2.0 Beta 4

F.15 2.0 Beta 4

Released on November 19th, 2003

The /LANG parameter is no longer available for any text setting instructions. You must use a LangString if you want to make a certain text multilingual. This means you can also set one text for all languages. To make the license data multilingual you should use LicenseLangString.
Modern UI 1.67: Because of the new syntax for pages, renaming of settings and variable names etc., you have to make some changes to your scripts, see the Modern UI Readme for details.
Custom Pages now have a leave function. As this parameter is placed before the caption you have to add another "" empty string for the title to work.
.onSelChange is no longer called when the components page is created.
The icons folder has been renamed to Graphics and was reorganized. If you were using any files from Contrib\Icons in your script, you should update it to point to the new image or icon path.
UpgradeDLL has been changed, it's highly recommend that you include the new version in your script using !include "UpgradeDLL.nsh" instead of the old one.

CHM documentation - searchable and comes with an index
User variables ($VARNAME) that can be declared with the Var command
Support for all pages in both installer and uninstaller. Components, directory and license pages can be used for the uninstaller
Improved large files handling (way lower requirements to compile a 2GB installer now)
Full support for RTL languages, including support for LTR and RTL languages in one installer
Modern UI 1.67: New system & syntax for pages, settings (support for multiple pages of the same type, page specific settings, more customization options etc.), Welcome/Finish pages for uninstaller, LicenseForceSelection support, new options for Finish page / language selection dialog, fixes, more
Extraction progress
No more unprocessed strings, variables can be used everywhere
Leave function for custom pages: Input on InstallOptions pages can be validated using script code
Interface improvements: Better ClearType support, no more flickering
OnMouseOver text is only displayed when mouse over section
NLF language files (v6): language specific fonts, RTL and more strings
Inner LangStrings can be used in the script
No more /LANG, only LangStrings - easier to set one string to all languages
LangStrings are no longer installer/uninstaller specific (no un.)

Added PageEx, PageCallbacks and DirVar - it's now a lot easier to add the same page type twice
Added FileBufSize
Added VIAddVersionKey: add version information resource to the installer
Added AllowSkipFiles: set whether the user should be able to skip a file when overwriting failed
Added LicenseForceSelection: checkbox or radio buttons on license page to let user agree with license or not
Added SectionSetSize, SectionGetSize, SetCurInstType and GetCurInstType
Replaced SetBkColor with SetCtlColors which can set text color too
Added IfSilent and SetSilent to allow better /S interaction
Added support for standard predefines: ${__DATE__}, ${__TIME__}, ${__TIMESTAMP__}, ${__FILE__}, ${__LINE__}
Added ifdiff and lastusd for SetOverwrite
/o Switch for Section provides ability to unselect the section by default
New parameter for DirText to set the browse dialog text
Added RMDir /REBOOTOK: remove folders on reboot
InstType /NOCUSTOM and /COMPONENTSONLYONCUSTOM work together
Added base_dir for GetTempFileName

RO sections can now be in InstTypes too (defaults to old behavior)
Increased limit of InstTypes to 32
Improved macros & functions: UpgradeDLL, GetParent, GetParameters. Using the new versions is recommended.
Fixed SetOutPath not setting current directory if the directory didn't exist before
Components tree: fixed problems with sub-sections with RO sections as children, SF_EXPAND now refreshes the components tree and added SF_PSELECTED for partially selected sub-sections
Improved AddBrandingImage: doesn't depend on the UI, can set image on the bottom and on the right, support for custom padding value
Better installation directory verification
Fixed all known problems with temporary files and directories
Documentation fixes
Minor bug fixes
Code clean-ups and some more comments
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MakeNSISW 2.0: UI to define symbols, easy access to recent scripts, toolbar and more
Zip2Exe 0.3: based on header files, improved interface, Modern UI support, new script code, improved folder detection
InstallOptions 2.2: added LINK control, added EXTENDEDSELECT flag for list boxes which replaces MULTISELECT that now acts exactly as the real style flag ([double] click turns on or off selection), fixes
BgImage plug-in stability fixes
Added vPatch: patch generator and plug-in that applies the patches
Banner plug-in improvements: responds to messages and some new /set tricks by brainsucker
AdvSpalsh plug-in improvements: smaller, better transparency support and a possible bug fix
System plug-in improvements: Unicode, GUID and COM support
nsExec plug-in improvments: ability to run 16 bit code and tabs to spaces conversion
Math plug-in
Delphi unit for NSIS plug-ins