Appendice D: Modifications et notes sur les versions

D.1 2.0

Released on February 7th, 2004

D.1.1 Release Notes

Finnish, Bulgarian and Thai language files are outdated and do not contain all needed translations

D.1.2 Changelog

D.1.2.1 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, SubSectionEnd, Var, VIAddVersionKey, VIProductVersion and XPStyle
Removed commands: DisabledBitmap, EnabledBitmap and SectionDivider
All this and a smaller overhead! =)
A lot more... See below for more information

D.1.2.2 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

D.2 2.0 Release Candidate 4

Released on February 2nd, 2004

D.2.1 Changelog

D.2.1.1 Major Changes

Fixed MBCS mishandling in exehead, InstallOptions and nsExec

D.2.1.2 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

D.2.1.3 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

D.3 2.0 Release Candidate 3

Released on January 26th, 2004

D.3.1 Changelog

D.3.1.1 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

D.3.1.2 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

D.4 2.0 Release Candidate 2

Released on January 5th, 2004

D.4.1 Changelog

D.4.1.1 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

D.4.1.2 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

D.5 2.0 Release Candidate 1

Released on Decemeber 27th, 2003

D.5.1 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

D.5.2 Changelog

D.5.2.1 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 on 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

D.5.2.2 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

D.6 2.0 Beta 4

Released on November 19th, 2003

D.6.1 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.

D.6.2 Changelog

D.6.2.1 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)
Added IfSilent and SetSilent to allow better /S interaction
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
Better installation directory verification
Fixed all known problems with temporary files and directoroes
No more unprocessed strings, variables can be used everywhere
Leave function for custom pages: Input on InstallOptions pages can be validated using script code
Better ClearType support
No more flickering
OnMouseOver text is only displayed when mouse over section
RO sections can now be in InstTypes too (defaults to old behavior)
Improved AddBrandingImage: doesn't depend on the UI, can set image on the bottom and on the right, support for custom padding value
Increased limit of InstTypes to 32
Improved macros & functions: UpgradeDLL, GetParent, GetParameters. Using the new versions is recommended.
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.)
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
Documentation fixes
Minor bug fixes
Code clean-ups and some more comments
More...

D.6.2.2 New/Changed Commands

Added PageEx, PageCallbacks and DirVar - it's now a lot easier to add the same page type twice
Added FileBufSize
Added VIAddVersionKey: add version information resource to the installer
Added AllowSkipFiles: set whether the user should be able to skip a file when overwriting failed
Added LicenseForceSelection: checkbox or radio buttons on license page to let user agree with license or not
Added SectionSetSize, SectionGetSize, SetCurInstType and GetCurInstType
Replaced SetBkColor with SetCtlColors which can set text color too
Added support for standard predefines: ${__DATE__}, ${__TIME__}, ${__TIMESTAMP__}, ${__FILE__}, ${__LINE__}
Added ifdiff and lastusd for SetOverwrite
/o Switch for Section provides ability to unselect the section by default
New parameter for DirText to set the browse dialog text
Added RMDir /REBOOTOK: remove folders on reboot
InstType /NOCUSTOM and /COMPONENTSONLYONCUSTOM work together
Added base_dir for GetTempFileName

D.6.2.3 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 improvments: ability to run 16 bit code and tabs to spaces conversion
Math plug-in
Delphi unit for NSIS plug-ins

D.7 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

D.8 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

D.9 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)

D.10 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...

D.11 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)

D.12 2.0 Alpha 6

Released on August 10th, 2002

Fixed two bugs with the plug-in mechanism
Fixed infinite loop bug

D.13 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

D.14 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

D.15 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

D.16 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)

D.17 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

D.18 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. :)

D.19 Older Versions

NSIS 1.x version history

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