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== Contact ==
== Contact ==
Questions?  Comments?  BUG ME!
Questions?  Comments?  BUG ME!

Revision as of 02:00, 12 July 2011

Author: sgt-d (talk, contrib)


Description

This example shows how you can seamlessly add Windows Version Info Tabsheets to all of your NSIS installer executables! You will need Resource Hacker: http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker This script assumes that you have extracted Resource Hacker to: C:\Program Files\ResHack\ResHacker.exe Please download VIT.ZIP and read the readme.txt for all of the gory details!

Extension

No need for these steps... VIAddVersionKey can do that instead ;)

VIAddVersionKey /lang=${LANG_ENGLISH} CompanyName "My Company"

There are a number of keys: ProductName, Comments, and much more. Refer to reference documentation.

The Script

VIT Code...

name "Version Info Tabsheets for NSIS"
 
outfile "vit.exe"
 
section vit
 
;edit the path for resource hacker as needed
 
;uncomment the !packhdr you want to use (default is automatic)
 
;once you get comfortable, replace vit.res (below) with your real version info *.res file.
 
;automatic mode (preferred)
!packhdr tmp.dat '"c:\program files\reshack\reshacker.exe" -addoverwrite tmp.dat, tmp.dat, vit.res, versioninfo,1,'
 
;manual mode
;!packhdr tmp.dat '"c:\program files\reshack\reshacker.exe" -add'
 
messagebox mb_ok `This EXE should now contain a Version Info Tabsheet!  If not, consult readme.txt.  To view it, click OK, then right click the EXE -> Properties -> Version Tab.`
 
quit
 
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Contact

Questions? Comments? BUG ME! Darren Winter / Sgt-D sgt-d at sodpit dot com