Inno Setup is a nice easy to use installer. It is rated high in this stackoverflow question. I have a need to install a plugin to a folder relative to the installation folder of a 3rd Party application. It isn't obvious from the docs how to do this.
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Q:
How do I use Inno Setup to optionally install a plugin/file in a folder based on a registry entry?
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A:
You can find the answer to how to optionally install a file using a registry entry in the documentation and in sample code but it may not be obvious so here is some example script snippets using an Adobe Premiere Plugin as an example:
The keys steps are:
1) use the Check: parameter
2) Write a function that calls RegQueryStringValue and parse the path to construct the relative plugin folder destination
3) use {code:} to call a function to return the destination folder
//
// Copy my plugin file to the Premiere Plugin folder, but only if Premiere is installed.
//
[Files]
Source: "C:\sourceFiles\myplugin.prm"; Check: GetPremierePluginDestination; DestDir: "{code:PluginDestination}"; Flags: ignoreversion overwritereadonly
[Code]
var sPluginDest : String;
//
// Search for the path where Premiere Pro was installed. Return true if path found.
// Set variable to plugin folder
//
function GetPremierePluginDestination(): Boolean;
var
i: Integer;
len: Integer;
begin
sPluginDest := '';
RegQueryStringValue( HKLM, 'SOFTWARE\Adobe\Premiere Pro\CurrentVersion', 'Plug-InsDir', sPluginDest );
len := Length(sPluginDest);
if len > 0 then
begin
i := len;
while sPluginDest[i] <> '\' do
begin
i := i-1;
end;
i := i+1;
Delete(sPluginDest, i, Len-i+1);
Insert('Common', sPluginDest, i);
end;
Result := len > 0;
end;
//
// Use this function to return path to install plugin
//
function PluginDestination(Param: String) : String;
begin
Result := sPluginDest;
end;
I'm not a Pascal programmer so any suggestions on making GetPremiereDestination more efficient are welcome.
AlanKley
2008-09-23 18:32:38