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<blockquote data-quote="cheezey" data-source="post: 364468" data-attributes="member: 10350">The features I use with the iPiMP NSIS installer are:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Different files copied depending on user input and config.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Run shell commands (NET STOP / NET START / IPCONFIG etc.)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Backup/restore/copy specific files (user databases, config etc.)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">.NET Framework version detection</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">IP address validation</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Runtime generated uninstall</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Registry reading/writing</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">String manipulation</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Simple / Advanced installation options</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">TV Server plugin &amp; plugin configuration</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Create shortcuts depending on install options</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Controls for directory browsing, checkboxes, radio buttons, drop down lists</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Logic components (If..Then..Else,&nbsp; Select..Case)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Functions &amp; macros</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hyperlinks</li>
</ul>NSIS has also got a number of available extensions/plugins/example code which cover all sort of functionality making building your script a lot easier.As for the GUI - I use <a href="http://hmne.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">HM NIS Edit: A Free NSIS Editor/IDE</a>I'm not saying MPI should offer all these, they are just the features I use to build a single, simple &amp; robust installer for a quite complicated MP extension install.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheezey, post: 364468, member: 10350"] The features I use with the iPiMP NSIS installer are: [LIST] [*]Different files copied depending on user input and config. [*]Run shell commands (NET STOP / NET START / IPCONFIG etc.) [*]Backup/restore/copy specific files (user databases, config etc.) [*].NET Framework version detection [*]IP address validation [*]Runtime generated uninstall [*]Registry reading/writing [*]String manipulation [*]Simple / Advanced installation options [*]TV Server plugin & plugin configuration [*]Create shortcuts depending on install options [*]Controls for directory browsing, checkboxes, radio buttons, drop down lists [*]Logic components (If..Then..Else, Select..Case) [*]Functions & macros [*]Hyperlinks [/LIST] NSIS has also got a number of available extensions/plugins/example code which cover all sort of functionality making building your script a lot easier. As for the GUI - I use [url=http://hmne.sourceforge.net/]HM NIS Edit: A Free NSIS Editor/IDE[/url] I'm not saying MPI should offer all these, they are just the features I use to build a single, simple & robust installer for a quite complicated MP extension install. [/QUOTE]

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