okay i have made a few launchers for some games and im having a issue with the splash screen not showing up can someone take a look at them for me?
Heres the forum post for one of them: https://portableapps.com/node/20578
also can someone tell me how i can turn my launchers into paf live launchers so the files get downloaded automatically for people?
you can check the OpenSonicPortable.nsi file in the opensonic launcher and stuff if you need to look at the coding of the .nsi file
pastebin the source please.
[link to pastebin fixed by mod Tim]
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
;Copyright (C) 2004-2008 John T. Haller ;Copyright (C) 2008 Travis Carrico ;Website: http://PortableApps.com/SecretMaryoChroniclesPortable ;This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software. ;OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative. ;This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or ;modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License ;as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 ;of the License, or (at your option) any later version. ;This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ;but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;GNU General Public License for more details. ;You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software ;Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. !define PORTABLEAPPNAME "OpenSonic Portable" !define APPNAME "OpenSonic" !define NAME "OpenSonicPortable" !define VER "1.1.0.0" !define WEBSITE "PortableApps.com/OpenSonicPortable" !define DEFAULTEXE "OpenSonic.exe" !define DEFAULTAPPDIR "OpenSonic" !define DEFAULTSETTINGSPATH "settings" ;=== Program Details Name "${PORTABLEAPPNAME}" OutFile "..\..\${NAME}.exe" Caption "${PORTABLEAPPNAME} | PortableApps.com" VIProductVersion "${VER}" VIAddVersionKey ProductName "${PORTABLEAPPNAME}" VIAddVersionKey Comments "Allows ${APPNAME} to be run from a removable drive. For additional details, visit ${WEBSITE}" VIAddVersionKey CompanyName "PortableApps.com" VIAddVersionKey LegalCopyright "PortableApps.com and contributers" VIAddVersionKey FileDescription "${PORTABLEAPPNAME}" VIAddVersionKey FileVersion "${VER}" VIAddVersionKey ProductVersion "${VER}" VIAddVersionKey InternalName "${PORTABLEAPPNAME}" VIAddVersionKey LegalTrademarks "PortableApps.com is a Trademark of Rare Ideas, LLC." VIAddVersionKey OriginalFilename "${NAME}.exe" ;VIAddVersionKey PrivateBuild "" ;VIAddVersionKey SpecialBuild "" ;=== Runtime Switches CRCCheck On WindowIcon Off SilentInstall Silent AutoCloseWindow True RequestExecutionLevel user ; Best Compression SetCompress Auto SetCompressor /SOLID lzma SetCompressorDictSize 32 SetDatablockOptimize On ;=== Include !include "GetParameters.nsh" !include "MUI.nsh" !include "TextFunc.nsh" !insertmacro ConfigWrite !insertmacro ConfigRead ;=== Program Icon Icon "..\..\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico" ;=== Icon & Stye === !define MUI_ICON "..\..\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico" ;=== Languages !insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English" LangString LauncherFileNotFound ${LANG_ENGLISH} "${PORTABLEAPPNAME} cannot be started. You may wish to re-install to fix this issue. (ERROR: $MISSINGFILEORPATH could not be found)" LangString LauncherAlreadyRunning ${LANG_ENGLISH} "Another instance of ${APPNAME} is already running. Please close other instances of ${APPNAME} before launching ${PORTABLEAPPNAME}." LangString LauncherAskCopyLocal ${LANG_ENGLISH} "${PORTABLEAPPNAME} appears to be running from a location that is read-only. Would you like to temporarily copy it to the local hard drive and run it from there?$\n$\nPrivacy Note: If you say Yes, your personal data within ${PORTABLEAPPNAME} will be temporarily copied to a local drive. Although this copy of your data will be deleted when you close ${PORTABLEAPPNAME}, it may be possible for someone else to access your data later." LangString LauncherNoReadOnly ${LANG_ENGLISH} "${PORTABLEAPPNAME} can not run directly from a read-only location and will now close." Var PROGRAMDIRECTORY Var SETTINGSDIRECTORY Var ADDITIONALPARAMETERS Var EXECSTRING Var PROGRAMEXECUTABLE Var INIPATH Var DISABLESPLASHSCREEN Var ISDEFAULTDIRECTORY Var SECONDARYLAUNCH Var MISSINGFILEORPATH Var WIDTH Var HEIGHT Var ONELESSW Var ONELESSH Var LASTCOMPUTER Var CURRENTCOMPUTER Function ".onInit" System::Call 'user32::GetSystemMetrics(i 0) i .r0' System::Call 'user32::GetSystemMetrics(i 1) i .r1' StrCpy $WIDTH $0 StrCpy $HEIGHT $1 FunctionEnd Section "Main" ;=== Check if already running System::Call 'kernel32::CreateMutexA(i 0, i 0, t "${NAME}2") i .r1 ?e' Pop $0 StrCmp $0 0 CheckForINI StrCpy $SECONDARYLAUNCH "true" CheckForINI: ;=== Find the INI file, if there is one IfFileExists "$EXEDIR\${NAME}.ini" "" NoINI StrCpy "$INIPATH" "$EXEDIR" Goto ReadINI ReadINI: ;=== Read the parameters from the INI file ReadINIStr $0 "$INIPATH\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "${APPNAME}Directory" StrCpy "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\$0" ReadINIStr $0 "$INIPATH\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "SettingsDirectory" StrCpy "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\$0" ;=== Check that the above required parameters are present IfErrors NoINI ReadINIStr $0 "$INIPATH\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "AdditionalParameters" StrCpy "$ADDITIONALPARAMETERS" $0 ReadINIStr $0 "$INIPATH\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "DisableSplashScreen" StrCpy "$DISABLESPLASHSCREEN" $0 ;CleanUpAnyErrors: ;=== Any missing unrequired INI entries will be an empty string, ignore associated errors ClearErrors StrCpy "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" "${DEFAULTEXE}" ;=== Correct PROGRAMEXECUTABLE if blank StrCmp $SETTINGSDIRECTORY "" "" CheckForProgramINI StrCpy "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\Data\${DEFAULTSETTINGSPATH}" Goto CheckForProgramINI CheckForProgramINI: IfFileExists "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" FoundProgramEXE NoProgramEXE NoINI: ;=== No INI file, so we'll use the defaults StrCpy "$ADDITIONALPARAMETERS" "" StrCpy "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" "${DEFAULTEXE}" StrCpy "$DISABLESPLASHSCREEN" "false" IfFileExists "$EXEDIR\App\${DEFAULTAPPDIR}\${DEFAULTEXE}" "" NoProgramEXE StrCpy "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\App\${DEFAULTAPPDIR}" StrCpy "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\Data\${DEFAULTSETTINGSPATH}" StrCpy "$ISDEFAULTDIRECTORY" "true" GoTo FoundProgramEXE NoProgramEXE: StrCpy $MISSINGFILEORPATH $PROGRAMEXECUTABLE MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION `$(LauncherFileNotFound)` Abort FoundProgramEXE: ;=== Check if already running StrCmp $SECONDARYLAUNCH "true" CheckForSettings FindProcDLL::FindProc "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" StrCmp $R0 "1" WarnAnotherInstance CheckForSettings WarnAnotherInstance: MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONINFORMATION `$(LauncherAlreadyRunning)` Abort CheckForSettings: IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" SettingsFound StrCmp $SECONDARYLAUNCH "true" SettingsFound ;=== No settings found StrCmp $ISDEFAULTDIRECTORY "true" CopyDefaultSettings CreateDirectory $SETTINGSDIRECTORY Goto SettingsFound CopyDefaultSettings: CreateDirectory "$EXEDIR\Data" CreateDirectory "$EXEDIR\Data\settings" CopyFiles /SILENT $EXEDIR\App\DefaultData\settings\*.* $EXEDIR\Data\settings Sleep 100 SettingsFound: StrCmp $DISABLESPLASHSCREEN "true" GetPassedParameters ;=== Show the splash screen before processing the files ${ConfigRead} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" ' ' +5 InitPluginsDir File /oname=$PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg "${NAME}.jpg" newadvsplash::show /NOUNLOAD /PASSIVE 1500 0 0 -1 /L $PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg Goto GetPassedParameters InitPluginsDir File /oname=$PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg "${NAME}.jpg" newadvsplash::show /NOUNLOAD 1500 0 0 -1 /L $PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg GetPassedParameters: ;=== Get any passed parameters Call GetParameters Pop $0 StrCmp "'$0'" "''" "" LaunchProgramParameters ;=== No parameters StrCpy $EXECSTRING `"$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE"` Goto AdditionalParameters LaunchProgramParameters: StrCpy $EXECSTRING `"$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" $0` AdditionalParameters: StrCmp $ADDITIONALPARAMETERS "" WriteSettings ;=== Additional Parameters StrCpy $EXECSTRING `$EXECSTRING $ADDITIONALPARAMETERS` WriteSettings: StrCmp $SECONDARYLAUNCH "true" LaunchAndExit ${ConfigWrite} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" ' ' $R0 Sleep 100 IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "" +2 ReadINIStr $LASTCOMPUTER "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "LastComputer" System::Call 'kernel32.dll::GetComputerNameA(t .r0,*i ${NSIS_MAX_STRLEN} r1)i.r2' StrCpy $CURRENTCOMPUTER $0 StrCmp $LASTCOMPUTER $CURRENTCOMPUTER MoveFile IntCmp "2148" "$WIDTH" "" "" +5 IntCmp "1636" "$HEIGHT" "" "" +4 StrCpy "$ONELESSW" "2048" StrCpy "$ONELESSH" "1536" Goto WriteOneLess IntCmp "1700" "$WIDTH" "" "" +5 IntCmp "1300" "$HEIGHT" "" "" +4 StrCpy "$ONELESSW" "1600" StrCpy "$ONELESSH" "1200" Goto WriteOneLess IntCmp "1380" "$WIDTH" "" "" +5 IntCmp "1124" "$HEIGHT" "" "" +4 StrCpy "$ONELESSW" "1280" StrCpy "$ONELESSH" "1024" Goto WriteOneLess IntCmp "1124" "$WIDTH" "" "" +5 IntCmp "868" "$HEIGHT" "" "" +4 StrCpy "$ONELESSW" "1024" StrCpy "$ONELESSH" "768" Goto WriteOneLess IntCmp "900" "$WIDTH" "" "" +5 IntCmp "700" "$HEIGHT" "" "" +4 StrCpy "$ONELESSW" "800" StrCpy "$ONELESSH" "600" Goto WriteOneLess StrCpy "$ONELESSW" "640" StrCpy "$ONELESSH" "480" Goto WriteOneLess WriteOneLess: ${ConfigWrite} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" ' ' $R0 ${ConfigWrite} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" ' ' $R0 ${ConfigWrite} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" ' ' $R0 Sleep 100 MoveFile: WriteINIStr "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "LastComputer" "$CURRENTCOMPUTER" Rename "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\config.xml" Sleep 100 Goto LaunchNow LaunchNow: SetOutPath "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY" ExecWait $EXECSTRING CheckRunning: Sleep 1000 FindProcDLL::FindProc "${DEFAULTEXE}" StrCmp $R0 "1" CheckRunning Rename "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\config.xml" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" Delete "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\stdout.txt" Delete "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\stderr.txt" Delete "$TEMP\cegui.log" Sleep 100 Goto TheEnd LaunchAndExit: SetOutPath "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY" Exec $EXECSTRING TheEnd: newadvsplash::stop /WAIT SectionEnd60\/\/ 2 /\/\3 4 1 4/\/\ 12007
bow to me for i am root
theres a lnik there that doesnt belong lol. ill fix that tonight. its from when i was using another .nsi file as a template lol.
Dalton M. Kadar
(Don't Mind Me I'm A Noob)
I've found sometimes you're better off scraping the launcher and starting over. (I'm doing that with camstudio. Its so old, I'm just gonna grab the latest source and rewrite the main section.)
SettingsFound:StrCmp $DISABLESPLASHSCREEN "true" GetPassedParameters
;=== Show the splash screen before processing the files
${ConfigRead} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" ' ' +5
InitPluginsDir
File /oname=$PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg "${NAME}.jpg"
newadvsplash::show /NOUNLOAD /PASSIVE 1500 0 0 -1 /L $PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg
Goto GetPassedParameters
InitPluginsDir
File /oname=$PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg "${NAME}.jpg"
newadvsplash::show /NOUNLOAD 1500 0 0 -1 /L $PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg
Any reason you've decided to show the splash screen twice? I've not studied it all, but I think you'd be better off just doing this:
StrCmp $DISABLESPLASHSCREEN "true" GetPassedParameters
;=== Show the splash screen before processing the files
InitPluginsDir
File /oname=$PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg "${NAME}.jpg"
newadvsplash::show /NOUNLOAD
/PASSIVE1500 0 0 -1 /L $PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpgand add
${ConfigRead} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" ' ' +5to the
WriteSettings:section. This computer is awful slow so I can't try to compile and test it, but I think that this would be a start of a help.Also, check your splash screen call against the call in one of the latest applications. At the very least, you don't need the passive call.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
okay ill try to do so but i doubt ill be able to. Seeing im such a neew when it comes to these things. But like i always say never say never. so ill give it a shot and ill try to rewrite the nsi file.
Edit: i took a better look at what u said and i notice that now lol. but i dont exactly know where to add the
${ConfigRead} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.xml" ' ' +5can u give me a specific place to put it and thanx for the help.
2 Edit: okay i tried adding that but when i tried to make the exe it still doesnt show the splash.jpg. ill keep messing around but if u could edit the nsi file for me and change them so i could compare and contrast the two. I would be very greatful seeing that i dont know what im doing at the moment lol. im sort of lost when i start looking at all the script.
Dalton M. Kadar
(Don't Mind Me I'm A Noob)
i really want to fix this error and i don't know how. i don't want OpenSonic Portable and Smart Pacman portable to be one of those apps that get forgotten for a year or so.
i put to much work into it already. I hope someone will be able to check the entire nsi file and figure out my problem. i have tried so many things and nothings working.
Its probably cuz i'm a noob and don't know what i'm doing.
i get lost in the nsi scripting all the time. i feel ill never be able to fully understand it. 
Also thank you to all those who are putting up with me and trying to help. even with all the funny link mistakes that are actually quite funny. It cheers me up when i cant figure out what i'm doing lol.
Dalton M. Kadar
(Don't Mind Me I'm A Noob)
You'll get there. Hint: Notepad++ or Geany or HMNIS Edit is very helpful.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
but i don't know if i will be able to get it to work but i will try
Dalton M. Kadar
(Don't Mind Me I'm A Noob)
start here:
https://portableapps.com/node/14868
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
a look at this once but couldnt figure it out exactly. time for another try at it lol.
Dalton M. Kadar
(Don't Mind Me I'm A Noob)