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NSIS Users Manual

NSIS is a free scriptable win32 installer/uninstaller system that doesn't suck and
isn't huge.

Check http://nsis.sf.net for news, information, support, examples, tutorials and

more.

Quick links:
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Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Contributors

Chapter 1: Introduction to NSIS

About NSIS
Main Features
Feature List
Unicode installers
Chapter 2: Tutorial: The Basics
Introduction
Script Files
Scripting structure
Installer Attributes
Pages
Sections
Functions
Working with Scripts
Script Execution
Compiler Commands
Compiler
Modern UI
Plug-ins
More
Chapter 3: Command Line Usage
MakeNSIS Usage
Options
Notes
Environment variables
Examples

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Installer Usage
Common Options
Uninstaller Specific Options
Examples
Chapter 4: Scripting Reference
Script File Format
Variables
User Variables
Other Writable Variables
Constants
Constants Used in Strings
Labels
Relative Jumps
Pages
Ordering
Page Options
Callbacks
Page
UninstPage
PageEx
PageExEnd
PageCallbacks
Sections
Section Commands
Uninstall Section
Functions
Function Commands
Callback Functions
Installer Attributes
General Attributes
Compiler Flags
Version Information
Instructions
Basic Instructions
Registry, INI, File Instructions
General Purpose Instructions
Flow Control Instructions
File Instructions
Uninstaller Instructions
Miscellaneous Instructions
String Manipulation Instructions

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Stack Support
Integer Support
Reboot Instructions
Install Logging Instructions
Section Management
User Interface Instructions
Multiple Languages Instructions
Multiple Languages
Language Selection
LangDLL Plug-in
RTL Languages
Plug-in DLLs
Using Plug-in Commands
Calling plug-ins manually
Silent Installers/Uninstallers
Chapter 5: Compile Time Commands
Compiler Utility Commands
!include
!addincludedir
!addplugindir
!appendfile
!cd
!delfile
!echo
!error
!execute
!packhdr
!finalize
!system
!tempfile
!warning
!verbose
Predefines
${__FILE__}
${__FILEDIR__}
${__LINE__}
${__DATE__}
${__TIME__}
${__TIMESTAMP__}
${NSIS_VERSION}
Scope Predefines

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Read environment variables

$%envVarName%
Conditional Compilation
!define
!undef
!ifdef
!ifndef
!if
!ifmacrodef
!ifmacrondef
!else
!endif
!insertmacro
!macro
!macroend
!searchparse
!searchreplace
Appendix A: Modern User Interface
Appendix B: DLL/TLB Library Setup
Introduction
Library Installation
Introduction
Parameters
Options
Notes
Example
Library Uninstallation
Introduction
Parameters
Options
Example
Visual Basic 6 Run-Time Files
Appendix C: Useful Scripts
Get Internet Explorer version
Is .NET Framework installed?
Is Macromedia Flash Player installed?
Connect to the Internet
Get Installer Filename
Prevent Multiple Instances
More
Appendix D: Useful Information

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Error Levels
Add uninstall information to Add/Remove Programs
Calling an external DLL using the System.dll plug-in
Dump Content of Log Window to File
How to Read REG_MULTI_SZ Values
Predefined Macros for Unicode support
Appendix E: Useful Headers
File Functions Header
Introduction
Locate
GetSize
DriveSpace
GetDrives
GetTime
GetFileAttributes
GetFileVersion
GetExeName
GetExePath
GetParameters
GetOptions
GetOptionsS
GetRoot
GetParent
GetFileName
GetBaseName
GetFileExt
BannerTrimPath
DirState
RefreshShellIcons
Text Functions Header
Introduction
LineFind
LineRead
FileReadFromEnd
LineSum
FileJoin
TextCompare
TextCompareS
ConfigRead
ConfigReadS
ConfigWrite

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ConfigWriteS
FileRecode
TrimNewLines
Word Functions Header
Introduction
WordFind
WordFindS
WordFind2X
WordFind2XS
WordFind3X
WordFind3XS
WordReplace
WordReplaceS
WordAdd
WordAddS
WordInsert
WordInsertS
StrFilter
StrFilterS
VersionCompare
VersionConvert
Appendix F: Changelog and Release Notes
2.46
Changelog
2.45
Release Notes
Changelog
2.44
Changelog
2.43
Release Notes
Changelog
2.42
Release Notes
Changelog
2.41
Changelog
2.40
Changelog
2.39
Changelog

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2.38
Changelog
2.37
Changelog
2.36
Release Notes
Changelog
2.35
Changelog
2.34
Release Notes
Changelog
2.33
Release Notes
Changelog
2.32
Release Notes
Changelog
2.31
Release Notes
Changelog
2.30
Release Notes
Changelog
2.29
Release Notes
Changelog
2.28
Changelog
2.27
Release Notes
Changelog
2.26
Release Notes
Changelog
2.25
Changelog
2.24
Changelog
2.23
Changelog

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2.22
Release Notes
Changelog
2.21
Changelog
2.20
Changelog
2.19
Changelog
2.18
Changelog
2.17
Changelog
2.16
Release Notes
Changelog
2.15
Changelog
2.14
Release Notes
Changelog
2.13
Release Notes
Changelog
2.12
Changelog
2.11
Release Notes
Changelog
2.10
Changelog
2.09
Changelog
2.08
Release Notes
Changelog
2.07
Release Notes
Changelog
2.06
Changelog

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2.05
Release Notes
Changelog
2.04
Changelog
2.03
Release Notes
Changelog
2.02
Changelog
2.01
Release Notes
Changelog
2.0
Release Notes
Changelog
2.0 Release Candidate 4
Changelog
2.0 Release Candidate 3
Changelog
2.0 Release Candidate 2
Changelog
2.0 Release Candidate 1
Release Notes
Changelog
2.0 Beta 4
Release Notes
Changelog
2.0 Beta 3
2.0 Beta 2
2.0 Beta 1
2.0 Beta 0
2.0 Alpha 7
2.0 Alpha 6
2.0 Alpha 5
2.0 Alpha 4
2.0 Alpha 3
2.0 Alpha 2
2.0 Alpha 1
2.0 Alpha 0
Older Versions

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Appendix G: Building NSIS

Building in General
Building on Windows
Building on POSIX
Nightly Builds
Appendix H: Credits
Programmers
Designers
Translators
Writers
Appendix I: License
Copyright
Applicable licenses
zlib/libpng license
bzip2 license
Common Public License version 1.0
Special exception for LZMA compression module

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