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* Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*/
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-->
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<document>
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<properties>
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<title>Maven NSIS Plug-in</title>
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<author email="dion@apache.org">dIon Gillard</author>
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</properties>
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<body>
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<section name="Overview">
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#Customizing">Customizing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Default_Templates">Default Templates</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Default_Template_Scripts">Default Template Scripts</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Custom_Templates">Custom Templates</a></li>
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</ol>
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</section>
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<section name="Customizing">
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<p>
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You can customize the installer either
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by providing your own scripts that the existing templates
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includes, or you can provide your own templates.
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</p>
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<p>
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Of these, the easiest is to provide your own scripts to supplement the
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default templates. The most complex is to provide your own custom
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templates.
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</p>
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<p>
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No matter which way you decide to customize the installation process,
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you will need to be familiar with
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<a href="http://nsis.sourceforge.net/">NSIS</a> and have easy
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access to the <a href="http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/">NSIS Docs</a>.
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</p>
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<p>
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We've also found the <a href="http://hmne.sourceforge.net/">HM NIS EDIT</a>
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tool, which is a free NSIS Editor/IDE, very useful.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section name="Default Templates">
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<p>
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The plugin provides two templates by default:
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</p>
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<ol>
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<li>
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<code>project.jelly</code> to get access to information in
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<code>project.xml</code> from within NSIS scripts.
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</li>
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<li>
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<code>setup.jelly</code> which generates the final script for NSIS
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compilation.
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</li>
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</ol>
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<subsection name="project.jelly">
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<p>
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This template produces a file (<code>${maven.build.dir}/project.nsi</code>)
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which is included in the generated setup file.
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</p>
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<p>
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The template makes available select values from the <code>project.xml</code>
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for use in the installation process as constants, i.e. using the NSIS
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<code>!define</code> statement.
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</p>
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<table>
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<tr><th>Constant</th> <th>Value</th></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_BUILD_DIR</td> <td>${maven.build.dir}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_DIST_BIN_DIR</td> <td>${maven.nsis.build.dir}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_DIST_DIR</td> <td>${maven.build.dir}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_FINAL_NAME</td> <td>${maven.nsis.final.name}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_LICENSE_FILE</td> <td>${maven.license.licenseFile}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_LICENSE_TEXT</td> <td>${maven.nsis.license.text}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_LOGO</td> <td>${maven.nsis.logo}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_NAME</td> <td>${pom.name}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_ORGANIZATION</td> <td>${pom.organization.name}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_REG_KEY</td> <td>SOFTWARE\${pom.organization.name}\${pom.name}\${pom.currentVersion}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_REG_UNINSTALL_KEY</td> <td>Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${pom.name} ${pom.currentVersion}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_STARTMENU_FOLDER</td> <td>$$SMPROGRAMS\${pom.organization}\${pom.name} ${pom.currentVersion}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_URL</td> <td>${pom.url}</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PROJECT_VERSION</td> <td>${pom.currentVersion}</td></tr>
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</table>
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</subsection>
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<subsection name="setup.jelly">
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<p>
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This template produces a file (<code>${maven.build.dir}/setup.nsi</code>)
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which is used by the NSIS 'compiler', <code>makensis.exe</code> to
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produce the installer.
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</p>
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<p>
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The file, when processed, includes other files which you can optionally
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provide, to add functionality to the installer. The property,
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<code><a href="properties.html">${maven.nsis.src}</a></code>, which defaults to
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<code>${basedir}/src/nsis</code>, is where you can place any NSIS source
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files which you want included.
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</p>
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<p>
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The <code>setup.nsh</code> file that is generated uses following list
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of directories to search for files to include:
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</p>
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<ol>
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<li><code>${maven.nsis.src}</code> if it exists,</li>
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<li><code>${maven.build.dir}</code></li>
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<li><code>${plugin.resources}</code></li>
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</ol>
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<p>
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So anything in your NSIS source will override the defaults.
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</p>
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<p>
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The generated setup.nsh file includes the following files:
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</p>
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<table>
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<tr><th>File</th><th>Purpose</th></tr>
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<tr>
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<td>before-install.nsh</td>
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<td>Allow customization of code to be run before the install, e.g. check JAVA_HOME etc</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>BrandingImage.nsh</td>
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<td>Adds a macro to display the project logo on the installer</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>desktop-shortcuts.nsh</td>
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<td>Allow customization of desktop shortcuts to be added</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Environment.nsh</td>
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<td>Adds functionality to set environment variables</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>JDK.nsh</td>
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<td>Adds a function to check for <code>JAVA_HOME</code> being set</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>project.nsh</td>
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<td>The generated file with project details as constants</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>registry.nsh</td>
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<td>Allow customization of environment variables and registry entries to be written</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>registry-uninstall.nsh</td>
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<td>Allow customization of environment variables and registry entries to be removed on uninstall</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>startmenu-shortcuts.nsh</td>
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<td>Allow start menu shortcuts to be added</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p>
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Typically you wont provide overrides for BrandingImage.nsh,
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Environment.nsh and JDK.nsh, as these are utilities used in the setup.nsh
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script.
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</p>
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</subsection>
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</section>
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<section name="Default Template Scripts">
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<p>
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There are several .nsh files that you can place in <code>${maven.nsis.src}</code>
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directory to add functionality to the installer. In this section, we'll look
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at an example for each of the scripts included by the default template that
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will be overridden.
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</p>
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<subsection name="before-install.nsh">
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<p>
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This file is used to do any pre-installation checks. It can hold any
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<a href="http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/">valid NSIS code</a>.
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</p>
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<p>
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One example is to check the environment has been correctly set up, e.g.
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</p>
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<source>Call AssertJavaHome</source>
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<p>
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This will check, using the function provided in <code>JDK.nsh</code>,
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that an environment variable for <code>JAVA_HOME</code> is available,
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and abort the installation if it's not.
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</p>
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</subsection>
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<subsection name="desktop-shortcuts.nsh">
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<p>
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If you provide this file, the installer will allow the user to choose
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whether or not to create shortcuts on the desktop. The shortcuts specified
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in this file will be created.
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</p>
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<p>
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As always, see the <a href="http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/">NSIS docs</a>
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for details on the code to use. The example below creates a shortcut
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on the desktop to <code>maven.bat</code> from the installation directory
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the user has chosen.
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</p>
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<source>CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\Maven.lnk" "$INSTDIR\bin\maven.bat" "" "$INSTDIR\bin\maven.bat" 0</source>
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</subsection>
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<subsection name="registry.nsh">
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<p>
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During installation, you may want to add entries to the user's registry
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or environment for use either in your application, the installation process, or uninstall.
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Here's a small example that adds an environment variable called <code>MYAPP_HOME</code>
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with the value of the installation directory.
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</p>
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<source>
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Push "MYAPP_HOME"
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Push "$INSTDIR"
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Call WriteEnvStr
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</source>
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<p>
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Note: this relies on the included functions from <code>Environment.nsh</code>.
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</p>
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</subsection>
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<subsection name="registry-uninstall.nsh">
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<p>
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During uninstallation, you must remove any entries to the user's registry
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or environment. Here's a small example that removes an environment variable
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called <code>MYAPP_HOME</code>.
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</p>
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<source>
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Push "MYAPP_HOME"
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Call un.DeleteEnvStr
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</source>
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</subsection>
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<subsection name="startmenu-shortcuts.nsh">
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<p>
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If you provide this file, the installer will allow the user to choose
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whether or not to create shortcuts in the <code>Start Menu</code>.
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The shortcuts specified in this file will be created.
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</p>
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<source>
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CreateShortCut "${PROJECT_STARTMENU_FOLDER}\Myapp.lnk" "$INSTDIR\bin\myapp.bat" "" "$INSTDIR\bin\myapp.bat" 0
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CreateShortCut "${PROJECT_STARTMENU_FOLDER}\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Uninst.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\Uninst.exe" 0
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CreateShortCut "${PROJECT_STARTMENU_FOLDER}\Homepage.lnk" "http://www.myapp.nfi/"
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CreateShortCut "${PROJECT_STARTMENU_FOLDER}\User Guide.lnk" "http://www.myapp.nfi/user-guide.html"
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</source>
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</subsection>
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</section>
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<section name="Custom Templates">
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<p>
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You can of course provide your own versions of the <code>project.jelly</code>
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and <code>setup.jelly</code> templates. This requires you to understand NSIS
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and a little bit of <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/jelly/">jelly</a>
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as well.
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</p>
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<p>
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To use your own templates, override the <code>maven.nsis.project.template</code>
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and <code>maven.nsis.setup.template</code> variables.
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</p>
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<p>
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The templates are expected to be well formed Jelly scripts, i.e. valid
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XML documents.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you do provide your own templates, you have complete control over
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the way the installation process will work. You will also be able to
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completely ruin it as well :-).
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</p>
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</section>
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</body>
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</document>
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