Download NSIS 2.26

Version 2.26 of the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System has just been released. NSIS can be used to easily create professional looking installation packages. After creating a script, the program then creates a compact installer, which can also include uninstall options, for example. The changelog for this release shows the following changes and improvements:

Major Changes

• Added LIBRARY_X64 option for InstallLib and UnInstallLib for installing and uninstalling x64 libraries
• Added $PROGRAMFILES32, $PROGRAMFILES64, $COMMONFILES32 and $COMMONFILES64

Minor changes

• Added $EXEPATH and $EXEFILE
• Added $(^Language) language string which holds the language name (RFE #1235616)
• Added LIBRARY_IGNORE_VERSION option for InstallLib (patch #1699435)
• Added VXD support for GetDLLVersionLocal on Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista (patch #1706624)
• Avoid Library warning when UnInstallLib is unused (bug #1692761)
• Fixed error handling of CopyFiles on Windows NT4 (bug #774966)
• Fixed font name encoding broken since 2.24
• Fixed LogicLib duplicate labels across included files
• Fixed preservation of folder attributes with File /a (bug #1699474)
• Improved unused variable warning (bug #1701050)
• Library macros no longer require version information for DLL files on POSIX
• Minor documentation improvements (including RFE #971467)
• Modern UI: added MUI_FINISHPAGE_CANCEL_ENABLED
• Modern UI: added MUI_FINISHPAGE_REBOOTLATER_DEFAULT (RFE #1143843)
• Modern UI: block unsupported languages ​​in the language selection dialog (RFE #1564986)
• Modern UI: disable Cancel button on the finish page (bug #1267491)
• Modern UI: reduce flicker caused by MUI_HEADER_TRANSPARENT_TEXT (patch #1696610)
• Support Quit in show page functions

New/Changed Commands

• Added SetRegView to allow access to the x64 registry view
• Installer icon support for MessageBox using MB_USERICON (patch #1682748, RFE #1530388)

Utilities and Plugins

• InstallOptions 2.47: line breaks support in Link controls (patch #1683186, RFE #1495949), added HLine and VLine controls (patch #1683189)
• MakeNSISW: fixed broken command line parameter handling introduced in the last version (bug #1696534)
• UserInfo: return effective user group on Vista, added GetOriginalAccountType (patch #1687456, bug #1684777)

Translations

• Added Afrikaans translation (patch #1699558)
• French corrections (patch #1676101)
• German corrections

Build System

• Added SKIP TESTS option
• Avoid a lot of code warnings (bug #1676243)
• Detect wxWidgets instead of assuming its existence on POSIX (bug #1672315)
• Fixed big-endian platform support broken since 2.24

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