RE: [DotGNU] NSIS Win32 installer - PNET (ex-RE: [DotGNU]Fwd: Re: PNET)

[Anthony Nguyen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Johnson [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 4:53 PM
> To: Anthony Nguyen; Norbert Bollow; DotGNU
> Subject: RE: [DotGNU] NSIS Win32 installer - PNET (ex-RE: [DotGNU]Fwd: Re:
> PNET)
> 
> > I also checked many examples today (from NSIS CVS,
> > NSIS
> > website and NSIS forums). I saw that they developed
> > a CVS plugin, and even an updater for NSIS which
> > get the latest diffs and merge from their CVS.
> >
> > That may be useful later to update without getting
> > the whole package.
> >
> > It is available there if you want to test it:
> 
> Thanks for the information I will check it out.
> 
> I have published the new installers at the following
> location:
> 
> Treecc
> http://download.freedom.biz/contrib/bobj/TREECC-0-2-6-Installer.exe
> 
> Portable.Net (Complete)
> http://download.freedom.biz/contrib/bobj/PNET-0-5-10-Installer-
> Complete.exe
> 
> Portable.Net (Light)
> http://download.freedom.biz/contrib/bobj/PNET-0-5-10-Installer-Light.exe
> 
> Norbert - when you get a chance can you make these
> files accessible so that they can be downloaded by
> Anthony.
> 
> Anthony - when Norbert makes the files available make
> sure to grab the Portable.Net (Complete) installer.
> This installer will have have everything include the
> installation scripts. I took a look at some of the
> other options with the NIS scripts and there is a
> switch to make the default language French, German,
> Greek, etc.. I'm not sure how good the translation is
> but you can check it out.

[Anthony Nguyen (address@hidden) said:] 
Yes, there's a function (or a set of functions if you are
not using Modern UI) that you can add in .onInit event,
so it will display a dialog to choose the language 
when you launch the installer.

It translates all the buttons and common forms stuff (
Next, Previous, default Licence Agreement).
So we will still have to define lang strings for the 
custom text we will display. 

The translation is quite accurate for french,
I do not know for others, but there are still updating
language files.


> Also you may want to check out the HM NIS Editor
> (http://www.geocities.com/hmsoftcr/nisedt.htm).
> 
> I have used it to build the installers and found it
> incredibly helpful and easy to use (especially the new
>  script wizard).

[Anthony Nguyen (address@hidden) said:] 
Thanks, I'll check it out.

> 
> One other thing to think about with the updater you
> will be working on. I had not posted this suggestion
> to the list yet but I guess this is a s good a time as
> any. What does everyone think of an updater (possibly
> written in c#) which could update Portable.net on
> Linux/OS X/BSD. The installer could make uses of DGEE
> as a web service to check the Portable.Net version of
> a user and offer to update it to the latest version. I
> don't know if this even possible to do at this stage
> but I thought it might be interesting to think about.
> 
> Anthony you may want to keep this in the back of your
> mind when you create the updater. I think making the
> updater a managed code application (c#,vb,bf, ect..)
> in the future would be help full for other platforms
> as well as windows. It also may be a good test for
> DGEE to see what it can handle. 

[Anthony Nguyen (address@hidden) said:] 
I guess that it would be possible to launch a browser
window on a particular address containing the service
or execute any program with any parameters you want.

I made a mistake in my previous mail, the NSIS updater
downloads plugins, but in fact it uses CVSnt to 
auto-update their program (not a custom plugin).

[Anthony Nguyen (address@hidden) said:] 

---------------------------------------------------
Here is how it works:

It checks if the 4 files needed are in the installer
folder, if not, it will download them.

Then it uses this script:
      nsExec::ExecToLog '"${NSISBINPATH}\cvs95.exe" -q -z3 update -d -P'
      Pop ${TEMP1}
      Goto CheckCVSReturn

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So if the updater can be compiled as an executable
or if it can be placed as a web service, it may 
seem possible to use it from NSIS updater without
much effort nor major modifications.

> 
> What ever changes that you make with installer forward
> to me via email and I can take a look and add my 2
> cents.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bob J
> 
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