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Overview

Template to make a custom MS Windows installer with uninstaller and start menu shortcuts for your own OF_App's using NSIS from Nullsoft.

Screenshots

  • Installation Process:

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Usage

  1. Download and install NSIS .

  2. Clone this repo somewhere and copy the folder into your OF_APP/bin/ project(s).

  3. Check that this folder contains:

    • The (copied / renamed) OF_App.exe.
    • All the required OF .dll's.
    • Your /data/ folder.

  4. Look into OF_Windows_Installer/resources/ folders to replace your images, start and finish banners, and icon as desired.

  5. Customize the SCRIPT_OF_APP.nsi script:

    • Set your .exe app name, app title, and developer name.
    • Enable or disable pages.
    • Slideshow intro with faded BMP images. Start / Finish image splashes.
    • Sound playing during splash intro.
    • Your license file.
    • Set data files to copy.
    • Finish page links.

  6. Double click SCRIPT_DEPLOY.bat. This script has two steps:

    • Set the icon to your .exe file. (Using rcedit-x64.exe)
    • Run the SCRIPT_OF_APP.nsi script with NSIS.

  7. Your installer OF_App_Setup.exe will be created there, next to the .bat / .nsi scripts.

Example

  • (Optional) Run the pre-made installer \OF_Windows_Installer\example\bin\SCRIPT\guiExample_Setup.exe.
  • Delete guiExample_Setup.exe to deploy the installer by your self:
  • Double click SCRIPT_DEPLOY.bat using Windows Explorer:
    \OF_Windows_Installer\example\bin\SCRIPT\SCRIPT_DEPLOY.bat
  • Run the generated \OF_Windows_Installer\example\bin\SCRIPT\guiExample_Setup.exe and install the app into your system.
  • That's it!

Dependencies

Tested systems

  • Windows10 / VS2017 / OF ~0.11

Thanks

OF-Forum topic from @stubbulon5
NSIS Modern UI Scripts

Useful Links

Modern UI README
NSIS Wiki
NSIS GitHub
PNG to ICO Converter
Environtment constants

NOTE

  • To hide the black console window of your OF_App, you can add this line to the file main.cpp, before and out of main(){ } function:
    #pragma comment(linker, "/SUBSYSTEM:windows /ENTRY:mainCRTStartup")

Author

Template by @moebiusSurfing
(ManuMolina). 2021.

License

MIT License.