[Outdated] NIS Edit 2.03 Development Test 13

Have had a quick look. Quite a nice NSIS editor that lets you edit & compile in one application. Doesn't seem to have been updated in a long time though. I could be tempted to use this for script work instead of Notepad++/NSIS. I had a little bit of trouble configuring the compiler option, until I figured out it was looking for the original NSIS exe rather than the portablised NSIS launcher exe. Anyway, I like this little integrated editor/compiler. Good effort.

I'm downloading and will test later.

It doesn't remember where NSIS is. You need to replace the drive letter in it's options file.

Should I leave you alone?
Nether set up paths properly.
The problem is here:

AdjustPaths:
		ReadINIStr $LASTDRIVE "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "LastDrive"
		${GetRoot} $EXEDIR $CURRENTDRIVE
		StrCmp $LASTDRIVE $CURRENTDRIVE StoreCurrentDriveLetter
		IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini" "" StoreCurrentDriveLetter
			${ReplaceInFile} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini" '$LASTDRIVE' '$CURRENTDRIVE'
			Delete "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini.old"
		Goto NSISDirectorySetup

Those extra "" in IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini" "" StoreCurrentDriveLetter are throwing things off.

You still need to put a nisedit.ini in the defualtdata directory! Its saving to the registry.

I really like this app, and I'm trying to help. You are, however, more then welcome to tell me to buzz off and go away.

Okay. I feel like a dufas and shall apologize. When I added in some extra code- I broke the path adjustment, since it wasn't able to store the new drive letter. So, then I make it store the letter- bet then it never gets around to actually replacing the drive letter.

So . . . I broke you script. I busted it and busted it good. But, thankfully, I've gotten the problem fixed. Now, if all the other features work . . .

;Copyright (C) 2004-2008 John T. Haller of PortableApps.com

;Website: https://portableapps.com/Development/Test

;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 "HM NIS Edit Portable"
!define APPNAME "HMNISEdit"
!define NAME "HMNISEditPortable"
!define VER "1.5.5.0"
!define WEBSITE "PortableApps.com/DevelopmentTest"
!define DEFAULTEXE "nisedit.exe"
!define DEFAULTAPPDIR "NISEdit"

;=== 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 ${WEBSITE}"
VIAddVersionKey CompanyName "PortableApps.com And Contributors"
VIAddVersionKey LegalCopyright "John T. Haller And Contributors"
VIAddVersionKey FileDescription "${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 "FileFunc.nsh"
!insertmacro GetParameters
!insertmacro GetRoot
!include "ReplaceInFile.nsh"
!include "StrRep.nsh"
!include "registry.nsh"
;=== Program Icon
Icon "..\..\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico"

;=== Icon & Stye ===

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 SECONDARYLAUNCH
Var DISABLESPLASHSCREEN
Var LASTDRIVE
Var CURRENTDRIVE
Var MISSINGFILEORPATH
Var ALTERNATENSISPATH

Section "Main"
	;=== Check if already running
	System::Call 'kernel32::CreateMutexA(i 0, i 0, t "${NAME}") i .r1 ?e'
	Pop $0
	StrCmp $0 0 CheckINI
		StrCpy $SECONDARYLAUNCH "true"

	CheckINI:
		;=== Find the INI file, if there is one
		IfFileExists "$EXEDIR\${NAME}.ini" "" CheckSubINI
			StrCpy "$INIPATH" "$EXEDIR"
			Goto ReadINI

	CheckSubINI:
		IfFileExists "$EXEDIR\${NAME}\${NAME}.ini" "" NoINI
			StrCpy "$INIPATH" "$EXEDIR\${NAME}"
			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"
		ReadINIStr $0 "$INIPATH\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "AlternateNSISPath"
		StrCpy "$ALTERNATENSISPATH" "$EXEDIR\$0"
	

		;=== Check that the above required parameters are present
		IfErrors NoINI
		ReadINIStr $ADDITIONALPARAMETERS "$INIPATH\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "AdditionalParameters"
		ReadINIStr $DISABLESPLASHSCREEN "$INIPATH\${NAME}.ini" "${NAME}" "DisableSplashScreen"

	;CleanUpAnyErrors:
		;=== Any missing unrequired INI entries will be an empty string, ignore associated errors
		ClearErrors

		;=== Correct PROGRAMEXECUTABLE if blank
		StrCmp $PROGRAMEXECUTABLE "" "" EndINI
			StrCpy "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" "${DEFAULTEXE}"
			Goto EndINI

	NoINI:
		;=== No INI file, so we'll use the defaults
		StrCpy "$ADDITIONALPARAMETERS" ""
		StrCpy "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" "${DEFAULTEXE}"

		IfFileExists "$EXEDIR\App\${DEFAULTAPPDIR}\${DEFAULTEXE}" "" NoProgramEXE
			StrCpy "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\App\${DEFAULTAPPDIR}"
			StrCpy "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\Data\settings"
			GoTo EndINI

	EndINI:
		IfFileExists "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" FoundProgramEXE

	NoProgramEXE:
		;=== Program executable not where expected
		StrCpy $MISSINGFILEORPATH $PROGRAMEXECUTABLE
		MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION `$(LauncherFileNotFound)`
		Abort
		
	FoundProgramEXE:
		;=== Check if running
		StrCmp $SECONDARYLAUNCH "true" GetPassedParameters
		FindProcDLL::FindProc "${DEFAULTEXE}"
		StrCmp $R0 "1" WarnAnotherInstance DisplaySplash

	WarnAnotherInstance:
		MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONINFORMATION `$(LauncherAlreadyRunning)`
		Abort
	
	DisplaySplash:
		StrCmp $DISABLESPLASHSCREEN "true" GetPassedParameters
			;=== Show the splash screen while processing registry entries
			InitPluginsDir
			File /oname=$PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg "${NAME}.jpg"
			newadvsplash::show /NOUNLOAD 1000 100 0 -1 /L $PLUGINSDIR\splash.jpg
	
	GetPassedParameters:
		;=== Get any passed parameters
		${GetParameters} $0
		StrCmp "'$0'" "''" "" LaunchProgramParameters

		;=== No parameters
		StrCpy $EXECSTRING `"$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE"`
		Goto AdditionalParameters

	LaunchProgramParameters:
		StrCpy $EXECSTRING `"$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" $0`

	AdditionalParameters:
		StrCmp $ADDITIONALPARAMETERS "" SettingsDirectory

		;=== Additional Parameters
		StrCpy $EXECSTRING `$EXECSTRING $ADDITIONALPARAMETERS`
	
	SettingsDirectory:
		;=== Set the settings directory if we have a path
		IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\*.*" CheckForSettings
			CreateDirectory $SETTINGSDIRECTORY
	
	CheckForSettings:
		StrCmp $SECONDARYLAUNCH "true" LaunchAndExit
		IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini" AdjustPaths
		Rename "$EXEDIR\App\DefaultData\nisedit.ini" "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini"
		Goto AdjustPaths
		
    AdjustPaths:
		ReadINIStr $LASTDRIVE "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "LastDrive"
		${GetRoot} $EXEDIR $CURRENTDRIVE
		StrCmp $LASTDRIVE $CURRENTDRIVE StoreCurrentDriveLetter
		IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini" UpdateSettings StoreCurrentDriveLetter
		
	UpdateSettings:
		${ReplaceInFile} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini" '$LASTDRIVE\' '$CURRENTDRIVE\'
		Delete "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini.old"
		Goto StoreCurrentDriveLetter

	StoreCurrentDriveLetter:
		WriteINIStr "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}Settings.ini" "${NAME}Settings" "LastDrive" "$CURRENTDRIVE"
		Goto NSISDirectorySetup
		
	NSISDirectorySetup:
		Rename "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini" "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini"
		IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nsisconf.nsh" MoveNSISSettings CheckAlternateNSIS
		
    MoveNSISSettings:
        Rename "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nsisconf.nsh" "$EXEDIR\App\nsis\nsisconf.nsh"
		Goto Launch
		
    CheckAlternateNSIS:
		IfFileExists "$CURRENTDRIVE\PortableApps\NSISPortable\NSISPortable.exe" FixNSH UseINIAlternatePath
	
    FixNSH:
		Rename "$CURRENTDRIVE\PortableApps\NSISPortable\Data\settings\nsisconf.nsh" "$CURRENTDRIVE\PortableApps\NSISPortable\App\NSIS\nsisconf.nsh"
		Goto Launch
	
    UseINIAlternatePath:
		Rename "$CURRENTDRIVE\$ALTERNATENSISPATH\Data\settings\nsisconf.nsh" "$CURRENTDRIVE\$ALTERNATENSISPATH\NSISPortable\App\nsis\nsisconf.nsh"
		Goto Launch
	
    Launch:
		StrCmp $SECONDARYLAUNCH "true" LaunchAndExit
			;=== Backup the registry
			${registry::KeyExists} "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NSIS-BackupByNSISPortable" $R0
			${registry::KeyExists} "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NSIS" $R0
			${registry::MoveKey} "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NSIS" "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NSIS-BackupByNSISPortable" $R0
			Sleep 100
			NsExec::ExecToStack `"$WINDIR\system32\reg.exe" import "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\NSIS_portable.reg"`
       	Exec $EXECSTRING
       	
	CheckRunning:
		Sleep 1000
		FindProcDLL::FindProc "${DEFAULTEXE}"                  
		StrCmp $R0 "1" CheckRunning

	;=== Put the settings file back
	Sleep 500
	Rename "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini"
        IfFileExists "$EXEDIR\App\nsis\*.*" "" RemoveNSISSettings
        Goto TheEnd
        
        RemoveNSISSettings:
        	${registry::SaveKey} "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NSIS" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\NSIS_portable.reg" "" $0
                ${registry::DeleteKey} "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NSIS" $R0
		Sleep 100
		${registry::KeyExists} "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NSIS-BackupByNSISPortable" $R0
		${registry::MoveKey} "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NSIS-BackupByNSISPortable" "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NSIS" $R0
		Sleep 100
		Goto TheEnd
	LaunchAndExit:
		Exec $EXECSTRING
		Goto TheEnd

	TheEnd:
		${registry::Unload}
		newadvsplash::stop /WAIT
SectionEnd

Now, I'll shut my stupid mouth and leave you alone.

I due hope this goes official.

Just testing HM NIS Edit 2.03 Development Test 7 with NSIS Preconfigured.

• Clicking File->Reopen shows your recently used files
• The compiler path is C:\Documents and Settings\Taffin.UPSTAIRS-1\Desktop\HMNISEditPortable\App\NSIS\makensis.exe
• The compiler help path is C:\Documents and Settings\Taffin.UPSTAIRS-1\Desktop\HMNISEditPortable\App\NSIS\NSIS.chm
• The BrowserHome is set to http://forums.winamp.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=65
• Maybe you should create a default nisedit.ini in the DefaultData folder, with adjusted paths inside.

https://portableapps.com/node/15916

I don't know if you've solved the inital setup location, but you could use something like the code there.

I'll post here just for fun:

SkipSplashScreen:
		;=== Check for data files
		IfFileExists "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\config.conf" GetPassedParameters ;=== settings already in program directory
		IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.conf" MoveSettings ;=== settings found in data directory
		
		;=== Copy the default settings files
		StrCmp $DEFAULTLOCATION "true" "" GetPassedParameters ;=== if not default location, user is on their own
		CreateDirectory "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY"
		CopyFiles /SILENT "$EXEDIR\App\DefaultData\settings\*.*" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\"
		;${StrReplace} $0 '\' '/' '$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\bin\ffmpeg.exe' ;you don't usually need these, unless the app is . . .  funny :D
		;${StrReplace} $1 '/' '\\' '$FFMPEGPATH'
		${ConfigWrite} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.conf" "ffmpegLibLocation=" "$FFMPEGPATH" $R0
		${GetRoot} $EXEDIR $0
		${DirState} "$0\Documents\Videos\" $VIDEOEXIST
		StrCmp $VIDEOEXIST "-1" SetAtRoot SetAtVideos
		       SetAtVideos:
                                   ${ConfigWrite} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.conf" "downloadDir=" '$0\\Documents\\Videos\\' $R0
                                   Goto MoveSettings
                        SetAtRoot:
                                  ${ConfigWrite} "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\config.conf" "downloadDir=" '$0\\' $R0

I'm still using HM_NIS_Edit_Portable_NSIS_Preconfigured_2.03_Dev_Test_7.

Bugs:

• After the first run all files from DefaultData are renamed, the folder is empty. If you delete the Data folder all default settings will be lost.
  And now the big issue: If you then run HM NIS Portable again, new settings will be created. But these new settings won't be saved in an INI-file (which could be handled by the launcher), they will be saved in the registry (HKCU\Software\HM Software).
  The registry keys will be created on each machine you run HM NIS Portable and they will be left behind.
• HMNISEditPortable.nsi: line 246 FindProcDLL::FindProc "${DEFAULTEXE}", should be FindProcDLL::FindProc "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE"

Minor things:

• appinfo.ini: [Version] false version numbers
• Readme.txt:
  -Remove false version number
  -Copyright 2004-2007
• PortableApps.comInstaller.nsi: false version number (1.2.3.4)
• Maybe you could add the INI-option to change the ProgramExecutable
• The launcher has the ability to use an alternative NSIS path ($ALTERNATENSISPATH), but this option isn't documented. Improve the Readme.txt and add a line AlternateNSISPath= to HMNISEditPortable.ini

Oh, and there is another task for you
HM NIS is multilingual, but your launcher doesn't include language switcher code.
The language is saved in nisedit.ini:

[Options]
Language=German

@mods: Is this site messed somehow, cause it's the only one with a scrollbar left right!

Sorry, but the registry handling is messy. After each ${registry::KeyExists}-line a distinction of cases is missing. Something like StrCmp $R0 "-1" Label1 Label2.
You could look at WinMergePortable.nsi, it is a good example for the registry stuff.

I'm sorry, I don't want to disaggregate your launcher, I just want to help. After I found the first bug (DefaultData), I took a closer look at the launcher and the whole package.
Many guys think HM NIS Portable is ready and should go official soon, but in my opinion there is some work to do.

I hope my criticism don't discourage you from developing further portable apps.
Keep up your work

The launcher doesn't copy the default nisedit.ini --> HM NIS Portable saves settings to the registry.

Well, sorry dude, but HM NIS Portable is still buggy.
And, in my opinion, the launcher code is very unstructered, so it's hard to understand (and to debug).
Anyway, I'll try to help

• The DefaultData won't be copied to the settingsdirectory (this bug isn't fixed). Replace line 268-279 with
  

  	IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini" AdjustPaths
  		CreateDirectory $SETTINGSDIRECTORY
  		CopyFiles /SILENT "$EXEDIR\App\DefaultData\*.*" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\"
  

• You could improve your DefaultData:
  1. change nisedit.ini: remove all recent files, change the compiler and helpfile path to
     

     Compiler=X:\PortableApps\HMNISEditPortable\App\NSIS\makensis.exe
     HelpFile=X:\PortableApps\HMNISEditPortable\App\NSIS\NSIS.chm

  2. add HMNISEditPortableSettings.ini:
     

     [HMNISEditPortableSettings]
     LastDrive=X:

  3. make sure that the DefaultData will be copied to the settingsdirectory

  That way HM NIS Portable is really preconfigured

• launcher line 319, should be: StrCmp $R0 "0" 0 +2 (+1 is the same as 0)
• launcher line 336, add Rename "$EXEDIR\App\nsis\nsisconf.nsh" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nsisconf.nsh"
• your launcher read the INI-parameters Programdirectory, Settingsdirectory, AlternateNSISpath, Additionalparameters and DisableSplashscreen, but your INI has the following parameters:
Programdirectory, Programexecutable, AlternateNSISpath, Additionalparameters and DisableSplashscreen. Equalize them and don't forget the Readme.txt.
• PortableApps.comInstallerConfig.nsh: false version number (0.71.3.0)
• Remove thumbs.db files

I haven't checked the language switcher code.
That's all by now

The download link for NSIS Preconfigured is broken, there's not longer available.

I normally use AutoIt to make a program portable, but want to learn nsis scripting. I found this program which I think would be perfect for me to learn how to make portable apps.

However, the help file and the compiler do not seem to use relative paths, so I have to change them manually if I move the folder. Is there a way to easily give relative paths to the ini-file with NSIS? (In AutoIt you just use @ScriptDir, and it works.)

The paths I'm talking about are found in the configuration window, and are linking to makensis.exe and NSIS.chm.

• I'm a bit confused about the HM. Sometimes I read the appname with HM, sometimes without HM :S
• the default nisedit.ini contains still custom stuff (e.g. ReplaceHistory, SearchHistory)
• all copyrights could be changed to -2009
• the installer could be multilingual
• Bug: Language Switching 1: You compare the $APPLANGUAGE with false locale codes (e.g. zh, pt-br, en_us, ...). Use correct Localeglibc codes
• Bug: Language Switching 2: You set false strings into $APPLANGUAGE (e.g. porteguese). Look at $EXEDIR\App\nisedit\Lang\*.* for correct names.
• Bug: Language Switching 3: (line 165) Settings.ini exists nowhere
• Bug: Language Switching 4: The language switching code is placed too early. Move it above MoveSettings. Why? At the moment, the language can't be set into $SETTINGSDIRECTORY\nisedit.ini, because $SETTINGSDIRECTORY hasn't been created.
  If you create the $SETTINGSDIRECTORY before and the language switching is succesful, the default nisedit.ini won't be copied (and the compiler won't be configured). So just move it down

Sorry for being nit-picky, but for me that aren't showstoppers. HM NIS Portable is great. Thanks for your work.
I don't care about the language switching bugs.

Cheers Bart.S
President of the "'DisableAppLanguageSwitching=true' forever"-club

Is this app still being developed ???

I quite like using NISEditPortable.
Or can anybody advise me an app simular to this ?

to 1.0.3

Still disappointed that only like, a tenth of it is in English Luckily the icons help!