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Mihov NSIS Helper
I am a freeware author and I used to use Inno Setup for creating setup files of my applications. But my little programs are usually less than 300 KB in size so adding a huge overhead made their size double. That is why I decided to try Nullsoft Install System called NSIS.
I am very pleased with the results (and the overhead is less than 50 KB!!), but the one thing that was missing was an easy way to make the script files. NSIS does not have a GUI (graphical user interface) so you have to do everything in Notepad. So I played arround with all the features the program has (and it has really a lot of them!) and I created an installation very similar to the one that Inno Setup creates. The graphics and the size are different, of course, but the installation logic is the same.
And because I am the author of several programs and a bit lazy I didn't want to make scripts for each program separately, so I rather wrote a GUI for NSIS (and called it Mihov NSIS Helper). This is really just a tool that I needed but I am giving it away anyway - in my five years of developing freeware programs I have discovered that there are a lot of people that have the same problems as me and my solutions can help them also! So don't laugh - this tool is not perfect nor is it beautiful or uses all the features of NSIS. No, this is really for beginners or for lazy guys that want great installations but don't want to learn another script file. And, of course, I have to add that the Helper might not work for you, since it is tested on one computer by one man. It comes with no support!
The development of NSIS has continued and they have provided the option to incude modern interface for the created setup file. Therefore I have made two versions of Mihov NSIS helper available. One creates standard NSIS installation, the second one creates an installation with modern style.
You can download the graphical interface to NSIS installer from this page by clicking one of the links bellow:
All the files are also a demonstration of what Mihov NSIS Helper can do - the installation script was done with them.
The program will create the script by its own. However, if you plan to use the script and compile it to a working installation, you will need NSIS from Nullsoft. If you don't have it you can get it from this page:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/home/
I have tried it with versions 1.98 to v2.15 and it works OK. I can not say for other versions! But it is good to use the latest version of Mihov NSIS Helper with the latest versions of NSIS System.
| Latest version | 3.3 |
| Date | 28.11.2005 |
| Size | 231 kB |
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| Screenshots | available |
I am a freeware author and I used to use Inno Setup for creating setup files of my applications. But my little programs are usually less than 300 KB in size so adding a huge overhead made their size double. That is why I decided to try Nullsoft Install System called NSIS.
I am very pleased with the results (and the overhead is less than 50 KB!!), but the one thing that was missing was an easy way to make the script files. NSIS does not have a GUI (graphical user interface) so you have to do everything in Notepad. So I played arround with all the features the program has (and it has really a lot of them!) and I created an installation very similar to the one that Inno Setup creates. The graphics and the size are different, of course, but the installation logic is the same.
And because I am the author of several programs and a bit lazy I didn't want to make scripts for each program separately, so I rather wrote a GUI for NSIS (and called it Mihov NSIS Helper). This is really just a tool that I needed but I am giving it away anyway - in my five years of developing freeware programs I have discovered that there are a lot of people that have the same problems as me and my solutions can help them also! So don't laugh - this tool is not perfect nor is it beautiful or uses all the features of NSIS. No, this is really for beginners or for lazy guys that want great installations but don't want to learn another script file. And, of course, I have to add that the Helper might not work for you, since it is tested on one computer by one man. It comes with no support!
The development of NSIS has continued and they have provided the option to incude modern interface for the created setup file. Therefore I have made two versions of Mihov NSIS helper available. One creates standard NSIS installation, the second one creates an installation with modern style.
You can download the graphical interface to NSIS installer from this page by clicking one of the links bellow:
| Standard
interface |
version
1.0 |
nsis_gui.exe |
197
kB |
| Modern interface (NSIS v2.0b2) | version
2.0 |
nsis2_gui.exe |
206
kB |
| Modern
interface (NSIS v2.0 final to v2.15 or more) |
version
3.3 |
nsis3_gui.exe |
228
kB |
All the files are also a demonstration of what Mihov NSIS Helper can do - the installation script was done with them.
The program will create the script by its own. However, if you plan to use the script and compile it to a working installation, you will need NSIS from Nullsoft. If you don't have it you can get it from this page:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/home/
I have tried it with versions 1.98 to v2.15 and it works OK. I can not say for other versions! But it is good to use the latest version of Mihov NSIS Helper with the latest versions of NSIS System.
