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Appendix F: Changelog and Release Notes
F.1 3.11
Released on ??? ??th, 202?
F.1.1 Release Notes
Workgroups party? The end of 16-bit?
F.1.2 Changelog
F.1.2.1 Minor Changes
- Support setting source file decoding charset with magic comment (patch #292)
- Fixed LicenseBkColor for uninstaller (bug #1314)
- Handle CHARSET command line parameter in MakeNSISW (patch #315)
- Make System/Resource.dll reproducible (patch #312)
- Zip2Exe accepts .zip as command line parameter
F.1.2.2 Translations
F.2 3.10
Released on March 30th, 2024
F.2.1 Changelog
F.2.1.1 Minor Changes
- Fixed LogicLib SafePPO bug (bug #1291)
- NSISdl now supports relative URLs in location redirects (PR #24)
- Added InstType /UNINSTNOCUSTOM and /UNINSTCOMPONENTSONLYONCUSTOM
- Fixed bug with
SetDetailsPrint lastused and plugins introduced in 3.09 (bug #1300) - Added
NSD_CB_Find SelectStringExact support for nsDialogs - Fix RTL text in section selection page
F.3 3.09
Released on July 1st, 2023
F.3.1 Changelog
F.3.1.1 Major Changes
- Use isolated uninstaller directory for every instance (bug #1296, thanks Richard Warren)
F.3.1.2 Minor Changes
- Added !assert
- Fixed
!uninstfinalize bug on large uninstallers (bug #1279) - Fixed creation of missing special folders on old Windows versions where SHGetFolderPath is not available
- Fixed plug-in call overwriting
SetDetailsPrint lastused (bug #1271) - Fixed
!appendfile not writing to non-empty files with a BOM - Fixed LogicLib
${Switch} Unicode bug - Fixed MakeNSISW editor zoom level bug (bug #1282)
F.3.1.3 Translations
F.3.1.4 Build System
F.4 3.08
Released on September 25th, 2021
F.4.1 Release Notes
This release is filled with features that a lot of people have been requesting for a while. Enjoy!
F.4.2 Changelog
F.4.2.1 Major Changes
F.4.2.2 Minor Changes
- Added
$USER.. and $COMMON.. alias constants - Added GetDLLVersion /ProductVersion switch
- Added GetWinVer instruction
- Disallow start maximized mode
- Added /LAUNCH compiler switch
- PEAddResource now supports the res:// protocol
- System::Store can push/pop the flags state
F.5 3.07
Released on July 24th, 2021
F.5.1 Release Notes
Unicode is now the default.
F.5.2 Changelog
F.5.2.1 Major Changes
F.5.2.2 Minor Changes
- Added nsExec /MBCS switch
- Memento now supports overridable storage macros
- Fixed Unicode compiler crash (bug #1254, patch #300)
- Fixed !addplugindir relative path bug (bug #1264)
- Fixed StrClb Unicode bug (patch #302)
- Fixed ${GetTime} hour padding (bug #980)
F.5.2.3 Translations
- Updated Albanian (patch #303), Corsican and Japanese (maboroshin PR)
- Fixed clipped Chinese text (bug #1261)
F.6 3.06.1
Released on July 31st, 2020
F.6.1 Release Notes
20th anniversary! The first public release of NSIS was v1.0f on July 31st, 2000.
F.6.2 Changelog
F.6.2.1 Major Changes
F.7 3.06
Released on July 31st, 2020
F.7.1 Changelog
F.7.1.1 Major Changes
DeleteRegKey /ifempty now also checks for values, not just subkeys. Use /ifnosubkeys for the old behavior.- Added GetKnownFolderPath
- Added UnpinShortcut macro (Integration.nsh)
F.7.1.2 Minor Changes
F.7.1.3 Translations
- Updated German (SebStange PR) and Simplified Chinese (patch #297)
F.7.1.4 Build System
F.8 3.05
Released on December 15th, 2019
F.8.1 Release Notes
ANSI targets are deprecated, consider moving to Unicode.
F.8.2 Changelog
F.8.2.1 Major Changes
F.8.2.2 Minor Changes
F.8.2.3 Translations
F.9 3.04
Released on December 15th, 2018
F.9.1 Changelog
F.9.1.1 Major Changes
- Added IsNativeMachineArchitecture helper macros to x64.nsh
- Added experimental WinVer "Windows as a Service" detection macros
- Added MakeNSISW window info "spy" tool
F.9.1.2 Minor Changes
- Added MUI_TEXTCOLOR setting
- nsDialogs::OnNotify can now return values back to Windows
- Added LIBRARY_INSTALL_EQUAL_VERSION InstallLib option
- Added NTMARTA to preload list to fix rare Windows 7 security issue (bug #1204)
- AddBrandingImage now supports dialog units
- Fixed !macroundef of last defined macro bug
- Fixed MultiUser caption string bug (bug #1012)
- !undef issues warnings instead of errors
- MakeNSIS prints -CMDHELP to stdout (bug #1203)
- Removed LibraryLocal utility
F.9.1.3 Translations
F.10 3.03
Released on January 29th, 2018
F.10.1 Release Notes
- Building NSIS with Python 2.6 or older is no longer supported
F.10.2 Changelog
F.10.2.1 Major Changes
F.10.2.2 Minor Changes
- Added System plug-in v2 syntax option
- Added System plug-in B and H types
- Added IntPtrCmp, IntPtrCmpU, and IntPtrOp
- Added Int64Cmp, Int64CmpU and Int64Fmt (64-bit only)
- Added IntOp and System::Int64Op >>> operator
- Added more !define /math operators
- Added WinVer.nsh IsDomainController (patch #286)
- Plug-ins now set the ASLR, DEP, LAA, NOSEH and TS PE flags (bug #1188)
- MakeNSIS exits with code 0 for various information commands (bug #1193)
- Added error and warning states to !pragma warning
- Removed unused NSD_LB_Clear macro parameter
F.10.2.3 Translations
F.10.2.4 Build System
- Added support for Python 3
- Dropped support for Python 2.6 and older
F.11 3.02.1
Released on July 31st, 2017
F.11.1 Changelog
F.11.1.1 Translations
- Fixed Chinese (Traditional) and Romanian translation bugs (bug #1189 and bug #1191)
- Fixed Scots Gaelic MUI finish page translation
F.12 3.02
Released on July 23rd, 2017
F.12.1 Changelog
F.12.1.1 Major Changes
F.12.1.2 Minor Changes
F.12.1.3 Translations
- Chinese (Traditional) updates by Walter Cheuk
- Minor French improvements (patch #221)
F.13 3.01
Released on December 11th, 2016
F.13.1 Changelog
F.13.1.1 Major Changes
- Error messages are now written to stderr by default
- New icons by Jan T. Sott
F.13.1.2 Minor Changes
F.13.1.3 Translations
F.14 3.0
Released on July 24th, 2016
F.14.1 Release Notes
Long-awaited version 3 of NSIS is finally ready. It comes with optional Unicode support, still works on all the same versions of Windows, supports Windows 10, and adds a lot of other small features and fixes. Huge thanks goes out to Anders and Wizou for making this happen and Jim Park for the original patch.
F.14.2 Changelog
F.14.2.1 Minor Changes
F.14.2.2 Translations
F.15 3.0 Release Candidate 2
Released on July 8th, 2016
F.15.1 Changelog
F.15.1.1 Major Changes
- Fixed LogicLib nested ${Select} bug
- !makensis command must force Unicode output to be UTF-8 (bug #1147)
F.15.1.2 Minor Changes
- Zip2Exe aborts if the zip file is encrypted (bug #1141)
- Added LogicLib & operator
- NSIS Menu POSIX fixes (bug #1144)
F.15.1.3 Translations
- PortugueseBR fixes (deguix)
- Minor tweaks to Danish.nlf (scootergrisen) (bug #1140)
F.16 3.0 Release Candidate 1
Released on April 3rd, 2016
F.16.1 Changelog
F.16.1.1 Major Changes
- Fixed !appendfile on POSIX and LogicLib ${Switch}
- More security hardening to prevent dll hijacking
F.16.1.2 Minor Changes
- Documentation improvements
- The name of the uninstaller created in %TEMP%\~nsu.tmp has changed from %UNIQUE%u_.exe to Un_%UNIQUE%.exe
- Various warning and error improvements
F.16.1.3 Translations
- Added missing MULTIUSER_* entries to Japanese.nsh (patch #266)
F.17 3.0 Beta 3
Released on December 26th, 2015
F.17.1 Changelog
F.17.1.1 Major Changes
F.17.1.2 Minor Changes
- Fixed System plugin GUID type output bug on Win98
- FileWriteUTF16LE can add a BOM with the /BOM switch
- CreateShortcut icon index can now be larger than 255 (bug #1123)
- !system and !execute now provide an empty StdIn pipe to work around bugs in some Windows utilities
- Added support for 0o octal radix prefix on number literals in the preprocessor
- The single parameter version of !if now also supports floats
- Preprocessor now warns when invalid floating point numbers are used in math operations
- MakeNSISW now uses WinInet when checking for updates
F.17.1.3 Translations
- Brazilian Portuguese updated (Felipe) (patch #263)
- Polish updated (Paweł Porwisz)
F.18 3.0 Beta 2
Released on August 4th, 2015
F.18.1 Changelog
F.18.1.1 Major Changes
- Preliminary Windows 10 support
F.18.1.2 Minor Changes
- Added !appendfile /RawNL switch
- Added PESubsysVer attribute
- Exec[Wait] sets the CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE flag when creating a process
- Fixed 4+ TiB freespace calculation bug (bug #1115)
- Fixed CreateShortcut /NoWorkingDir parsing bug (bug #1110)
- Fixed minor issues in the Pascal NSIS plug-in SDK and removed the
extrap global variable - nsDialogs and InstallOptions now use the system link color
F.18.1.3 Build System
F.19 3.0 Beta 1
Released on October 6th, 2014
F.19.1 Release Notes
- This release addresses a lot of build issues, reintroduces the nightly builds and adds automatic nightly test execution
F.19.2 Changelog
F.19.2.1 Major Changes
- !insertmacro allows macro recursion (RFE #497)
- Added !makensis command
- Added new MUI2 bitmap stretch modes, *_NOSTRETCH is now deprecated (RFE #521)
InitiateShutdown() is used to reboot the machine if available (patch #247)- Added PPO and SafePPO preprocess-only compiler switches
- MakeNSIS WM_COPYDATA messages now use the QH_OUTPUTCHARSET encoding with CP_ACP as the default for compatibility with old IDEs.
F.19.2.2 Minor Changes
- Added IsWow64 to x64.nsh
- Added PEDllCharacteristics attribute
- Added System::Call direct register memory access type. (patch #249)
- Added WX compiler switch
- Allow skipping ExDLL build with SKIPPLUGINS ((patch #254))
- Changed default DllCharacteristics to TS_AWARE+NO_SEH+NX_COMPAT+DYNAMIC_BASE
- Fixed Mac OS X builds (patch #253 and bug #1085)
- Fixed POSIX !searchparse bug (patch #251)
- Fixed !macroundef
- Fixed test-code build target on POSIX and enabled it in nightly builds (bug #1098)
- Fixed Visual Studio 2012 builds
F.19.2.3 Translations
- Added Armenian (Hrant Ohanyan)
F.20 3.0 Beta 0
Released on May 11th, 2014
F.20.1 Release Notes
- POSIX builds work again! Please let us know if your favorite platform is still having build issues. We mainly test on Linux.
F.20.2 Changelog
F.20.2.1 Major Changes
- Basic AMD64 System::Call support
- Fixed POSIX builds
F.20.2.2 Minor Changes
- Added CreateShortcut /NoWorkingDir parameter
- Added Int<32|64|Ptr><Op|Cmp[U]> helper macros to Util.nsh
- Added P<, P<=, P=, P<>, P>= and P> LogicLib ptrdiff_t tests
- Try harder to find duplicate strings in string block (bug #1088)
- !system will decode child output as OEMCP if GetConsoleOutputCP() == GetOEMCP()
- !system and !execute can store the exit code in a define
- !execute supports comparing the exit code with the same syntax as !system
- Preprocessor supports
0n and 0b radix prefix on number literals
F.21 3.0 Alpha 2
Released on December 24th, 2013
F.21.1 Release Notes
It's the holiday gift you've been waiting for!
F.21.1.1 Known Issues
- The POSIX build is getting much closer, but still currently broken
- LangDLL doesn't display localized language name with Unicode false
F.21.2 Changelog
F.21.2.1 Major Changes
- !include defaults to UTF-8 after
Unicode True - Preprocessor does not parse all branches and will not validate code that is never executed (bug #1086)
F.21.2.2 Minor Changes
- FileRead in Unicode installers can handle DBCS, conversion output is limited to UCS-2.
- FileRead in Unicode installers now uses the Unicode replacement character (U+FFFD) for invalid characters and not '?'.
- FileReadByte no longer performs a Unicode conversion on non-ASCII characters
- Windows 8.1 & 2012R2 support in WinVer.nsh
- Fixed !define Unicode null terminator bug (bug #1079)
- Unicode stubs create WCHAR richedit controls (bug #1080)
- Fixed MakeNSISW default pushbutton and tab order
- Fixed incorrect page count in compiler statistics
F.22 3.0 Alpha 1
Released on July 14th, 2013
F.22.1 Release Notes
F.22.1.1 Known Issues
- The POSIX build is currently broken
- LangDLL doesn't display localized language name with Unicode false
- FileRead may return '?' for MBCS letters with Unicode true
F.22.2 Changelog
F.22.2.1 Major Changes
- Default verbosity is /V3 without logo, MakeNSISW still uses /V4.
- ManifestSupportedOS added support for the Windows 8.1 GUID and it is set by default to avoid GetVersionEx compatibility behavior.
F.22.2.2 Minor Changes
- Fixed !finalize %1
- Fixed !searchparse (bug #1073)
- Made installers always respect /S on command line, even when installer file can't be read (bug #1076)
- Minor MakeNSISW fixes and tweaks
- Added Zip2Exe Unicode checkbox
F.23 3.0 Alpha 0
Released on May 19th, 2013
F.23.1 Release Notes
- MakeNSIS can now generate ANSI and Unicode installers. Source files can be UTF8SIG, UTF16BOM or traditional MBCS text files (which are converted to Unicode with ACP unless you specify a different codepage). The default plugins are now stored in sub-folders based on their CPU target and character set encoding.
F.23.1.1 Known Issues
- The POSIX build is currently broken
- LangDLL doesn't display localized language name with Unicode false
- FileRead may return '?' for MBCS letters with Unicode true
F.23.2 Changelog
F.23.2.1 Major Changes
F.23.2.2 Minor Changes
- Added !getdllversion (bug #2809308)
- Added !appendfile /CHARSET parameter
- Added !if support for /fileexists, case sensitive comparisons, hex and float
- Added more definitions to WinMessages.nsh
- %temp%\Low will be used if the installer cannot write to %temp% nor %windir%\Temp (bug #2909242, patch #2912824)
- Added ${NSIS_PACKEDVERSION}, the NSIS version packed as a hex number (patch #2680832)
- Added ${__MACRO__} and ${__COUNTER__} predefines
- Added UnsafeStrCpy instruction, it can write to special variables like $PLUGINSDIR
- Added VIFileVersion
- Added !finalize for post-build commands (like signing the installer)
- Plugins in ${NSISDIR}\Plugins have to be reserved with
ReserveFile /plugin - MakeNSIS /NOTIFYHWND uses a (optional) new event name to abort compilation, see build.cpp/h for details.
- Reduced !include/!insertmacro recursion stack usage (bug #3067954)
- Fixed minor MakeNSIS leaks (bug #3474662)
- Fixed MUI_FINISHPAGE_TITLE_3LINES padding when reboot is required (bug #3400067, bug #3408407)
- Fixed removal of read only attribute even if Delete or RMDir fails (bug #3072159)
- Fixed ${__SECTION__} in hidden sections (RFE #1787648)
- Various documentation fixes (bug #3063566, bug #3567313, patch #3307144)
- Lots of other small fixes...
F.23.2.3 Translations
- Changed LANGFILE macro in LangFile.nsh
- Warnings are now displayed for missing strings (LANGFILE_INCLUDE_WITHDEFAULT)
- Added Georgian (David Huriev)
- Added Pashto (Pakhtosoft)
- Added Scottish Gaelic (GunChleoc)
- Fixed Korean MUI_[UN]TEXT_FINISH_INFO_* (bug #3541515)
F.24 2.51
Released on April 1st, 2016
F.24.1 Changelog
F.24.1.1 Minor Changes
- More security hardening to prevent dll hijacking
- Backported support for system 'p' type and logiclib P and Z tests
F.24.1.2 Translations
- Added missing MULTIUSER_* entries to Japanese.nsh (patch #266)
F.25 2.50
Released on December 26th, 2015
F.25.1 Changelog
F.25.1.1 Major Changes
F.25.1.2 Minor Changes
- Preload certain system libraries to prevent dll hijacking (bug #1125)
F.26 2.49
Released on December 16th, 2015
F.26.1 Changelog
- Fixed CreateShortcut failure on Vista caused by security changes in 2.47
F.27 2.48
Released on December 10th, 2015
F.27.1 Changelog
F.28 2.47
Released on December 8th, 2015
F.28.1 Release Notes
- This is a maintenance and security release
F.28.2 Changelog
F.28.2.1 Major Changes
- LoadLibrary security hardening to prevent dll hijacking (bug #1125)
InitiateShutdown() is used to reboot the machine if available (patch #247)
F.28.2.2 Minor Changes
- Fixed 4+ TiB freespace calculation bug (bug #1115)
- Windows 8 & 2012 support in WinVer.nsh
F.29 2.46
Released on December 6th, 2009
F.29.1 Changelog
F.29.1.1 Minor Changes
F.29.1.2 Translations
F.29.1.3 Build System
F.30 2.45
Released on June 6th, 2009
F.30.1 Release Notes
- Support for Microsoft's upcoming release of Windows 7 has been added based on RC1 testing and documentation. Please report any related issues and don't forget to use RequestExecutionLevel.
F.30.2 Changelog
F.30.2.1 Major Changes
- Added support for Windows 7 installers - use RequestExecutionLevel, just like with Vista (bug #2725883)
- Added WinVer.nsh Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 support
- Installers now identify as Terminal Services aware (IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE) so $WINDIR will no longer be under the user's profile when installing on Terminal Services
- Less UAC annoyance in Add/Remove control panel (bug #2697027)
F.30.2.2 Minor Changes
F.30.2.3 Modern UI
- Call finish page show function only after the page is fully initialized (bug #2720968)
- Fixed translation of uninstaller directory page (bug #2690112)
- Fixed installation type text position in components page (patch #2801317)
- Fixed missing MUI_INNERTEXT_COMPONENTS_DESCRIPTION_TITLE (bug #2788620)
F.30.2.4 Translations
F.30.2.5 Build System
F.31 2.44
Released on February 21st, 2009
F.31.1 Changelog
F.31.1.1 Major Changes
- Fixed a bug introduced in 2.43 causing script build issues with some icons (bug #2572035)
F.31.1.2 Minor Changes
- Fixed nsDialogs CreateTimer documentation (bug #2595565)
- Global labels didn't work when declared in unused functions (bug #2593369)
F.32 2.43
Released on February 5th, 2009
F.32.1 Release Notes
- A few minor changes were made to the new plug-in API that break backward compatibility. Header and library paths were changed and RegisterPluginCallback has changed its return value.
F.32.2 Changelog
F.32.2.1 Minor Changes
- Added WinCore.nsh, WinDef.nsh, WinError.nsh, WinNT.nsh and WinUser.nsh for more useful Windows definitions
- Fixed a crash caused by !packhdr compressing resources (bug #2533431)
- Minor documentation improvements (including bug #2564005)
- Modern UI 2: Fixed MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_BGCOLOR (bug #2494528)
F.32.2.2 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.32.2.3 Translations
- Added Esperanto
- Bulgarian fixes
F.32.2.4 Plug-in API
- Added VS2008 project files
- Better installation of header and library files under POSIX - see INSTALL file for more information
- Header and library files were moved to a subdirectory named nsis to prevent collisions
- RegisterPluginCallback now returns int instead of BOOL for a wider range of error reporting
F.32.2.5 Build System
F.33 2.42
Released on December 20th, 2008
F.33.1 Release Notes
- Merry Christmas and a happy Hanukkah!
- Plug-in developers should check out the new plug-in API in Examples\Plugin and convert their plug-ins, especially in case they require staying loaded.
F.33.2 Changelog
F.33.2.1 Major Changes
- Deprecated /NOUNLOAD and SetPluginsUnload to make scripts simpler and safer (patch #1912699)
- Useful header functions no longer require usage declaration and different syntax for uninstaller functions
- Revamped plug-in API now comes in the form of pluginapi.lib, API version information and more common functions (patch #2359978)
F.33.2.2 Minor Changes
F.33.2.3 Translations
F.33.2.4 Build System
F.34 2.41
Released on November 20th, 2008
F.34.1 Changelog
F.34.1.1 Minor Changes
F.34.1.2 Translations
- Brazilian Portuguese corrections
- Consistency fixes for Simplified Chinese (patch #2189117)
F.34.1.3 Build System
- Added support for SCons 1.1.0
- Fixed directory and components page text issues on VC8 builds (patch #1982084)
- System's Resource.dll now built from source
F.35 2.40
Released on October 10th, 2008
F.35.1 Changelog
F.35.1.1 Major Changes
F.35.1.2 Minor Changes
F.35.1.3 Translations
F.36 2.39
Released on August 16th, 2008
F.36.1 Changelog
F.36.1.1 Major Changes
F.36.1.2 Minor Changes
F.37 2.38
Released on July 12th, 2008
F.37.1 Changelog
F.37.1.1 Major Changes
- Fixed a bug in nsDialogs that caused it to pollute the stack if callbacks are not set for each control (bug #2013317)
F.37.1.2 Minor Changes
- Added IfNotThen support for LogicLib (patch #1990761)
- Added support for NTFS mounts points on the directory page (bug #1946112)
- Fixed branding image control detection on Debian, due to improper identification of static controls (bug #1951417)
- Log actual creation of directories and not just failures and final directory (patch #1992325)
- Made log close when LogSet off is used (patch #1986692)
- Minor documentation improvements (including bug #1990955)
- MultiUser: Fixed MULTIUSER_INSTALLMODE_INSTDIR handling for the uninstaller
F.37.1.3 Modern UI
- Document page leave callback function (bug #1964719)
- Fixed MUI_FINISHPAGE_CANCEL_ENABLED
- Fixed wasted variable warnings (bug #1995024)
F.37.1.4 Translations
F.38 2.37
Released on May 3rd, 2008
F.38.1 Changelog
F.38.1.1 Major Changes
- Fixed a bug introduced in 2.32 that caused blurry icons on Windows versions prior to XP (bug #1956350)
- Use $PROGRAMFILES as a default for $PROGRAMFILES64 instead of "C:\Program Files" (bug #1947702)
F.38.1.2 Minor Changes
- Automatically select language in case there is only one available choice (bug #1939571)
- MultiUser: Fixed build errors with manual inclusion of StrFunc.nsh
- Support for compression of files up to 2GB (patch #1948700)
F.38.1.3 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.38.1.4 Translation
F.38.1.5 Build System
- SCons requirement upgraded to 0.98
F.39 2.36
Released on March 29th, 2008
F.39.1 Release Notes
- nsDialogs is picking up its pace and offers lots of new macros in this release. Keep the patches and requests coming!
F.39.2 Changelog
F.39.2.1 Major Changes
F.39.2.2 Modern UI
- Added missing MUI_UNFUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_BEGIN and MUI_UNFUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_END
- Fixed start menu page setting the error flag (bug #1891106)
F.39.2.3 nsDialogs
- NSD_AddStyle and NSD_AddExStyle for easy customization (patch #1900588)
- NSD_CB_AddString, NSD_CB_SelectString, NSD_LB_AddString and NSD_LB_SelectString for easier handling of combo and list boxes
- NSD_CreateNumber and NSD_SetTextLimit for limited input fields
- NSD_SetImage, NSD_SetStretchedImage, NSD_ClearImage and NSD_FreeImage for image handling
- NSD_SetState, NSD_GetState, NSD_Check and NSD_Uncheck for handling of check boxes and radio buttons (patch #1900588)
- NSD_SetText for easily setting control's text
- OnClick support for labels (bug #1908732)
- Support for edit box change notification in combo box
F.39.2.4 Minor Changes
- Fixed exception handling of UPX compressed icons (bug #1896500)
- Fixed InstallDirRegKey example in bigtest.nsi
- Fixed Memento's documentation to include ${MementoSectionDone}
- Fixed rare decompression error with 0x4001 bytes of compressed data (bug #1874297)
- LangFile.nsh: Added LANGFILE_INCLUDE_WITHDEFAULT to load language file with defaults being obtained from a default file. This replaces the LANGFILE_DEFAULT setting and makes it easier to use LangFile.nsh for multiple sets of languages file without having to care about the different LANGFILE_DEFAULT settings.
- Minor documentation improvements (including bug #1891266, bug #1894033, bug #1896803)
- MultiUser: Fixed error when a custom installation mode initialization function is used only for the installer
- MultiUser: Fixed default installation mode based on registry key (bug #1913029)
- MultiUser: Fixed no uninstaller handling (MULTIUSER_NOUNINSTALL)
F.39.2.5 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.39.2.6 Translation
F.39.2.7 Build System
- Fixed build of NSIS Menu with wxGTK (bug #1900233)
- Use CRLF for DSW and DSP files to avoid corruption messages
- Various build fixes for GCC 4.3, amd64 and Linux in general
F.40 2.35
Released on February 8th, 2008
F.40.1 Changelog
F.40.1.1 Major Changes
- Added MultiUser - installer configuration for multi-user Windows environments
- More user friendly corrupted installer message (RFE #1795426)
- Switched all examples to Modern UI 2
F.40.1.2 Minor Changes
F.40.1.3 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.41 2.34
Released on December 24th, 2007
F.41.1 Release Notes
- Thanks to user input on Modern UI 2, it is now ready for mass consumption at no better time than the holiday season. The installer for NSIS itself now exploits the wonders of MUI2 and nsDialogs and so should you.
F.41.2 Changelog
F.41.2.1 Major Changes
F.41.2.2 Minor Changes
F.41.2.3 Utilities and Plug-ins
- Added missing stack handling in nsDialogs examples
- Added NSD_GetState for checkboxes and radio buttons, NSD_SetFocus, NSD_CreatePassword and NSD_CreateDropList (patch #1848940)
- Fixed documentation of nsDialogs::SelectFolderDialog (bug #1841120)
- Fixed NSD_CreateComboBox so it'd work like InstallOptions (bug #1851136)
F.41.2.4 Translations
- Bulgarian updates
- German fixes
F.41.2.5 Build System
F.42 2.33
Released on November 17th, 2007
F.42.1 Release Notes
- This is a quick fix release for a bug, introduced in 2.32, that prevented the welcome page to display properly on Windows 9x. The problem was caused by the move from CVS to Subversion that messed with the line-breaks format of the INI files.
F.42.2 Changelog
F.42.2.1 Major Changes
- Modern UI: Fixed a bug, introduced in 2.32, that caused display problems for the welcome and finish pages on Windows 9x (bug #1831677)
F.42.2.2 Minor Changes
- Modern UI: Allow MUI_LANGDLL_ALLLANGUAGES to be defined after insertion of MUI_LANGUAGE macro
F.42.2.3 Utilities and Plug-ins
- Made nsExec's internal process always exit cleanly to avoid false return values and delays (reported in the forum)
- nsDialogs: Added OnClick support for static controls
- VPatch: Fixed VPatchFile macro path handling (bug #1829540)
F.42.2.4 Translations
F.42.2.5 Build System
- Separate strip options for win32 and cross-platform binaries
F.43 2.32
Released on November 9th, 2007
F.43.1 Release Notes
- Vista PNG icons are now supported without the need for any special tricks.
F.43.2 Changelog
F.43.2.1 Major Changes
- Added support for mismatching installer and uninstaller icons
- NSIS source code is now hosted on Subversion instead of CVS
F.43.2.2 Minor Changes
F.43.2.3 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.43.2.4 Translations
- Bulgarian corrections
- Fixed Japanese and Norwegian Nynorsk MUI line breaks (bug #1817289)
F.43.2.5 Build System
- Check compiler's -m32 flag before the linker's to avoid gcc segfault
F.44 2.31
Released on September 29th, 2007
F.44.1 Release Notes
- Please continue to report any issues and suggestions regarding Modern UI 2. Input for the previous version was very helpful in improving MUI2.
F.44.2 Changelog
F.44.2.1 Minor Changes
F.44.2.2 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.44.2.3 Translations
F.44.2.4 Build System
F.45 2.30
Released on August 25th, 2007
F.45.1 Release Notes
- This release includes a beta of Modern UI 2. Please report any issues and suggestions.
- The format of Modern UI language files has been modified to better support external strings. Private language files should be converted (and submitted as a patch in the spirit of open source).
F.45.2 Changelog
F.45.2.1 Major Changes
- Fixed a bug introduced in version 2.29 that caused invalid $SMPROGRAMS value on Windows 98 (bug #1766268)
- Modern UI 2 beta: Simpler code, easier to extend and makes use of nsDialogs
F.45.2.2 Minor Changes
- Added InstallOptions.nsh with relevant usage macros, based on the old Modern UI macros
- Added LangFile.nsh allowing creation of language files that can be included with a single command with defaults for missing strings (when LANGFILE_DEFAULT is set)
- Added LB_ERR and CB_ERR to WinMessages.nsh (bug #1771644)
- Fixed CreateDirectory logging (patch #1768584)
- Fixed escaping of quotes with $\ in macros (bug #1713708)
- Minor documentation improvements
- Modern UI 1.80: New language files structure based on LangFile.nsh
- Modern UI 1.80: MUI_LANGDLL_DISPLAY now reads previous settings on silent installations as well
- Modern UI 1.80: Added MUI_CUSTOMFUNCTION_MOUSEOVERSECTION (patch #1762003)
F.45.2.3 Utilities and Plug-ins
- Various nsDialogs improvements including RTL support, more macros in nsDialogs.nsh and initial documentation
F.45.2.4 Translations
F.45.2.5 Build System
F.46 2.29
Released on July 14th, 2007
F.46.1 Release Notes
- The most notable addition in this release is nsDialogs - a faster and far more capable replacement for InstallOptions. It allows creating controls of any type directly from the script and removes the need to mess with slow INI files. It integrates directly into the script by calling functions for notification, including change notification for edit boxes. Speak up if you have any suggestions/comments/patches for it.
F.46.2 Changelog
F.46.2.1 Major Changes
- Added nsDialogs - a replacement for InstallOptions
F.46.2.2 Minor Changes
F.46.2.3 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.46.2.4 Translations
- Added International Spanish
F.46.2.5 Build System
F.47 2.28
Released on June 8th, 2007
F.47.1 Changelog
F.47.1.1 Major Changes
- Added a workaround for a Windows 2000 bug that caused infinite loops when hitting a key on the instfiles page (bug #1733692)
F.47.1.2 Minor Changes
F.47.1.3 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.47.1.4 Translations
F.47.1.5 Build System
- Added IGNORETESTS for ignoring certain test files
- Added wxWidgets to the requirement list
- System now builds with GCC, but without System::Get and System::Call (patch #1711089)
F.48 2.27
Released on May 5th, 2007
F.48.1 Release Notes
- This is a quick-fix release that addresses a bug introduced in the last version, 2.26, that caused $PROGRAMFILES and $COMMONFILES to translate into random strings in the uninstaller.
F.48.2 Changelog
F.48.2.1 Major Changes
- Fixed a bug introduced in 2.26 that made $PROGRAMFILES and $COMMONFILES unavailable in the uninstaller
F.48.2.2 Minor Changes
- Disable the X button on InstallOptions pages when CancelEnabled is 0
- Fixed incomplete MessageBox usage line (bug #1709460)
F.48.2.3 Build System
- Added
TOOLSET option to allow selection of specific build tools (e.g. scons TOOLSET=mingw)
F.49 2.26
Released on April 27th, 2007
F.49.1 Release Notes
- Installation on x64 systems is now fully supported with $PROGRAMFILES64, SetRegView and Library's LIBRARY_X64 option.
F.49.2 Changelog
F.49.2.1 Major Changes
F.49.2.2 Minor Changes
F.49.2.3 New/Changed Commands
F.49.2.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.49.2.5 Translations
F.49.2.6 Build System
- Added SKIPTESTS option
- Avoid a lot of code warnings (bug #1676243)
- Detect wxWidgets instead of assuming its existence on POSIX (bug #1672315)
- Fixed big-endian platform support broken since 2.24
F.50 2.25
Released on March 31st, 2007
F.50.1 Changelog
F.50.1.1 Major Changes
- Added Memento.nsh for easy persistency of user selections across different runs of the installer (RFE #1677624)
- Fixed a bug introduced in 2.24 that allowed the license page to be skipped even with agreement check box or radio buttons (bug #1664428)
F.50.1.2 Minor Changes
- Added Vista manifest to StartMenu.nsi example to avoid backward compatibility mode that moves shortcuts (bug #1664957)
- Both dashes and slashes are supported as switch prefixes on makensis.exe (bug #1661503)
- Delete uninstaller temporary directory on reboot (patch #1660626)
- Distribute Plug-in example with the NSIS package and not only with the source code
- Fixed lossy Unicode conversion of dialog template strings (bug #1662190)
- Fixed Sections.nsh macros support for $0 as input (bug #1664648)
- Fixed uninstallers support for the /D= command line switch
- Improved logging of WriteReg commands
- Minor documentation updates and fixes (including patch #1662419)
F.50.1.3 New/Changed Commands
F.50.1.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.50.1.5 Translations
F.50.1.6 Build System
- Added APPEND_LIBPATH and APPEND_CPPATH instead of the malfunctioning CPPPATH and LIBPATH
- Added ChangeLog to source code package (patch #1680508)
- Avoid some warnings on VS2005 (patch #1667950)
- Fixed lzma test segfault on POSIX (bug #1666873)
- More strict-aliasing compatibility (bug #1635841)
- NSIS Menu finally built from source
F.51 2.24
Released on February 17th, 2007
F.51.1 Changelog
F.51.1.1 Major Changes
F.51.1.2 Minor Changes
F.51.1.3 New/Changed Commands
F.51.1.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.51.1.5 Translations
F.51.1.6 Build System
- Added a workaround for building on x64 POSIX platforms (bug #1646170)
- Added a workaround for strict-aliasing compatibility (bug #1635841)
- Added compression tests
- Added STRIP, APPEND_CCFLAGS and APPEND_LINKFLAGS build options
- Fixed SCons 0.96.94 compatibility
F.52 2.23
Released on January 13th, 2007
F.52.1 Changelog
F.52.1.1 Minor Changes
F.52.1.2 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.52.1.3 Build System
- Fixed build failures on mingw32 (bug #1610773)
- Fixed build problems with MSTOOLKIT=yes
F.53 2.22
Released on November 27th, 2006
F.53.1 Release Notes
- Some changes have been made to the credit and license files in order to avoid copyrights and license related confusions. This does not change in any way how NSIS should or could be used. NSIS itself is still licensed with the permissive BSD-like zlib license.
- Upgrade is recommended for early adopters of WinVer.nsh, due to a bug in Windows 98 and ME detection.
F.53.2 Changelog
F.53.2.1 Minor Changes
F.53.2.2 New/Changed Commands
F.53.2.3 Translations
F.53.2.4 Build System
F.54 2.21
Released on October 20th, 2006
F.54.1 Changelog
F.54.1.1 Major Changes
- Added WinVer.nsh for easy Windows version comparisons
- Upgraded to lzma sdk 4.43 for faster compression
F.54.1.2 Minor Changes
- Added Vista support to GetWindowsVersion
- Added x64.nsh including a few simple macros for handling x64 installations
- Fixed a handle leak in Locate
- Minor documentation updates and fixes
- Modern UI 1.76: Added MUI_ABORTWARNING_CANCEL_DEFAULT (RFE #1547844)
F.54.1.3 New/Changed Commands
F.54.1.4 Translations
- Added Valencian translation (patch #1558822)
- Bulgarian corrections
- Slovenian corrections
F.54.1.5 Build System
- SCons requirement upgraded to 0.96.92
F.55 2.20
Released on September 9th, 2006
F.55.1 Changelog
F.55.1.1 Minor Changes
- Better LogicLib errors (bug #1537976)
- Fixed incomplete plug-in call error messages (bug #1535995)
- Fixed incorrect file timestamp querying on big-endian platforms (bug #1536377)
- Minor documentation updates and fixes
F.55.1.2 Translations
F.55.1.3 Build System
- Fixed NSIS_CONFIG_CONST_DATA_PATH being ignored on POSIX platforms (bug #1515592)
F.56 2.19
Released on August 6th, 2006
F.56.1 Changelog
F.56.1.1 Minor Changes
F.56.1.2 New/Changed Commands
F.56.1.3 Plug-ins
F.56.1.4 Translations
F.57 2.18
Released on July 1st, 2006
F.57.1 Changelog
F.57.1.1 Minor Changes
F.57.1.2 Translations
- Added Irish translation (patch #1503639)
- Catalan corrections (bug #1504104)
- Dutch corrections
- Finnish corrections (Mozilla bug #341643)
- Fixed Serbian grammar and typos
- Italian corrections (Mozilla bug #340450)
- Polish corrections (Mozilla bug #224532)
- Portuguese (Brazil) corrections (Mozilla bug #340885)
- Romanian corrections (Mozilla bug #340645)
- Thai corrections
- Turkish corrections (Mozilla bug #340511)
F.58 2.17
Released on May 19th, 2006
F.58.1 Changelog
F.58.1.1 Minor Changes
F.58.1.2 Translations
- Added missing Basque and Welsh files (bug #1469471)
- Brazilian Portuguese updates
- Bulgarian fixes
- Fixed a typo in Hebrew translation (bug #1474587)
- Icelandic fixes and improvements
F.59 2.16
Released on April 7th, 2006
F.59.1 Release Notes
- The script compiler, makensis, builds and works on big-endian platforms. This change enlarges the portability range of NSIS to theoretically every POSIX platform. Please report any incompatibility with specific platforms or build-tools.
- The internal changes made to support big-endian platforms also pave the road to x64 installers. There is now a central function which writes data to disk. This function currently only converts the endianity of integers, but it can be changed to selectively write 64-bit integers. Hopefully, there'll soon be a simple method of compiling a script to both x86 and x64 installers.
- Changing Source/exehead/fileform.h to alter the internal structure of installers is no longer enough. The compiler has its own definitions of the structures which must also be changed in Source/fileform.cpp. In the future, fileform.cpp should be automatically generated from fileform.h, but for now, the synchronization must be done manually.
F.59.2 Changelog
F.59.2.1 Major Changes
- Big-endian platforms are now fully supported by makensis
- Library now available on non-Windows platforms as well, although it requires the installed DLL to have version information
- MakeNSISW 2.1: added "Cancel compilation" menu item
F.59.2.2 New/Changed Commands
F.59.2.3 Minor Changes
- Added an optional timestamp in the log - NSIS_CONFIG_LOG_TIMESTAMP build setting (RFE #1460586)
- Added NSIS_WIN32_MAKENSIS define, defined only when compiling on Windows
- Exported validate_filename to plug-ins
- Fixed a crash in CResourceEditor when adding resources to a PE that already contains named resources
- Fixed a small resource leak in the TypeLib::GetLibVersion plug-in function
- Fixed CResourceEditor input sanity checks
- Fixed incorrect FileOpen input validation (bug #1459789)
- Fixed Library failure with DLLs marked as read-only
- Fixed lzma's POSIX implementation thread synchronization issues and resource leaks
- Fixed makensis self-path detection on non-Windows platforms (NSIS_CONFIG_CONST_DATA_PATH=no)
- Fixed replace_icon and generate_uninstall_icon_data icon validation
- Made external CHM links safer to script exceptions (bug #1449879)
- Minor documentation improvements and fixes (including bug #1077439, bug #1448374, RFE #1464446)
- Modern UI 1.75: added show function for the start menu page (RFE #1448176), added MUI_HEADER_TRANSPARENT_TEXT for transparent header texts (RFE #1447766)
- NSISdl: better header detection for better compatibility with proxies like WinProxy (bug #1445735), fail if no headers are sent, faster downloads (patch #1465378)
- StartMenu: validate user input (bug #1440636)
F.59.2.4 Translations
- Added Basque translation
- Minor Slovenian fixes
F.59.2.5 Build System
- Added code tests for CResourceEditor and CDialogTemplate
- Automatically pass build settings to script, eliminating the need to edit build.cpp for new settings
- Fixed $PREFIX expansion during installation on POSIX platforms (bug #1456943)
- Fixed CHM dependencies
- Fixed compatibility issue with EclipseNSIS (version wasn't prefixed with 'v')
- Fixed GCC 4.1 compatibility (patch #1456861)
- Test for -Wl,-Map availability
F.60 2.15
Released on March 4th, 2006
F.60.1 Changelog
F.60.1.1 New/Changed Commands
F.60.1.2 Minor Changes
- Added more replacement options to WordReplace
- Added NSIS_CONFIG_LOG_STDOUT configuration option for logging to stdout
- Added path translation for !addincludedir (bug #1431958)
- ConfigRead now sets the error flag, if the entry wasn't found
- Documented Nop
- Edit box in the installation directory selection page is now always LTR, even for RTL languages
- Fixed improper iterator usage in dir_reader (bug #1431593)
- Fixed
MessageBox MB_TOPMOST not showing up, if used as the first sections' instruction (bug #1400995) - Fixed RMDir skipping files with names starting with two dots (bug #1420657)
- GetOptions now sets the error flag, if the option wasn't found
- Made !include stop searching the include directories after a match is found (bug #1441877)
- Made header functions use /NOUNLOAD for faster plug-in calls
- Minor documentation improvements and fixes (including bug #1420352, bug #1432423)
- More informative Icon error messages (bug #1174742)
- New case-sensitive functions in headers: WordFindS, WordFind2XS, WordFind3XS, WordReplaceS, WordAddS, WordInsertS, StrFilterS, TextCompareS, ConfigReadS, ConfigWriteS, GetOptionsS
F.60.1.3 Translations
- Added proper language identifier for Breton
- Breton translation improvements
- Bulgarian translation improvements
- Fixed Czech grammar mistakes (patch #1427189)
- Fixed Italian typo (patch #1416988)
- Updated Mongolian
F.60.1.4 Build System
- Fixed __BIG_ENDIAN__ definition
- Fixed improper handling of paths passed to the compiler (bug #1434215)
- Improved GCC 4.2 compatibility (patch #1434174)
- Moved NSIS_VARS_SECTION from config.h to scons
- Write all configuration to sconf.h instead of passing it on the command line
F.61 2.14
Released on January 24th, 2006
F.61.1 Release Notes
- This release fixes a critical bug that caused installers using plug-ins to fail loading on Windows 9x and NT. Upgrading from 2.13 is highly recommended.
F.61.2 Changelog
F.61.2.1 Major Changes
F.61.2.2 Minor Changes
- Fixed a possible buffer overflow caused by long values of $0, when using large NSIS_MAX_STRLEN builds (above 4096)
F.62 2.13
Released on January 21st, 2006
F.62.1 Release Notes
- Language detection has changed. The default language is now set to the user's user-interface language instead of the locale language, as suggested by MSDN. To restore the old behavior, use
System::Call "kernel32::GetUserDefaultLangID()i.a" in .onInit.
F.62.2 Changelog
F.62.2.1 Major Changes
- Default $LANGUAGE value is now based on user's UI language instead of locale (bug #1324734)
F.62.2.2 New/Changed Commands
F.62.2.3 Minor Changes
- Added system time support to GetTime
- Fixed components page checkbox redraw problem under Windows 95 (bug #1397031)
- Fixed constant maximum string length in FileRead (changed from 1024 to NSIS_MAX_STRLEN)
- Fixed empty $INSTDIR value in directory page show callback function (bug #1209843)
- Fixed relative jumps ignoring
File /nonfatal (bug #1299100) - Fixed typo in NSIS Menu (bug #1387748)
- Issue a warning when
BrandingText /TRIM* actually expands the label (bug #1362443) - Made
RMDir /r remove Unicode paths as well using short names (bug #1378785) - Minor documentation improvements and fixes
F.62.2.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.62.2.5 Translations
- Mongolian translation improvements
F.62.2.6 Build System
- Better installation under POSIX with proper ${NSISDIR} detection and appropriate directory paths (/usr/bin, /usr/share/doc, etc.)
F.63 2.12
Released on December 17th, 2005
F.63.1 Changelog
F.63.1.1 Major Changes
F.63.1.2 New/Changed Commands
F.63.1.3 Minor Changes
F.63.1.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
- Added drag & drop support for zip2exe
- Better drag & drop error handling in MakeNSISW
- Fixed Math plug-in array issues (bug #1235875)
F.63.1.5 Translations
- Added browse button Danish translation
- Breton translation fixes and improvements
- Fixed finish button Swedish translation
F.63.1.6 Build System
- Fixed endianness detection problem on POSIX platforms (bug #1370179)
- Generated installers use nsis-VERSION-setup.exe template
F.64 2.11
Released on November 12th, 2005
F.64.1 Release Notes
- Rebuilding existing installers that use
SetOverwrite ifdiff, might falsely overwrite files once
F.64.2 Changelog
F.64.2.1 Major Changes
- Added a workaround for a bug that prevented detection of some special folders (e.g. $DESKTOP for all users) on Windows 9x (bug #1008632)
- Fixed a crash caused by copying very long details to clipboard in the installation log page (bug #1314004)
F.64.2.2 New/Changed Commands
F.64.2.3 Minor Changes
- Added support URL to the NSIS package entry in the Add/Remove control panel (RFE #1349867)
- Fixed comment handling (patch #1324898)
- Fixed duplicate RegTool test in Library
- Fixed invalid language selection according to $LANGUAGE in .onInit when only primary language match is found (bug #1328629)
- Fixed missing RegTool error after install-reboot-install-reboot sequence with Library
- Fixed portability issues with LogicLib (bug #1320297, patch #1248336)
- Fixed
SetOverwrite ifdiff always overwriting on FAT file system (bug #1338423) - Fixed wrong size of red.bmp check box image
- Larger browse button for localized texts (bug #1314682)
- Minor documentation improvements and fixes (including bug #1349810)
- Sort language names in language selection dialog
- Use the temporary directory for Library temporary files, instead of the possibly write-protected installation directory
F.64.2.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
- Added /OEM switch for OEM to ANSI conversion in nsExec (patch #1346737)
- Added /PROXY switch for manual proxy configuration in NSISdl (patch #1334166)
- Added solid compression check box to zip2exe (patch #1334155)
- Added stdin in MakeNSISw to allow xcopy to run
- Added timestamp handling to zip2exe (bug #1349853)
- Fixed input validation of nsExec
- InstallOptions 2.44: Added HWND and HWND2 entries to the INI file to avoid messy calculations of the correct control id
F.64.2.5 Translations
- Slovenian translation fixes and improvements
F.64.2.6 Build System
- Added a workaround for linking errors caused by a bad library included in recent Platform SDK versions
- Check for and use -pthread linker flag
- Improved FreeBSD portability
- Nicer error message for SCons version older than 0.96.90
F.65 2.10
Released on October 4th, 2005
F.65.1 Changelog
F.65.1.1 Major Changes
- Added auto completion to the directory page
- Fixed a bug, introduced in 2.09, that caused AllowRootDirInstall to fail
- Fixed a thread leak in the POSIX implementation of LZMA
- VPatch 3.1: MD5 checksums, better performance, and some bug fixes (including bug #1219806)
F.65.1.2 Minor Changes
- Added rounding of required and available size on the directory page (1.59 => 1.6 instead of 1.5)
- Added WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR style in RTL mode (bug #1283528)
- Fixed alteration of the working directory by FileRequest in InstallOptions (bug #1287731)
- Fixed bad mnemonic key in MakeNSISw menu (bug #1288159)
- Fixed negative size values showing up after the decimal point in the directory page for very big sizes
- Minor documentation improvements and fixes
- Modern UI 1.74: Fixed compile error when checkboxes are used on multiple finish pages
F.65.1.3 Translations
- Fixed a bug in Slovenian translation that caused lots of missing language string warnings
- Fixed typos in Serbian translation
- Fixed typos in Thai translation
- Updated Simplified Chinese translation
F.65.1.4 Build System
- Automatic fix for VC6 SP6 compile error
- Moved most of the configuration from config.h to the build system
- Removed all optimizations and symbol stripping in debug mode
- SCons requirement updated to 0.96.91
- VPatch can be built on POSIX as well
F.66 2.09
Released on August 26th, 2005
F.66.1 Changelog
F.66.1.1 Major Changes
- Fixed a bug introduced in 2.08, that prevented uninstallers from deleting $INSTDIR
- Fixed a bug that caused "C:\ " to be considered a valid installation directory, even without AllowRootDirInstall
F.66.1.2 New/Changed Commands
- Var can now be used in sections and functions, but only with the /GLOBAL flag
F.66.1.3 Minor Changes
- Applied patch #1248335 for greater portability of examples
- FileFunc: workaround for GetLongPathName which is not available on Windows 95 (Instructor)
- Fixed an unused label warning in Library
- Fixed duplicate label errors in LogicLib and Library when used in different files (bug #1243865)
- Modern UI 1.73: fixed checkboxes on uninstaller finish page or multiple finish pages
- WordFunc: fixed incorrect replacement of first word in WordReplace, under some conditions (Instructor)
F.66.1.4 Translations
- Renamed Malaysian to Malay
- Update Thai translation to the latest version
- Updated Kurdish MUI translation to the latest version
F.66.1.5 Build System
- Fixed a number of build problems on POSIX platforms which caused plug-ins to malfunction and installers to crash
F.67 2.08
Released on July 23rd, 2005
F.67.1 Release Notes
- The Archive has been replaced with a Wiki. The new Wiki allows everyone to edit all pages so there's no longer need to hunt for the original author. It also allows everyone to upload plug-ins and not just administrators. And as if that's not enough, it looks better and provides easier and more feature-rich syntax.
F.67.2 Changelog
F.67.2.1 Major Changes
- Added Instructor's header files of useful functions
- Library improvements: ordered registration after reboot, smaller RegTool and separate process for each registration to avoid conflicts (thanks stb)
F.67.2.2 Minor Changes
- Added Bosnian and Kurdish translations
- Added per-user nsisconf.nsh file in %APPDATA% or $HOME, depending on the platform (patch #1223041)
- Documentation improvements and fixes (including bug #1202495, bug #1227610, bug #1238686, patch #1225167, RFE #1240601)
- Fixed _?= being ignored, if the uninstaller path is not quoted and is separated with only space from _?=
- Fixed Library failing on paths with spaces (bug #1234283)
- Fixed UpgradeDLL compilation error (bug #1230336)
- Improved French, Ukrainian and Luxembourgish translation
- Made RMDir set the error flag, if passed an invalid directory path (bug #1227553)
- Made uninstallers copy themselves into a subdirectory of the temporary directory to avoid DLLs left in the temporary directory from being loaded by the uninstaller (patch #1214319)
- Missing LangString warning now uses the language name, if possible
- zip2exe: fixed restriction of extraction path length and updated to zlib 1.2.3 (bug #1226381)
F.67.2.3 Build System
- Added linker script to assure correct order of sections when building using GNU tools
- Added
test target - UIs are now built from source
F.68 2.07
Released on June 20th, 2005
F.68.1 Release Notes
- NSIS Update was removed and the update check was moved back to MakeNSISw (Help -> NSIS Update). Use the nightly builds to get the latest compiled binaries from CVS.
- Solid compression is no longer the default for bzip2 and lzma, use
SetCompressor /SOLID bzip2 or SetCompressor /SOLID lzma for solid compression. - Source code is no longer supplied with the installer package. Source code can be downloaded from CVS or from the download page.
- The directory structure of the installation has been changed. All documentation is now in the Docs folder and all examples are in the Examples folder.
F.68.2 Changelog
F.68.2.1 Major Changes
- Added /SOLID switch for SetCompressor
- New build system (see appendix G)
- Stubs (exeheads) are no longer compiled into makensis.exe, but kept in the Stubs folder
F.68.2.2 New/Changed Commands
- EnumRegValue sets the error flag, if the enumeration index is out of range (bug #1178756)
- ExpandEnvStrings now sets the error flag as the documentation states
- Made File /oname throw an error if the first character is a quote
F.68.2.3 Minor Changes
F.68.2.4 Include Files
F.68.2.5 Utilities and Plug-ins
- Fixed halibut segfaults on PowerPC (patch #1180886)
- Math: Fixed memory leak (brainsucker)
- zip2exe: upgraded to zlib 1.2.2
F.68.2.6 Translations
- Added Malaysian translation (Azwa)
- Added Welsh translation (Rhoslyn Prys)
- Fixed Breton NLF file (credits weren't commented)
- Fixed duplicate accelerator in French translation (bug #1168652)
- Improved French translation (bug #1220277)
- Updated Russian translation (Dmitry)
- Updated translation credits (patch #1223362)
F.69 2.06
Released on March 19th, 2005
F.69.1 Changelog
F.69.1.1 Major Changes
- Fixed a bug, introduced in 2.05, that made components selection not function properly if the first section in the script was a section group
- Fixed a bug, introduced in 2.05, that corrupted the state of section groups inside section groups (bug #1155836)
F.69.1.2 New/Changed Commands
F.69.1.3 Minor Changes
- Added Belarusian and Icelandic language files
- Added components.c to the Makefile (patch #1123154)
- Added missing ClearErrors in GetWindowsVersion (bug #1155588)
- Fixed a bug in install.sh that made it try to install a non existing directory
- Fixed a bug in the Russian language file distributed with 2.05
- Fixed a bug that caused SetFont to not function properly with RTL languages on Windows 9x (bug #1159700)
- Fixed a bug, introduced in 2.05, that caused problems with InstType /COMPONENTSONLYONCUSTOM (bug #1155060)
- Fixed a crash caused by compiling large uninstallers (bug #1144763)
- Fixed compile error without NSIS_CONFIG_CRC_SUPPORT
- Fixed compile errors of MinGW on POSIX for source code under Contrib (patch #1164307)
- Fixed plug-ins directory initialization for extremely restricted guest users with no directory listing access to the temporary directory
- Made install.sh not use $(tempfile) and install files under /usr/share instead of /lib (patch #1120399)
- Minor documentation updates and fixes
- Updated Slovenian, Serbian and Serbian Latin language files
F.69.1.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
F.70 2.05
Released on February 4th, 2005
F.70.1 Release Notes
- A lot of changes were made to the behavior of sections/components and related instructions. The changes were thoroughly tested, but may still cause minor incompatibilities with old scripts. Please let us know if your script no longer functions as expected with these changes.
F.70.2 Changelog
F.70.2.1 New/Changed Commands
F.70.2.2 Minor Changes
- Added Breton translation
- AdvSplash: Fixed double delay time in some cases
- Documentation fixes and enhancements (including patch #1098454)
- Fixed case sensitive name comparison with File /x, when not using wildcards
- Fixed extraction status ending prior to 100%
- Fixed negative values of available space in the directory page (bug #1114876)
- Fixed system.nsi example crash (bug #1102255)
- Fixed unused label warnings with Library macros
- Improved some error messages
- InstallOptions 2.42: Added an image displaying example, added TRANSPARENT flag for BITMAP fields (RFE #1079715 - funded by Chris Morgan)
- Invisible sections weren't always affected by a change of the installation type (bug #1045722)
- Language file fixes
- Made pages refresh after an aborted leave function
- Partially selected section groups can now be toggled
F.71 2.04
Released on January 7th, 2005
F.71.1 Changelog
F.71.1.1 Major Changes
- Fixed $0 changed by File /r
- Fixed empty directory not included by File /r
- Fixed invalid directory creation by File /r on POSIX
- Fixed Unicode conversion problems on POSIX
F.71.1.2 Minor Changes
- Added new test for dir_reader::matches
- Fixed LibraryLocal failure with UNC paths
- Fixed VC 7.1 and GCC 3.4 compile errors
- Language file fixes
F.72 2.03
Released on December 3rd, 2004
F.72.1 Release Notes
- If you're using
File /r folder in your script, it's recommended you replace it with File /r folder\* for faster compilation and so no other folders named folder will be included - Command line switches prefix on POSIX has changed to a dash
- The plug-in API change is backward compatible
F.72.2 Changelog
F.72.2.1 Major Changes
- Added another parameter to plug-in functions with a pointer to exec_flags and ExecuteCodeSegment
- Fixed handling of absolute paths on POSIX
- Made RegDLL load and unload a DLL exactly once to fix crashes with COM DLLs registration
F.72.2.2 New/Changed Commands
- Added /date switch to !define for definition of date and time constants
- Added /x switch for File and ReserveFile to exclude files and directories
- Made File's /r switch always search in subdirectories, even if the given path points to an existing directory
F.72.2.3 Minor Changes
- Added LIBRARY_SHELL_EXTENSION and LIBRARY_COM to Library
- Added missing #include
- Added NSIS_LZMA_COMPRESS_WHOLE to the script define list
- Documentation fixes and improvements
- Fixed an access violation in case of a script jump beyond the last entry
- Fixed keyboard navigation in the instfiles page while installing
- Fixed unpacking window not showing when BGGradient is used
- Fixed unused label warning in Library.nsh
- Language file fixes
- Modern UI 1.72: Fixed state of Cancel button on Finish page when used in installer and uninstaller, added a string for NSIS_CONFIG_COMPONENTPAGE_ALTERNATIVE
- nsisconf.nsh was not always parsed when compiling using MakeNSISw
F.73 2.02
Released on October 23rd, 2004
F.73.1 Changelog
F.73.1.1 Major Changes
- Added lots of small usage examples to the documentation
- Made relative jumps work with instructions that add multiple entries
- Made the datablock optimizer much faster
- Made the installer deny reboots while running (WM_QUERYENDSESSION)
- Made the Reboot command first quit and then reboot so everything is always cleaned-up
F.73.1.2 New/Changed Commands
F.73.1.3 Minor Changes
- Added Albanian language files
- Added NSIS_CONFIG_COMPONENTPAGE_ALTERNATIVE configuration option which makes components only be toggled when the user clicks on the checkbox and makes .onMouseOverSection only be called when the user selects a component
- Added some CppUnit tests
- Both _?= and /D= now require a space before them so they can safely remove the space from $CMDLINE
- Fixed a bug that caused the uninstaller CRC-check to fail if !packhdr created a non-512-bytes-aligned exehead
- Fixed a compiler crash caused by using GetCurrentAddress
- Fixed errors when using 'File /r .' on Windows
- Fixed gcc 3.4 compile errors
- Fixed inconsistencies between error levels and the documentation
- Fixed some minor memory leaks
- Language file fixes
- Makefile improvements
- Modern UI 1.71: Made the selected language only be saved if the installation was successful
- Some code refactoring
- StrFunc: Rewrote StrSort and fixed StrStrAdv. See the readme for a complete changelog
F.73.1.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
- Banner: Fixed some cases where the banner would not show on the foreground
F.74 2.01
Released on September 24th, 2004
F.74.1 Release Notes
- See Compiling NSIS Sources for information about compiling makensis on POSIX platforms
- NSIS doesn't create installers for Linux/Mac OS X etc., but you can compile Windows installers on these platforms
- UpgradeDLL is still provided in UpgradeDLL.nsh for backwards compatibility
F.74.2 Changelog
F.74.2.1 Major Changes
- Compiler (makensis) supports POSIX platforms (Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, etc.)
- New system for DLL/TLB library setup
F.74.2.2 New/Changed Commands
- Added BGFont that allows setting the background text font
- Added SW_HIDE to ExecShell's accepted show modes
- RMDir can now be used with both /r and /REBOOTOK at the same time
- Extended maximum binary data for WriteRegBin to 3 * NSIS_MAX_STRLEN
- Added !execute
F.74.2.3 Minor Changes
- LZMA exehead is now 34KB and should also decompress faster
- Windows 95 (OSR2)/98/ME no longer see drive free space capped to 2GB
- Modern User Interface: New orange theme by MoNKi
- Speedup background gradient painting
- LogicLib 2.5: Added AndIf, AndUnless, OrIf, OrUnless. Avoids unused variable warnings by requiring !defines before using certain features.
- StrFunc: Added support for uninstaller, some fixes and improvements. See the readme for a complete changelog
- The plug-ins folder is properly removed when the system is rebooted
- SetOutPath "-" works again
- Fixed a bug which made plug-ins that didn't have lower case extension not be found
- Fixed a bug that caused directories with drives that had their current directory set to an invalid directory to not be accepted in the directory selection page
- Fixed a crash in makensis caused by defining a macro in a file included by another macro
- makensis shows meaningful errors for compression errors instead of just magic numbers
- Fixed a bug with AllowRootDirInstall used along with InstallDirRegKey that caused the directory in the registry to be ignored
- Fixed FileRead setting the error flag when a null character is the first character it reads
- Fixed a bug which caused the background gradient to paint slowly
- File paths relative to the root folder work again
- Added Colors.nsh
- Made Times New Roman default font for the background text because it should always have support for the locale's language
- Fixed compilation of NSISdl under VS.NET
- SetCtlColors /BRANDING wasn't working right, if just one of the background or text color were specified
- Language file fixes and improvements
F.74.2.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
- System: New, hopefully more informative, documentation; fixed some bugs
- Banner: Added getWindow to allow greater control over the banner window
- InstallOptions 2.41: Bitmaps are now automatically centered, fixed a bug which prevented enabling the next button from the leave function of InstallOptions pages, fixed a rare freeze
- Zip2Exe 0.32: Fixed codepage problems
- nsExec: Always create a valid input handle, fixed a problem when called from a path with spaces
- VPatch: Close all open file handles when one of them fail to open
- NSISdl: Added /NOIEPROXY (based on memph's code)
F.75 2.0
Released on February 7th, 2004
F.75.1 Release Notes
- Finnish, Bulgarian and Thai language files are outdated and do not contain all needed translations
F.75.2 Changelog
F.75.2.1 Changes from 1.98
- Multiple languages in one installer support (with RTL support)
- Easier plug-in system
- Modern User Interface (optional)
- LZMA compression which provides installers 20% smaller than bzip2
- Easier paging system (no more .onNextPage, .onPrevPage)
- Components are presented as a tree which allows sub components
- User variables ($VARNAME)
- Icon and UninstallIcon support any color depth and sizes, not just 32x32x16
- CheckBitmap supports any color depth
- Improved large files handling
- License data can be RTF
- CHM documentation for easy browsing
- Better silent support
- New include files for easier scripting: LogicLib, StrFunc and Sections
- Improved plug-ins: InstallOptions, NSISdl and Splash
- New plug-ins: AdvSplash, Banner, BgImage, Dialer, LangDLL, Math, nsExec, StartMenu, System, UserInfo and VPatch
- New and improved utilities: MakeNSISw, NSIS Menu (NSIS.exe), NSIS Update (Bin\NSIS Update.exe) and zip2exe (Bin\zip2exe.exe)
- New commands: !addplugindir, !echo, !ifmacrodef, !ifmacrondef, !verbose, AddBrandingImage, AllowSkipFiles, ChangeUI, CheckBitmap, CreateFont, DirVar, DirVerify, EnableWindow, FileBufSize, FlushINI, GetCurInstType, GetDlgItem, GetInstDirError, IfAbort, IfSilent, InitPluginsDir, InstTypeGetText, InstTypeSetText, LangString, LicenseBkColor, LicenseForceSelection, LicenseLangString, LoadLanguageFile, LockWindow, Page, PageEx, ReserveFile, SectionGetInstTypes, SectionGetSize, SectionSetInstTypes, SectionSetSize, SetBrandingImage, SetCompressionLevel, SetCompressor, SetCompressorDictSize, SetCtlColors, SetCurInstType, SetPluginUnload, SetSilent, ShowWindow, SubSection (replaced by SectionGroup), SubSectionEnd (replaced by SectionGroupEnd), Var, VIAddVersionKey, VIProductVersion and XPStyle
- Removed commands: DirShow, DisabledBitmap, EnabledBitmap and SectionDivider
- All this and a smaller overhead! =)
- A lot more... See below for more information
F.75.2.2 Changes from RC4
- Command line parser ignored any switches after tokens that are not switches
- Last part of the path specified in InstallDir was appended even if selected folder name was the same
- Modern UI 1.70: Improved documentation, new Init custom function for Welcome and Finish page
- Added StrFunc by deguix
- Updated and fixed language files
- Updated, fixed and improved documentation
F.76 2.0 Release Candidate 4
Released on February 2nd, 2004
F.76.1 Changelog
F.76.1.1 Major Changes
- Fixed MBCS mishandling in exehead, InstallOptions and nsExec
F.76.1.2 Minor Changes
- Language files updates and fixes
- Fixed logging (NSIS_CONFIG_LOG)
- Fixed compile errors caused by removing some config.h options
- NSIS compiles without PSDK again
- Documentation fixes
F.76.1.3 Utilities and Plug-ins
- NSISdl: All potential and rare crashes should be completely fixed now
- InstallOptions: Fixed a rare crash related to ListItems and a small memory leak when using ValidateText
F.77 2.0 Release Candidate 3
Released on January 26th, 2004
F.77.1 Changelog
F.77.1.1 Minor Changes
- Fixed some bugs with LZMA/bzip2 and non-solid compression
- Fixed a bug that caused escaping not to be ignored on extended !define lines
- Language files updates and fixes
- Fixed installer crash when certain language strings were not referenced in all languages
- Some new and improved graphics
- Made CreateShortcut case insensitive when parsing hot key
- Some documentation improvements and fix-ups
- Modern UI 1.69: Made all uninstaller pages work without installer pages and fixed top text on uninstaller license page
F.77.1.2 Utilities and Plug-ins
- MakeNSISW: Fixed resize bug, fixed some UI issues in the settings dialog
- NSIS Update: Improved UI
- InstallOptions: Fixed minor problems with the new NOTIFY flag
F.78 2.0 Release Candidate 2
Released on January 5th, 2004
F.78.1 Changelog
F.78.1.1 Minor Changes
- Set focus to the main control in each page to ease keyboard control (plug-ins too)
- LangStrings and user variables limit is now 16383 and is enforced
- Fixed control colors set using SetCtlColors not changing when the system colors were changed
- Log window now responds to the context menu key
- Fixed a bug which caused beeping when the space key is hit on the components tree
- Added code to prevent weird usage of WM_COMMAND which can cause weird behavior
- Fixed compile errors when NSIS_CONFIG_COMPONENTPAGE, NSIS_CONFIG_PLUGIN_SUPPORT or NSIS_SUPPORT_HWNDS are not defined
- More language files updated to the latest version
- Fixed CHM's script errors
- Documentation improvements
F.78.1.2 Utilities and Plug-ins
- InstallOptions 2.4: NOTIFY for link, drop list and list box; UI fixes and improvements. See IO's change log for a complete list
- MakeNSISW: Improved user interface, added support for named symbol sets and fixed best compressor selector
F.79 2.0 Release Candidate 1
Released on December 27th, 2003
F.79.1 Release Notes
- Trying the LZMA compression method for your installer is recommended. It often gives a 20% better compression ratio.
- Modern UI 1.68: The setting to change the title size on the Welcome page and Finish page has been changed
F.79.2 Changelog
F.79.2.1 Major Changes
- LZMA compression support. Added SetCompresssorDictSize.
- Modern UI 1.68: New settings for extra space for title and text on Welcome page and Finish page, improved handling of verbose settings, language file string for uninstaller reboot information, more
- Shell folders are now detected using shell API functions and not the registry. This is the recommended method by Microsoft. New constants have been added in the process ($FONTS, $SENDTO and more...). See section 4.2.3 for more details.
- Added LogicLib to distribution (easier conditional execution etc.)
- Added DirVerify and GetInstDirError to allow custom error checking when the installation directory is invalid or the drive does not have enough space
- Support for reading environmental variables at compile time: $%envVarName%
- Added /SD parameter for MessageBox. Allows to set default for silent installers.
- New conditional compilation options: !ifmacrodef and !ifmacrondef.
- New sections macros for mutually exclusive section selection
- Improved RTL support by adding WS_EX_RTLREADING wherever possible
F.79.2.2 Utilities and Plug-ins
- InstallOptions 2.3: Added new control type "Button", added new flag "NOTIFY", added new flag "NOWORDWRAP" for multi-line text boxes, reduced size down to 12K
- MakeNSISW: More options to set the compression method
- Zip2Exe 0.31: Fixed compression setting, LZMA compression support
- VPatch 2.1: Better error handling and exit code for GenPat
F.80 2.0 Beta 4
Released on November 19th, 2003
F.80.1 Release Notes
- The /LANG parameter is no longer available for any text setting instructions. You must use a LangString if you want to make a certain text multilingual. This means you can also set one text for all languages. To make the license data multilingual you should use LicenseLangString.
- Modern UI 1.67: Because of the new syntax for pages, renaming of settings and variable names etc., you have to make some changes to your scripts, see the Modern UI Readme for details.
- Custom Pages now have a leave function. As this parameter is placed before the caption you have to add another "" empty string for the title to work.
- .onSelChange is no longer called when the components page is created.
- The icons folder has been renamed to Graphics and was reorganized. If you were using any files from Contrib\Icons in your script, you should update it to point to the new image or icon path.
- UpgradeDLL has been changed, it's highly recommend that you include the new version in your script using
!include "UpgradeDLL.nsh" instead of the old one.
F.80.2 Changelog
F.80.2.1 Major Changes
- CHM documentation - searchable and comes with an index
- User variables ($VARNAME) that can be declared with the Var command
- Support for all pages in both installer and uninstaller. Components, directory and license pages can be used for the uninstaller
- Improved large files handling (way lower requirements to compile a 2GB installer now)
- Full support for RTL languages, including support for LTR and RTL languages in one installer
- Modern UI 1.67: New system & syntax for pages, settings (support for multiple pages of the same type, page specific settings, more customization options etc.), Welcome/Finish pages for uninstaller, LicenseForceSelection support, new options for Finish page / language selection dialog, fixes, more
- Extraction progress
- No more unprocessed strings, variables can be used everywhere
- Leave function for custom pages: Input on InstallOptions pages can be validated using script code
- Interface improvements: Better ClearType support, no more flickering
- OnMouseOver text is only displayed when mouse over section
- NLF language files (v6): language specific fonts, RTL and more strings
- Inner LangStrings can be used in the script
- No more /LANG, only LangStrings - easier to set one string to all languages
- LangStrings are no longer installer/uninstaller specific (no un.)
F.80.2.2 New/Changed Commands
F.80.2.3 Minor Changes
- RO sections can now be in InstTypes too (defaults to old behavior)
- Increased limit of InstTypes to 32
- Improved macros & functions: UpgradeDLL, GetParent, GetParameters. Using the new versions is recommended.
- Fixed SetOutPath not setting current directory if the directory didn't exist before
- Components tree: fixed problems with sub-sections with RO sections as children, SF_EXPAND now refreshes the components tree and added SF_PSELECTED for partially selected sub-sections
- Improved AddBrandingImage: doesn't depend on the UI, can set image on the bottom and on the right, support for custom padding value
- Better installation directory verification
- Fixed all known problems with temporary files and directories
- Documentation fixes
- Minor bug fixes
- Code clean-ups and some more comments
- More...
F.80.2.4 Utilities and Plug-ins
- MakeNSISW 2.0: UI to define symbols, easy access to recent scripts, toolbar and more
- Zip2Exe 0.3: based on header files, improved interface, Modern UI support, new script code, improved folder detection
- InstallOptions 2.2: added LINK control, added EXTENDEDSELECT flag for list boxes which replaces MULTISELECT that now acts exactly as the real style flag ([double] click turns on or off selection), fixes
- BgImage plug-in stability fixes
- Added vPatch: patch generator and plug-in that applies the patches
- Banner plug-in improvements: responds to messages and some new /set tricks by brainsucker
- AdvSpalsh plug-in improvements: smaller, better transparency support and a possible bug fix
- System plug-in improvements: Unicode, GUID and COM support
- nsExec plug-in improvements: ability to run 16 bit code and tabs to spaces conversion
- Math plug-in
- Delphi unit for NSIS plug-ins
F.81 2.0 Beta 3
Released on March 16th, 2003
- Modern UI 1.63: Header bitmap support, new defines to change the description area, single macro for language selection dialog, more!
- New tutorial in the documentation
- define_if_last in Page command also works when a define has not been specified for all Page commands.
This fixes the problem with the Modern UI "Click Next" / "Click Install" texts. - Added SectionSetInstTypes and SectionGetInstTypes
- Reboot command does not force a reboot anymore (allows the user to save work)
- !if[n]def/!else fixes
- LogSet on now really starts logging
- Cancel button available on all pages after the instfiles page but the last page unless /ENABLECANCEL was used in its Page command
- License page: No more limit on RTF size
- LangDLL: Option to auto-count number of languages, shell font support
- Page and UninstPage can not be used inside sections/functions
- CreateDirectory now uses the error flag
- EnumRegKey/Value output_var check fixed
- Updated translations
- Dreaded BSOD after plug-ins enumeration finally banished
- Minimize button and BGGradient and BGImage compatibility fixes
- WriteINIStr with empty value works again
- Added FlushINI
F.82 2.0 Beta 2
Released on February 26th, 2003
- NSIS Menu: links to all NSIS utilities, documentation and websites
- NSIS Update: check for new releases, download latest development files
- Dialer plugin to connect to the internet
- Improved filename validation
- VC7 compiler compatibility issues fixed
- CreateDirectory sets error flag
- InstallOptions: INI File State value fixed
- Updated translations
- Minor fixes
F.83 2.0 Beta 1
Released on February 9th, 2003
- User interface improvements: better order/grouping of controls, button selection problems fixed, added minimize box, transparent BrandingText
- LangString improvements: can be used before they have been defined, warning if not present in all language tables
- New version of the Modern User Interface with UI improvements, bugfixes and some small new features
- InstallOptions 2.0 with support for custom font and DPI settings, groupboxes, grouped controls, lots of bugfixes etc.
- No more random compression ratios
- SetOutPath now sets the working directory
- File names are validated, directory given by the user will now always work
- $QUICKLAUNCH now works with SetShellVarContext all
- Automatically appended directory name in the directory selection dialog will no longer contain squares if not all characters are ASCII.
- Fixed a bug with remote drives and available space (\\remote\drive)
- Plug-in function's names are now case insensitive
- Fixed a bug with specifying Icon twice
- Include dirs (!addincludedir)
- On leave function for pages
- Installers can now really contain more than one branding image
- All !if/!else/!endif problems should be solved now
- SetFont "MS Shell Dlg" adds the DS_SHELLFONT style
- Win9x rename on reboot now also works when the destination file does not exist
- DeleteRegKey works on default value
- nsExec can be called from an installer executed by CreateProcess
- WriteUninstaller sets error code
- Banner.dll compatible with Modern UI
- Fixed focus problems in MakeNSISw
- Updated and new translations
- Some new bitmaps for the MUI by Virtlink
- Faster and better MakeNSISw integration
- New .NET Framework detection function
- Minor bugfixes
- Code clean-ups (compiles on VC7)
F.84 2.0 Beta 0
Released on December 6th, 2002
- New paging system
- Added Page and UninstPage
- Removed .onNextPage, .onPrevPage, .onInitDialog
- New easier version of the Modern User Interface with better multilanguage support, InstallOptions integration, welcome and finish page etc.
- Custom pages no longer flicker when created
- Added accelerator keys
- Added LangString and LangStringUP for user defined multilingual strings
- Added support for transparent check marks
- Added InitPluginsDir
- Renamed nsisconf.nsi to nsisconf.nsh
- Added CreateShortcut comment/description parameter
- Splash.exe is now a plugin (splash.dll)
- Added new plugins: System, AdvSplash, nsExec, UserInfo, BgImage, Banner and StartMenu
- !ifdef and friends can now be used in macros
- SendMessage can send strings (put
STR: before a param) and supports timeouts - Right mouse button "Copy to clipboard" context menu for the Details window
- Plugin syntax now requires dll name, e.g. dll::func not just func
- Licence text receives initial focus (page up & down work immediately, return key still works)
- Made Win9x move/delete on reboot support proper and function like on Win2k
- Now always loads RichEdit v2 if present (links work on Win9x)
- DeleteRegKey now complains if given a third parameter (other than /ifempty)
- RegDLL now works with DLLs dependent on DLLs from the same directory
- ${LANG_langName} defined as the language id when loading a NLF
- Fixed a few bugs that caused the installer to load slower than before
- Uninstall can now get command line parameters too
- Added ReserveFile
- Added ExDLL.h
- Included makensisw 1.9 (lots of changes)
- Updated InstallOptions
- Updated ZIP2EXE
- Updated HTTP download plugin, NSIS-dl (timeout added, better proxy detection)
- A lot of new language files
- A lot of new icons and check marks
- Changed section flags values
- SectionSetFlags can now set bold too
- SectionSetFlags now works in silent installers too
- SectionSetName for sub sections doesn't need '-' in front of the name
- Added SetPluginUnload
- Hidden section can now use SectionIn too
- File /nonfatal switch added
- Plugins no longer add size to their containing section
- Defines can now be used inside define names (${bla${blo}})
- New docs format (WOOHA!)
- EXE header size a lot smaller, 33.5KB for bzip2 and 34KB for zlib
- Lots of other bugs fixed...
F.85 2.0 Alpha 7
Released on August 29th, 2002
- Can now select the language from .onInit ($LANGUAGE is a variable)
- Added CreateFont
- Added .onMouseOverSection
- Added .onInitDialog and un.onInitDialog
- Added SetStaticBkColor
- Disabled UseOuterUIItem
- SendMessage WM_SETTEXT treats lParam as a string and not a number
- CopyFiles script message no longer always prints (silent)
- Custom install type text can now be changed
- ChangeUI can now change IDD_VERIFY
- Default license color now fits the user system
- Summary reports the right number of required sections
- Checkbox is only required in IDD_DIR if logging is enabled
- Not using /LANG now really causes the script compiler to use the last used language
- Fixed a bug with MBCS and the uninstaller text
- MBCS to Unicode and Unicode to MBCS conversion bugs fixed
- Fixed a bug that caused RTF not to show on Windows 9x
- Added a dialog that shows up if compress whole is used and initial decompressing lasts longer than a second
- Updated to InstallOptions 1.3
- MakeNSISw 1.7 included
- Added modern UI by Joost Verburg (Examples\Modern UI)
- Added new full color icons by adni18
- Added Dutch, Korean, Russian, Swedish and Traditional Chinese language files
- Updated Spanish language file version (thanks to LsMoNKi)
- Added /TRIM(LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER) for BrandingText
- EXE header size down to 36.5KB
- Added yi-pixel.ico and yi-pixel-uninstall.ico by Jan T. Sott
- Fixed a bug with macros at the end of the file
- Sub-sections can now have defined names too
- Added LangDLL.dll plugin
- CallInstDLL /NOUNLOAD added (works on plugin calls too)
F.86 2.0 Alpha 6
Released on August 10th, 2002
- Fixed two bugs with the plug-in mechanism
- Fixed infinite loop bug
F.87 2.0 Alpha 5
Released on August 9th, 2002
- Added UseOuterUIItem
- Enhanced ChangeUI
- Enhanced SetDlgItemText
- Added one-section.nsi example file
- Optimized Ximon's code for plug-in DLLs (back to 37KB)
- If default user language doesn't fit exactly, will try to find primary language match
- Fixed some strings that got replaced (space available and required etc.)
- Compiles without MS Platform SDK
- Included Spanish.nlf
- Included MagicLime.exe by snowchyld
F.88 2.0 Alpha 4
Released on August 5th, 2002
- Added automatic detection, packing, unpacking and deletion of plugin dlls
- Added simplified calling syntax for plugin dlls
- Added PluginDir
F.89 2.0 Alpha 3
Released on August 4th, 2002
- Added LoadLanguageFile
- Added $LANGUAGE
- Added /LANG option to string setters (Name, Caption, etc.)
- 'LogSet on' now builds a log file if not already created
F.90 2.0 Alpha 2
Released on July 31st, 2002
- Added ${NSISDIR}
- Added XPStyle
- Added SetFont
- Added ChangeUI
- Added AddBrandingImage, and SetBrandingImage
- Added SetCompressor (no more makensis-bz2.exe)
- Added LicenseBkColor
- 'SpaceTexts none' now causes no space texts to appear
- Icon and UninstallIcon now support icons of any type
- CheckBitmap now support bitmaps with any color table/depth
- Unused resources are removed before writing out the installer
- Documented !error and !warning
- Added !echo and !verbose
- Added force option for CRCCheck
- Updated to Makensisw 1.6
- Updated to InstallOptions 1.2
- Installer can now be compressed using UPX
- A hint is shown if a line is longer than the detail window
- Modern style folder select dialog
- License data can now be RTF
- WindowIcon is now handled in the compiler
- Removed debug version (it never worked anyway)
- Faster compile time (WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN)
F.91 2.0 Alpha 1
Released on July 9th, 2002
- Added expand node option to Section and SubSection
- Added preserve file attribute option to File command
- Copy-All bug fix in Makensisw
- Added NSISDIR to the define list
- Reorganized NSIS directory structure
F.92 2.0 Alpha 0
Released on May 22nd, 2002
- TreeView component list (care of Jeff Doozan)
- No more SectionDivider, but SubSection and SubSectionEnd.
- No more EnabledBitmap/DisabledBitmap, just CheckBitmap. (with tons of button states)
- Bugfixes of brokenness.
- Added ! for Section/SubSection to make bold.
- Made config.h have hacks for easier building for me. :)
F.93 Older Versions
NSIS 1.x version history
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