I am trying to build a PortableApp.
The installer is an online installer.
The download file is an EXE file which has a folder within named $PLUGINSDIR which has a file named app-64.7z inside it.
What I want is to be able to extract the contents of app-64.7z into App\AppName folder.
Hence I created installer.ini as following:
[Source] IncludeInstallerSource=true [DownloadFiles] DownloadURL=https://github.com/someorg/someproject/releases/download/somefile.0.14.6.exe DownloadName=AppName 64 Bit DownloadFilename=somefile.0.14.6.exe AdvancedExtract1To=App\AppName AdvancedExtract1Filter=$PLUGINSDIR\app-64.7z DoubleExtractFilename=app-64.7z DoubleExtract1To=App\AppName DoubleExtract1Filter=** AdditionalInstallSize=500000
I can successfully package the installer.
When I run it, it downloads the file but I get an error and the App\AppName is empty.
How should I properly do it?
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I looked at code of the Google Chrome installer.
I can see it directly use the file name to extract, hence I tried:
It still didn't work.
I also tried
DoubleExtractFilename=$PLUGINSDIR/app-64.7zwhich didn't work either.Does the double extraction functionality assumes the archive is flat (Like in Chrome)?
In order to make the file structure more explicit, it look like:
- MyInstaller.exe - $PLUGINSDIR - app-64.7z - SomeFile001.smt - SomeFile002.smt - SomeFile003.smt - SomeFile004.smt - SomeFile.smf - OtherFile.smtWhat I want is to extract
app-64.7zto theApp\AppNamefolder.Could it be done? Or is it a feature request?
@John, @Gord, Any chance for your assistance on this?
What are the assumption of
DoubleExtractFilename?Is it assumed the 2nd archive is directly under the main archive or can it be inside a sub folder?
$PLUGINSDIR is a variable which point to %Temp%\ns*.tmp
If $PLUGINSDIR is a directory or file name in your case, you should enter the code as:
$$PLUGINSDIR\app-64.7z or '$'PLUGINSDIR\app-64.7z
So, accoridng to this, I should do something like:
Am I missing something?
Drazick, I'm not familiar with how that particular filter is used, not having used it before, but what I've been able to determine is that your DoubleExtractFilename should probably be as suggested by JLim. However, without being able to test myself (I haven't found an exe with a zip file in the plugins directory), I can't say for sure.
Sorry, can't help you in PAI because I don't use. I portablize softwares for my own use only.
Well, you got it correctly, it seems your trick of using
$$PLUGINSDIRworked.Thank You.