07-18-2008, 08:31 AM
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution.
Being a user’s first experience with your product, a stable and reliable installer is an important component of succesful software. With NSIS you can create such installers that are capable of doing everything that is needed to setup your software.
NSIS is script-based and allows you to create the logic to handle even the most complex installation tasks. Many plug-ins and scripts are already available: you can create web installers, communicate with Windows and other software components, install or update shared components and more.
Features:
Small overhead size
Compatible with all major Windows versions
Unique compression methods
Script based
Multiple languages in one installer
Many features and checks for the target system
Custom dialogs and interfaces
Plug-in system
Support for web installation, file patching
Project integration, different releases and automatic builds
Easy and human readable file formats
Portable Compiler
What’s New in version 2.38:
Major Changes:
Fixed a bug in nsDialogs that caused it to pollute the stack if callbacks are not set for each control (bug #2013317)
Minor Changes:
Added IfNotThen support for LogicLib (patch #1990761)
Added support for NTFS mounts points on the directory page (bug #1946112)
Fixed branding image control detection on Debian, due to improper identification of static controls (bug #1951417)
Log actual creation of directories and not just failures and final directory (patch #1992325)
Made log close when LogSet off is used (patch #1986692)
Minor documentation improvements (including bug #1990955)
MultiUser: Fixed MULTIUSER_INSTALLMODE_INSTDIR handling for the uninstaller
Modern UI:
Document page leave callback function (bug #1964719)
Fixed MUI_FINISHPAGE_CANCEL_ENABLED
Fixed wasted variable warnings (bug #1995024)
Translations:
Fixed French translation of MUI_UNTEXT_FINISH_INFO_REBOOT (patch #1967032)
Removed non-ANSI characters from French display name (bug #1979491)
Updated Slovenian (patch #2014106)
Homepage: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/
File Size: 1.49MB