Installer Demo Toolbar

Download the latest version of Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS). It contains the best compression and it is an open source. It can be found at http://nsis.sourceforge.net/

Follow the steps to run and install NSIS by selecting full installation. Once NSIS is installed you should have files and folders as shown below:

To compile the “nsi” or “nsh” scripts please run makensisw.exe or you can choose makensisw.exe to be the default opening program for “nsi” and “nsh” file extensions.

Copy the directories included in the lib directory (Include and Plugins) to the installation directory of NSIS (typically <Program Files\NSIS)

After building the toolbar, please identify the toolbar’s project path and copy the directory “Setup” to this directory.

“Setup” directory has these files and folders:

Rename the toolbar’ DLLs to your toolbar name in your toolbar project directory:

Per example:

dtband.dll to InstallerDemoTb.dll
and dtx.dll to installerDemoDx.dll

Change the attribute “filename” in toolbar.xml to the corresponding changed name of dtband.dll

Browse to file Setup\ ProjectSettings.nsh and modify the DLL names at the following location:

!define dllNameDTX "installerDemoDx.dll"
!define dllNameBand "installerDemoTb.dll"

You can also modify the rest of the settings in this file as to suit your toolbar configuration for Project Name, version, etc…

You can change the logo icon of the installer or the side image by replacing the images located at Setup\img directory with your icons of choice while keeping their names “install.ico” and “side.bmp”.

Note: The icon file “install.ico” has to be in the right format in order to be shown by the installer.

The “side.bmp” has to be in the right format in order to be shown by the installer.

You can replace the EULA (End User License Agreement) used in the installer by your own EULA. Only “txt” and “rtf” file formats are supported and the file name can be changed in line 264 in file Setup\Toolbar.nsi using any text editor.

Compile the file Toolbar.nsi located at the “Setup” directory using MakeNSISW.exe

If the configurations and settings are correct MakeNSISW.exe will enable the button “Test Installer” and an EXE file will be generated in the Setup\bin directory.

You can now install your toolbar using this installer.