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			<div style="background-color:#FFB3B3;border:1px solid #FF1111;color:#A20000;padding:0.4em"><b>The technique described on this page can now be accomplished in NSIS 3 without using 3rd-party tools by using !getdllversion and VIProductVersion/VIAddVersionKey</b></div>


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	I'm a newbie to NSIS's depths so please do not blame me out of hand if you found an error or ~~smthg~~ else not-good here.		I'm a newbie to NSIS's depths so please do not blame me out of hand if you found an error or smth else not-good here.

	Let the NSIS be with you!		Let the NSIS be with you!

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	!define _RESHACKER "C:\WinApps\NSIS2\ResHacker\ResHacker.exe"		!define _RESHACKER "C:\WinApps\NSIS2\ResHacker\ResHacker.exe"

			Var _VERSION

	Function InitVersion		Function InitVersion
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	Push 'C:\WinApps\NSIS2\_Production\FileVersionInfo.rc'		Push 'C:\WinApps\NSIS2\_Production\FileVersionInfo.rc'
	Call GetBetween		Call GetBetween
	Pop "$~~R0"~~		Pop "$_VERSION"

	~~!define~~ _VERSION ~~"$R0~~"
	FunctionEnd		FunctionEnd

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	And the second case where I need ResHacker again is just duplicating the VersionInfo resource from my File.exe to FileSetup.exe.		And the second case where I need ResHacker again is just duplicating the VersionInfo resource from my File.exe to FileSetup.exe.

	This was inspired by these articles (listed in order of ~~occurence~~ on my display :))		This was inspired by these articles (listed in order of occurrence on my display :))
	*[[Version Info Tabsheets for NSIS]]		*[[Version Info Tabsheets for NSIS]]
	*[[GetBetween: Get text in between two markers in a file]]		*[[GetBetween: Get text in between two markers in a file]]

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== Description ==

Recently, I was faced with the problem of automating my scripts on compile-time. I first started with the ''VersionInfo'' automation.

== Examples ==

=== Before the change ===

This is how it WAS before (I had to change version variables manually before each compile):
<highlight-nsis>
;...
!define _VERSION "1.2.3.4"
;...
;from {NSISDIR}\Examples\VersionInfo.nsi
VIProductVersion "${_VERSION}"
VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "ProductName" "${_PRODUCT}"
VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "CompanyName" "..."
VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "FileVersion" "${_VERSION}"
VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "InternalName" "FileSetup.exe"
;...
</highlight-nsis>

=== After the change ===

And this is how it is NOW:
<highlight-nsis>
!define _RESHACKER "C:\WinApps\NSIS2\ResHacker\ResHacker.exe"

Function InitVersion
!execute '"${_RESHACKER}" -extract ${_SRCDIR}\File.exe, FileVersionInfo.rc, versioninfo,1,'

Push 'VALUE "FileVersion", "'
Push '"'
Push 'C:\WinApps\NSIS2\_Production\FileVersionInfo.rc'
Call GetBetween
Pop "$R0"

!define _VERSION "$R0"
FunctionEnd

Function .onInit
;...
call InitVersion
;...
FunctionEnd

;...
!execute '"${_RESHACKER}" -extract ${_SRCDIR}\File.exe, FileVersionInfo.res, versioninfo,1,'
!packhdr tmp.dat '"${_RESHACKER}" -addoverwrite tmp.dat, tmp.dat, FileVersionInfo.res, versioninfo,1,'
!echo "VersionInfo added"
;...
</highlight-nsis>

In the first case, ResHacker is used to extract decompiled VersionInfo resource from .exe to a text .rc file, the I have to parse it to get version in a string "x.x.x.x" form. Personaly, I'm using it e.g. in the installer's window caption (Caption "${_PRODUCT} v${_VERSION} Setup").

And the second case where I need ResHacker again is just duplicating the VersionInfo resource from my File.exe to FileSetup.exe.

This was inspired by these articles (listed in order of occurence on my display :))
*[[Version Info Tabsheets for NSIS]]
*[[GetBetween: Get text in between two markers in a file]]
*[[Invoking NSIS run-time commands on compile-time]]

== About the Author ==

I'm a newbie to NSIS's depths so please do not blame me out of hand if you found an error or smthg else not-good here.

Let the NSIS be with you!

Lion

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