ZipDLL plug-in
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Links
ZipDLL.zip (370 KB)
ZipDLL.zip (370 KB) [original version with syntax error in ZipDLL.nsh:357]
To use ZipDLL:
- Extract ZipDLL.dll to directory Plugins in your NSIS installation
- Extract ZipDLL.nsh to directory Include in your NSIS installation
Description
Version: 1.2.2a.
This plugin provides basic zip file extraction ability for NSIS scripts.
Excerpt from the readme
What is this?
ZipDLL is a extension DLL for NSIS. It can unzip files from zip files. It is especially useful in combination with NSISdl so that you don't have to download large files uncompressed.
Using the header file
To use the dll, include "ZipDLL.nsh" after including the language files.
!include /CHARSET=CP1252 zipdll.nsh
To extract files from a zip file, use the following macro:
!insertmacro ZIPDLL_EXTRACT SOURCE DESTINATION FILE
- Parameters
- Zip file, destination directory, file to extract.
- Description
- Extract the specified file in the archive to the destination directory. If file is <ALL>, all files in the archive will be extracted.
On Success, the string "success" is on top of the stack, else an error message.
If using the macro, the status messages during extraction uses the current installer language. (Only if ZipDLL supports that language. Default language is English)
Example
!insertmacro ZIPDLL_EXTRACT "c:\test.zip" "c:\output" "<ALL>"
Using exported functions from ZipDLL.dll
ZipDLL::extractall SOURCE DESTINATION
- Parameters
- Zip file, destination directory.
- Description
- Extracts all files in the archive to the destination directory.
ZipDLL::extractfile SOURCE DESTINATION FILE
- Parameters
- Zip file, destination directory, file to extract.
- Description
- Extracts the specified file in the archive to the destination directory.
Example
ZipDLL::extractall "c:\test.zip" "c:\output"
Supported languages
ZipDLL.nsh contains the following additional languages:
- Arabic
- Chinese Simplified
- Chinese Traditional
- Croatian
- Danish
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Korean
- Lithuanian
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Russian
- Spanish
To add your language, simply modify ZipDLL.nsh, should be really easy. Please send the modified ZipDLL.nsh to tim.kosse@gmx.de so that other people can benefit from it, too.
Legal Stuff
This NSIS plugin is licensed under the GPL, please read the file ZipArchive\gpl.txt for details.
ZipDLL uses the ZipArchive library from http://www.artpol-software.com/index_zip.html. Please read the file ZipArchive\license.txt for details.
Alternative license for use with proprietary software
Since ZipArchive is licensed under the GPL, it may only be used with programs with a GPL compatible license, the same applies to this DLL. You can, however obtain a commercial license (free of charge for freeware and most shareware programs) for ZipArchive. Please read ZipArchive\license.txt for details. Permission is granted to use ZipDLL together with proprietary software when you've obtained a license for ZipArchive.
