1.9 exe Icon question

[mike456@cox.net]

I recentley download the patch for WinMX. I noticed on the installer file
"Install-1.9.exe" Icon, you know it shows a computer and a CD-Rom.
Well on the computer screen is a Silhouette of a Horse.

Does anyone have any comments about this?

Mike

[Me Here]

Mike I am not sure exactly what Icon your talking about.. there are no icons set in this program that I am aware of except the statdard 'exe' file one that is set by most installers..

[Bearded Blunder]

What icon you get on an installer depends which install maker package was used to make it, the one on install1.9.exe is one of the ones you see on various things.  It's pretty meaningless, other than whoever wrote the package obviously liked that icon.

[GhostShip]

Most Open Source folks use the NSIS installer with some sort of editor to compile the script, you can select different components such as interface, icon, language etc , its worth playing with if you have time    


http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download

This is the editor I often use to make a rough build and then tweak the script with any extras I need, I expect KM uses something similar.

http://hmne.sourceforge.net/

I hope that answers your question  

[KM]

editor? erm, scripts are extremely simple to write and don't need any editor except notepad...

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!include "Sections.nsh"

Name "WinMX Group 1.9 test"
OutFile "Install-1.9.exe"

InstallDir $PROGRAMFILES\WinMX
InstallDirRegKey HKLM "Software\WinMX" "Install_Dir"

Page components
Page directory
Page instfiles

UninstPage instfiles

AutoCloseWindow true

InstType "Windows NT"
InstType "Windows 9x"

Section "WinMX + Patch - Windows 2000/XP/2003" opt1
SectionIn 1
IfFileExists "$INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe" 0 ok
Exec $INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe
Sleep 4000
ok:
SetOutPath $INSTDIR

IfFileExists "$INSTDIR\olepro32.dll" 0 +2
Delete $INSTDIR\olepro32.dll

IfFileExists "$INSTDIR\WS2_32r.dll" 0 checkrcms
File "/oname=ws2_32r.dll" "winnt\Release\ws2_32.dll"
goto donepatch
checkrcms:
IfFileExists "$INSTDIR\WS2_32o.dll" 0 nofile
File "/oname=ws2_32o.dll" "winnt\Release\ws2_32.dll"
goto donepatch
nofile:
File "winnt\Release\ws2_32.dll"
donepatch:

IfFileExists "$INSTDIR\WS2_32.dll" 0 nofile

File "winnt\Release\winmx.exe"
SetOutPath $SMPROGRAMS\WinMX

CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\WinMX"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\WinMX\WinMX.lnk" "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe" 0
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\WinMX\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe" 0
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\WinMX.lnk" "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe" 0

WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe"

Exec "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe"
SectionEnd

Section "WinMX + Patch - Windows 98/ME" opt2
SectionIn 2
IfFileExists "$INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe" 0 ok
Exec $INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe
Sleep 4000
ok:

SetOutPath $INSTDIR
File "win9x\Release\olepro32.dll"
File "win9x\Release\winmx.exe"

CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\WinMX"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\WinMX\WinMX.lnk" "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe" 0
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\WinMX\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe" 0
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\WinMX.lnk" "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe" 0

WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe"

Exec "$INSTDIR\winmx.exe"
SectionEnd

Section "Uninstall"
 
  DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinMX"
  DeleteRegKey HKLM SOFTWARE\WinMX

  Delete $INSTDIR\*.*
  Delete $INSTDIR\uninstallmx.exe

  Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\WinMX\*.*"

  RMDir "$SMPROGRAMS\WinMX"
  RMDir "$INSTDIR"
Quit
SectionEnd

Function .onInit

ReadRegStr $R0 HKLM \
"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" CurrentVersion
strlen $R1 $R0

StrCmp $R1 '0' 0 lbl_winnt
StrCpy $1 ${opt1}
SetCurInstType 1
goto end
lbl_winnt:
StrCpy $1 ${opt2}
SetCurInstType 0
goto end
end:
FunctionEnd

Function .onSelChange

  !insertmacro StartRadioButtons $1
    !insertmacro RadioButton ${opt1}
    !insertmacro RadioButton ${opt2}
  !insertmacro EndRadioButtons

FunctionEnd



hey, that should also shut up the idiots who say "release the source so we can take it as our own", they would probably also be stupid enough to think that was the source code for the dll