NSIS Users Manual

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• SUMMARY
• Chapter 1: Introduction to NSIS
  • 1.1 About NSIS
  • 1.2 Main Features
  • 1.3 Feature List
  • 1.4 Unicode installers
• Chapter 2: Tutorial: The Basics
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Script Files
  • 2.3 Scripting structure
  • 2.4 Compiler
  • 2.5 Modern UI
  • 2.6 Plug-ins
  • 2.7 More
• Chapter 3: Command Line Usage
  • 3.1 MakeNSIS Usage
  • 3.2 Installer Usage
• Chapter 4: Scripting Reference
  • 4.1 Script File Format
  • 4.2 Variables
  • 4.3 Labels
  • 4.4 Relative Jumps
  • 4.5 Pages
  • 4.6 Sections
  • 4.7 Functions
  • 4.8 Installer Attributes
  • 4.9 Instructions
  • 4.10 Multiple Languages
  • 4.11 Plug-in DLLs
  • 4.12 Silent Installers/Uninstallers
• Chapter 5: Compile Time Commands
  • 5.1 Compiler Utility Commands
  • 5.2 Predefines
  • 5.3 Read environment variables
  • 5.4 Conditional Compilation
• Appendix A: Modern User Interface
• Appendix B: DLL/TLB Library Setup
  • B.1 Introduction
  • B.2 Library Installation
  • B.3 Library Uninstallation
  • B.4 Visual Basic 6 Run-Time Files
• Appendix C: Useful Scripts
• Appendix D: Useful Information
• Appendix E: Useful Headers
  • E.1 File Functions Header
  • E.2 Text Functions Header
  • E.3 Word Functions Header
• Appendix F: Changelog and Release Notes
  • F.1 3.05
  • F.2 3.04
  • F.3 3.03
  • F.4 3.02.1
  • F.5 3.02
  • F.6 3.01
  • F.7 3.0
  • F.8 3.0 Release Candidate 2
  • F.9 3.0 Release Candidate 1
  • F.10 3.0 Beta 3
  • F.11 3.0 Beta 2
  • F.12 3.0 Beta 1
  • F.13 3.0 Beta 0
  • F.14 3.0 Alpha 2
  • F.15 3.0 Alpha 1
  • F.16 3.0 Alpha 0
  • F.17 2.51
  • F.18 2.50
  • F.19 2.49
  • F.20 2.48
  • F.21 2.47
  • F.22 2.46
  • F.23 2.45
  • F.24 2.44
  • F.25 2.43
  • F.26 2.42
  • F.27 2.41
  • F.28 2.40
  • F.29 2.39
  • F.30 2.38
  • F.31 2.37
  • F.32 2.36
  • F.33 2.35
  • F.34 2.34
  • F.35 2.33
  • F.36 2.32
  • F.37 2.31
  • F.38 2.30
  • F.39 2.29
  • F.40 2.28
  • F.41 2.27
  • F.42 2.26
  • F.43 2.25
  • F.44 2.24
  • F.45 2.23
  • F.46 2.22
  • F.47 2.21
  • F.48 2.20
  • F.49 2.19
  • F.50 2.18
  • F.51 2.17
  • F.52 2.16
  • F.53 2.15
  • F.54 2.14
  • F.55 2.13
  • F.56 2.12
  • F.57 2.11
  • F.58 2.10
  • F.59 2.09
  • F.60 2.08
  • F.61 2.07
  • F.62 2.06
  • F.63 2.05
  • F.64 2.04
  • F.65 2.03
  • F.66 2.02
  • F.67 2.01
  • F.68 2.0
  • F.69 2.0 Release Candidate 4
  • F.70 2.0 Release Candidate 3
  • F.71 2.0 Release Candidate 2
  • F.72 2.0 Release Candidate 1
  • F.73 2.0 Beta 4
  • F.74 2.0 Beta 3
  • F.75 2.0 Beta 2
  • F.76 2.0 Beta 1
  • F.77 2.0 Beta 0
  • F.78 2.0 Alpha 7
  • F.79 2.0 Alpha 6
  • F.80 2.0 Alpha 5
  • F.81 2.0 Alpha 4
  • F.82 2.0 Alpha 3
  • F.83 2.0 Alpha 2
  • F.84 2.0 Alpha 1
  • F.85 2.0 Alpha 0
  • F.86 Older Versions
• Appendix G: Building NSIS
• Appendix H: Credits
• Appendix I: License