Thanks for a great program and I have a couple of basic questions

(1) Does Add-On Maker see the contents of subdirectories in the folder it reads from or just the one folder?

(2) I have created a few addons that work fine, and have started to get a little fancier by setting up .cmd files as installs for programs that need extra stuff like copying files to the program directory and the like. Are there any limitations on what commands can be in these batch files that I should know about? I noticed it put something called Batchrunner.exe in there and I am having a few problems I want to track down.

I think I have a path to solving my problems with batch file addons now.

I had pulled out the self-extracting .exe with Universal Extractor, so I still had batchrunner.exe (that links to the batchrunner topic) in the source folder. I ran Maker and I got some error "Unable to find files.7z" although I am not sure of the exact wording because I can't re-create it. I took out batchrunner and I stopped getting the error. I put it back in and still don't get the error.

Also if Maker creates the batch-file addon succesfully and it fails during Windows installation with something like "Specified file is not a batch file", it is necessary to make sure batchrunner will run that particular batch file by running it from a cmd window:

Although install.cmd is the default for batchrunner anyway so the filename can be omitted. Apparently running install.cmd directly is not a good enough test.

well,you can export the serial from registry to a reg file,then add a CMD file to your installation containing the line

i wanna make a windows live messanger addon with nlite addon maker

what command for silent intallation should i use?

/qn or /qb

you could also try /passive or /quiet

/qn and /quiet dont display progress bar

/qb and /passive display the progress bar

You might wanna try USSF or CMenu. 2 usefull apps for detecting exe and msi switches

thx

i used: /qn /passive

is it normal that the .ini files does not show the commands?

my question exactly..... I've downloaded a few files from winAddon, and the switches/commands are present there. It's weird.

The ini will not show the command line switches because the .exe is the self-extractor, not the original setup.exe

So if you every need to run the silent installer directly instead of usgin an addon, you can just extract it out of the .cab and not use the .ini.

Hi Carni,

Is the program fully functional if I first install it, then copy the contents under Program Files elsewhere and then delete the Directory under Program Files? I mean, does it store anything elswhere, e.g. in Registry, in other Directories?

Can I use it this way on my USB Key (without installation)?

And subsequently, which files can I delete that are obsolete when I use it without installation? I would guess unins000.exe and unins000.dat...


Thx!

Joe

next version

This does not work for me. Add-on Maker isn't actually writing my switches to entries_jre.ini

For example, what I'm looking for is this:



but what I get is this

@zulu... The switches are included in the 7zip sfx and is not needed in the svcpack.inf

You can test it by extracting the installer from the addon and executing it and you will see if it installs automatically or not with no need for you to add any other parameters

Aah, yes - you're right. Thank you and sorry.

Okay, over in the Application Installs forum I've been figuring it out how to do an unattended install when the serial is normally after install. Can I use N-Lite Add-On Maker to call a .reg file during the installation process? I tried using the following swtiches:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=95147

but when I tried to run the sfx archive I just got 'config failed'

hi {_carnificina_}! i tried using your addon maker recently to make my very 1st addon (XPero's eXPander) ... although everythng went on smoothly, it didn't integrate ... i tried to use FCGBA to check the result and there were some reports about missing parts (if i remeber it correctly it had to do with dosnet & default install parts) ... i likewise tried using xpaom but i likewise encountered error/s (i'll try to reproduce it and report back) ... a few questions here:
(1) how do i cab multiple files (i can do this for 1 file only thru makecab & apparently drag & drop doesn't work either)?
(2) on the contrary, how do i delete some files within a cab file (as 7zip doesn't allow me to do so)?
(3) would there be a way in nlaom to include shortcuts in the start menu (under Utilities) or even on the desktop (linking to C:\Program Files\XPero)?
(4) is the latest ver 1.2.4 (it shows in the file properties though as ver 0.0.0.0? wouldn't there be any update on this?
i'd really love to have XPero's eXPander so any help you guys could provide would be greatly appreciated ... my apologies as i've mentioned this is my 1st attempt ...

They forgive me for the a absence, I walk very with work therefore I am absent

no offense meant {_carnificina_} would there be updates to your addon maker with considerations to the above requests? ... for the 1st Q i think i may have found the A by using cabtool being able create shortcuts and establishing structure of directories in nlaom would be great! thanks!

What am I doing wrong? I am trying to create some “unattended - NO USER INTERACTION - silent� installs, and their not working?

Currently I have “19â€� programs that install “unattended - with no user interactionâ€�. The only one that “Iâ€� actually made, AND, that worked, was an Email notification program called “PopPeeperâ€�, which ‘CMENU’, v2.6, identified as “Nullsoftâ€� with a silent install of: Setup.exe /S . I used the Nlite addon maker, v1.2.4.2006, with the 7-zip, v4.42 & Izarc, v3.7. I used my windows xp pro + sp2 + hot fixes CD to create my ‘ISO’ using Nlite 1.3.04 & used the Virtual Box PC, v1.3.6 to test.

According to ‘Cmenu’, they are “WISEâ€� installations. This is what I tried as ‘unattended silent‘ installers:

Printkey2000 http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,...escription.html

FavOrg version 1.4 http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Book...rs/favorg.shtml

Printkey2000 Setup.exe & Fav Icon’s Setup.exe :
PrintKey2000 Setup.exe /s
“PrintKey2000 Setup.exe� /s -- This gave a 7-zip config failed error
PrintKey2000 Setup.exe /S
Setup.exe /S
Printkey2000_Setup.exe /S
Printkey2000.exe /sp- /very silent -- Unpacked using Universal Extractor v1.5
Fav Icon's Setup.exe /x
Fav Icon's Setup.exe /s
Fav Icon’s_Setup.exe /S
Setup.exe /S
The “USSFâ€� switch finder suggested an alternate, -- /x “x:\dirnameâ€� -- but when I tried that I got one of those 7-zip config failed error’s for both Print key & Fav Icon‘s.

On a related note, when I create an ‘cab’, it is “alwaysâ€� twice as big? Don’t understand that. Example, Printkey2000 Setup.exe is 564kb, Printkey2000 Setup.7z IZArc 7z Archive is 561kb, Printkey2000.cab IZArc CAB Archive becomes 1,189kb; Fav Icon’s = 380kb, after archive = 375kb, and after cab, expands to 813kb. And yes, the “exe’sâ€� are in an empty / separate folder when I create the ‘archive’s using 7-zip.

After rereading the guidelines, I noticed that someone noted that you can unpack a ‘cab’ that you created to see if it would silently install. I did that with the two “cab’sâ€� that I had “unpackedâ€� and they seemed to work. But when I tried them in a virtual pc, they stalled out the virtual pc at the T13 time line and I had to shut it down. The one’s that I don’t unpack, will start the installation process. To be sure, there are different “silent installers that ‘cmenu’ suggests“, when you ‘unpack’ an ‘exe’ versus when you don’t unpack.
Several of these methods will ‘install’ the programs, but ‘require’ user interface. I would appreciate anyone’s input and suggestions.
Thanks in advance,
Eddie

Never mine.
I was able to use a 'switchless installer' program, createurSFX, in combination with the nlite add on maker. I tested it with a virtual pc and it worked great.
This is a great program.
Project complete.
Thanks again,
Eddie

17.08.2007 - Turkish locale is updated!

any update? thanks!

is beta version

http://rapidshare.com/files/64023107/setup.rar

new sfx
support 7z

hi carnificina just tried you excellent add on maker but i noticed that it isn't adding the switches.

am using 1.2.4.2006

It IS adding the switches but just not to SVCPACK.INF, this addon maker creates "stand alone" silent switch installers using the swithces you choose. You can verify this by extracting the .cab addon and running the executable in the SVCPACK folder (you will see it runs silently)

EDIT: nm I did not see the beta vers

She is being developed a new version with more options.














All suggestions will be comings well

Looks promising

How about SFX Icon changing {_carnificina_}?

Use Reshack.exe and the cmdline

Is there an update coming soon? That would be great.

Is there a way to change the install path? I want to customize where the programs install.

Thanks

For the options of sfx it will be possible

example:

InstallPath="C:\\Windows\\system32"

i followed the instructions to make a cab file for just zip it which is a free program, my only question is ...what do you put on" the command for silent installation" box??

thank you great program

Thats where you put the switches for the program you are making a addon of.

If you want to find the switches you can use a program like CMenu or SendToA3X to find them

Thanks rick..and thank you very much for windowsblind 6.01.

got the updated wb6.01..thank you very much

iam trying to make an addon from cursorxp, this my settings

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but when windows is installing i get a pop up box asking to set up the program,before windows finishes installing.
any ideas.

also where it says command none custom is this the way it is all the time ???

I made a .cab with a .exe created with autoit but it dont works. Does addon maker support this kind of .exes, or maybe I'm doing something wrong?
Thanks.

Excuse, me

I've the ESET SMART SECURITY SUITE 3 program.
And, this program doesn't require any serial...

...but I want to import the Settings (user/password for updating; serverlist; firewall conf; etc)
...if it's possible, with a nLiteAM command, or similiar.

How I Could make this? ...please?



NOTE: This program can Import/Export a XML File With all its Settings.



Thanks in Advice.

Translation for Romanian language(incomplet for 1.3.0 ver.>)

hello , i'm using in the program "nLITE Add On maker" and i have a problem

pictuare :

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thanks for the assistant

My friend put your AddOn in folder in the Root.
C:\ADDON\MYPROGRAM.EXE

valeu ajarbas

thanks

[portuguese]
eai carnificina, vc tem alguma previsao pra quando sai a nova versao?
[/portuguese]

[english]
hi carnificina, do you have an ETA for the next version?
[/english]

how do we know that any application need swtiches or not ?
and from where i get msn swtich ? can any one guide me about that ?

Does it install all by itself with no interation from you? Then:

Try this:

Hey, my nLite Add-on Maker is freezing when Compressing Do I must kill 7za.exe process?? Sorry for my bad English, and I don't understand your first post :/ Please reply easy and quickly

Updated Polish translation for 1.2.4.2006 and for 1.3.0.2007:

Hi there. I have a question, if you can help me. I want to make an addon with a language pack. It has .msi extension and I don't know what command is for silent install. I tried allmost everything on that list. When i test that addon on a windows kit... it gives me an error about sintaxes or something... It make's me crazy! Wich is the right command for a silent install of a .msi file? I tried the command /qn, /S /V/QN, /quiet and some other.... Please help me. Thanks!

try -qb

Thanks for the tip..... in the end I manage to do it, but... now i have another.... question... I want to make a cab with Vista Transformation Pack, it's also freeware, but enything i try to make as "silent code" (-y /q /r:n; /S /V/QN; and the list is long), it does't work . Where I can find a terminology about this terminations or codes... whatever is the correct terms.

Run the installation program and choose something lite it: "Integrate transformation to installation files"

Belive me, I allready tryed that but nothing is happened. It's true, there is an option in the VTP wich allowes you to inegrate the program in a setup files, but, i don't know why, it doesn't work. My only option now, is to install vtp, and extract shell32.dll for use in a installation files... Is kind of sucks.... there is a lot of nice thinks in that program to use.... Anyway, if anybody can make me another sugestion, i'll apreciate. Thanks.