSION}"

also, could an additional Copyright define be added, something similar to the additional Trademarks define.

Hi,
how can I create an addon/plugin installer that adds files to the data directory? I have figured out how to add files to the other and app folders, but I have problems with adding files to the data folder.
The additional files should be copied to the $APPDATA folder, which is redirected to the Settingsdirectory (data\settings\appdata).

I downloaded the above but was unable to install it with the reason that system cannot find an installer. Could you assist resolve this. I am anxious to get working with it. Thanks

Error function: FindProcDLL::FindProc "${CHECKRUNNING}"

Hi John,
I tested the new Installer (0.11.1), but I had the same problem mentioned here.
Altough I've included all languages included in your PortableApps.com_Installer_0.11.1.zip-file, I could only choose "German, English, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, French and Portuguese" when installing.

Hi John,
I don't know if that makes sense to you, but how about introducing a new variable $INSTALLDIRECTORY to the Installer and InstallerConfig? Usually it's the same as $SHORTNAME, but for some Addons or Plugins it could be useful.

I could use it for my Diashapes Portable. It is an addon for Dia Portable, so the $SHORTNAME and $INSTALLDIRECTORY are different. In the past I changed the Installer code (5 lines).

In the new Installer I'll have to change line 40, 572, 579, 586 and 590. I'll replace $SHORTNAME by my $INSTALLDIRECTORY (DiaPortable).

Thoughts?

First of all I want to say a huge thank you for PortableApps.com; this is an amazing site and I always recommend it to friends and work colleagues. I think it is fanatastic that the PortableApps.com Installer has been made available for free and free to try making your own apps. Here is the problem; I think I have done everything correctly, but then the compiler returns the following errors:
Error while loading icon from "..\..\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico": can't open file
Error in script "C:\Documents and Settings\####\Desktop\CCleanerPortable\Other\PortableApps.comInstaller.nsi" on line 100 -- aborting creation process

I have been attempting to make CCleaner portable as a test. By the way, I have never done this before (excuse my ignorance), but I am really interested in the whole process. If someone is willing to walk me through things a bit it would be much appreciated.
Am I not creating the correct folder structure?
Is it a question of not editing the .nsh file properly?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Mark Rose

Because i currently have no idea how the optional components are supposed to work. I would like to make my installer optionally install source files (among other things), and i am curious as to how this would be achieved.

i used the !define MAINSECTIONTITLE "AppName Portable (English) [Required]" section in the PortableApps.comInstallerConfig.nsh file to get one optional component, but i am unsure of how exactly even this component should be set up. How do i place the files in the ${SHORTNAME}Optional1\ directory so that they are later placed in the /Other/Source directory on install?

Thanks!

Is there any reason why the Data directory might not be packed into the installer, or, if this is the expected behavior, is there any way to get the installer to include the files in the \Data directory?

My Launcher depends on the settings in \Data\Settings.ini, and without this file, it gives the user several errors about not being about to read the file, then cannot find litestep(.exe), so it pukes and dies, killing explorer, and leaving the user with no active shell.

SectionIn: [RO]
SetOutPath: "$INSTDIR"
SectionGetFlags: 1->$0
IntOp: $0=$0&1
IntCmp $0:1 equal=MainSkipOptionalCleanup,
File: "..\..\*.*" -> no files found.
Usage: File [/nonfatal] [/a] ([/r] [/x filespec [...]] filespec [...] |
/oname=outfile one_file_only)
Error in script "C:\tmp\CodeBlocksPortable\Other\Source\PortableApps.comInstaller.nsi" on line 953 -- aborting creation process

I'm a newbie at this stuff. What did I do wrong?

Hello

Please add a feature to your installer that will allow for installation to more than one directory, eg; multiple USB drives.

Thanks in advance,

Panarchy