automatic installer and new gui test for windows users

[dougal2]

+1 working here on Vista 64

[Lotuspec]

Installation works on Vista 32bit with UAC on but the start menu shortcuts are only added for the admin account (dont know about the desktop icon as I always disable those).

[Radiance]

Hi all,

thanks for helping me test this, it seems to work well

i'm still figuring out how to add the detection of the blender installation directory,
or allow some alternative input during installation.

anyone (dougal2?) have any experience doing this in NSIS ?

Radiance

[zsouthboy]

Home now.

Just tried it on XP 64-bit - works fine there as well.

[dougal2]

i'm still figuring out how to add the detection of the blender installation directory,
or allow some alternative input during installation.

anyone (dougal2?) have any experience doing this in NSIS ?

Hang on, let me look at what I wrote....

I use this to ask the user for Lux's directory:

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Page directory "" "" verifyLux
DirText "Please choose the directory where you have installed Lux Renderer:" "Lux Renderer Location" "" "Location of Lux Renderer:"


and the callback verifyLux to make sure the exe's exist:

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Function verifyLux
IfFileExists $INSTDIR\luxrender.exe I1Good
  MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION "Lux executable not found. I will still install, but some exporter options may not work."
  ; Abort
I1Good:
IfFileExists $INSTDIR\luxconsole.exe I2Good
  MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION "Lux console executable not found. I will still install, but some exporter options may not work."
  ; Abort
I2Good:
FunctionEnd


...although I no longer fail if it's not found.

I'm not sure about having more than one "Page directory" or how NSIS manages to assign the path from that one page into $INSTDIR - or if you can get a direcory Page to assign to a different var.

Personally, I think NSIS language is quite horrendous, I hope to not have to use it again