NSIS 3.02

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. 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:

• Generates self-contained executable installers
• Support for ZLib, BZip2 and LZMA data compression (files can be compressed individually or together)
• Uninstall support (installer can generate an uninstaller)
• Customizable user interface (dialogs, fonts, backgrounds, icons, text, checkmarks, images etc.)
• Classic and Modern wizard interface
• Fully multilingual, support for multiple languages (including RTL languages) in one installer. More than 40 translations are already available, but you can also create your own.
• Page system: You can add standard wizard pages or custom pages
• User selection of installation components, tree for component selection
• Multiple install configurations (usually Minimal, Typical, Full), and custom configuration
• Installer self-verification using a CRC32 checksum
• Small overhead over compressed data size (34 KB with default options)
• Ability to display a license agreement in text or RTF format
• Ability to detect destination directory from the registry
• Easy to use plug-in system (lots of plug-ins for creation of custom dialogs, internet connections, HTTP downloading, file patching, Win32 API calls, etc. are included)
• Installers can be as large as 2GB
• Optional silent mode for automated installations
• A preprocessor with support for defined symbols, macros, conditional compilation, standard predefines
• A lovely coding experience with elements of PHP and assembly (includes user variables, a stack, real flow control, etc.)

NSIS 3.02 changelog:

Major Changes

• Fixed NSIS3 RegTool Win9x bug
• Added the HKCR32, HKCR64, HKCU32, HKCU64, HKLM32 and HKLM64 root keys
• Unsupported SetRegView mode now fails all registry operations
• Added ExecShellWait
• Added WriteRegMultiStr (RFE #382, patch #219) and WriteRegNone
• Added !pragma warning (patch #267)
• $LocalAppData now resolves to the ProgramData folder in the SetShellVarContext all context

Minor Changes

• Variables used in Caption can now be set in .onGUIInit (RFE #539)
• MultiUser now supports $ProgramFiles64 (bug #843)
• Added support for MUI_UNCONFIRMPAGE_VARIABLE (RFE #511) and MUI_PAGE_CUSTOMFUNCTION_DESTROYED
• Unicode nsExec now supports the /OEM switch (bug #1171)

Translations

• Chinese (Traditional) updates by Walter Cheuk
• Minor French improvements (patch #221)

Download: NSIS 3.02 | 1.7 MB (Open Source)
View: NSIS Home Page