Hey there, I am trying to make a version of foobar2000 for myself (not for release any time soon because I don't want to bother contacting the original developer, etc) but I'm trying to "futureproof" the installer by making it an online installer. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to download anything when I ask it to, and all I end up with is the empty shell of an App folder that I started with. Below is the full text of the installer.ini file because I see no other reason it shouldn't work. Thanks for anyone who can lend a hand.
installer.ini
[MainDirectories] RemoveAppDirectory=true [DownloadFiles] DownloadURL=http://www.foobar2000.org/getfile/70f03d723458dbb71ded8a78e3ae6bdb/foobar2000_v1.2.3.exe DownloadName=foobar2000 DownloadFilename=foobar2000_v1.2.3.exe AdditionalInstallSize=11162 AdvancedExtract1To=Data\themes AdvancedExtract1Filter=themes\*.fth AdvancedExtract2To=App\foobar2000\components AdvancedExtract2Filter=components\*.* AdvancedExtract3To=App\foobar2000\icons AdvancedExtract3Filter=icons\*.* AdvancedExtract4To=App\foobar2000 AdvancedExtract4Filter=themes\*.dll AdvancedExtract5To=App\foobar2000 AdvancedExtract5Filter=themes\*.exe AdvancedExtract6To=App\foobar2000 AdvancedExtract6Filter=themes\*.html AdvancedExtract7To=App\foobar2000 AdvancedExtract7Filter=themes\*.css
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The filter can't take directories as part of the filter. Just extract all to App\foobar2000
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First, the file doesn't seem to download at all. I actually tried to use the "DownloadTo" to see if it would work, but it didn't.
Second, I was under the assumption the filter allowed for paths because of this paragraph in the reference (especially the bold part):
AdvancedExtract1To and AdvancedExtract1Filter are used for more advanced extraction from ZIP files as well as many installer EXEs. The AdvancedExtract#To entries should specify the relative path to where the files will go within the installed portable app (typically App\AppName). The AdvancedExtract#Filter entries are used to specify a filter for the files to be extracted and are in the same format used by 7-zip. Some examples include .txt for all text files, * for all files, *a for files that contain the letter a, Src\*.cpp for all cpp files within the src directory, etc. ** can be used to indicate all files in the archive recursively (including sub-directories). Up to 10 entries can be made. AdvancedExtract#To supports the use of <ROOT> to indicate the app’s root directory.
Because the id in the URL is variable.
You have 70f03d723458dbb71ded8a78e3ae6bdb - I just visited the site and the link id for me was 4dda14ef11494f037d92e1a177389e44.
Not sure what it is based on - it definitely isn't session-based as I had the same id in two browsers. May be based on your IP, or any number of other things.
I didn't realize it was dynamic. Well, either I'm going to find a way around it, or I guess I'll have to settle for non future-proofed. Thanks for the tip.