2.0 Beta 0

F.19 2.0 Beta 0

Released on December 6th, 2002

New paging system
Added Page and UninstPage
Removed .onNextPage, .onPrevPage, .onInitDialog
New easier version of the Modern User Interface with better multilanguage support, InstallOptions integration, welcome and finish page etc.
Custom pages no longer flicker when created
Added accelerator keys
Added LangString and LangStringUP for user defined multilingual strings
Added support for transparent check marks
Added InitPluginsDir
Renamed nsisconf.nsi to nsisconf.nsh
Added CreateShortcut comment/description parameter
Splash.exe is now a plugin (splash.dll)
Added new plugins: System, AdvSplash, nsExec, UserInfo, BgImage, Banner and StartMenu
!ifdef and friends can now be used in macros
SendMessage can send strings (put STR: before a param) and supports timeouts
Right mouse button "Copy to clipboard" context menu for the Details window
Plugin syntax now requires dll name, e.g. dll::func not just func
Licence text receives initial focus (page up & down work immediately, return key still works)
Made win9x move/delete on reboot support proper and function like on win2k
Now always loads RichEdit v2 if present (links work on Win9x)
DeleteRegKey now complains if given a third parameter (other than /ifempty)
RegDLL now works with DLLs dependent on DLLs from the same directory
${LANG_langName} defined as the language id when loading a NLF
Fixed a few bugs that caused the installer to load slower than before
Uninstall can now get command line parameters too
Added ReserveFile
Added ExDLL.h
Included makensisw 1.9 (lots of changes)
Updated InstallOptions
Updated ZIP2EXE
Updated HTTP download plugin, NSIS-dl (timeout added, better proxy detection)
A lot of new language files
A lot of new icons and check marks
Changed section flags values
SectionSetFlags can now set bold too
SectionSetFlags now works in silent installers too
SectionSetName for sub sections doesn't need '-' in front of the name
Added SetPluginUnload
Hidden section can now use SectionIn too
File /nonfatal switch added
Plugins no longer add size to their containing section
Defines can now be used inside define names (${bla${blo}})
New docs format (WOOHA!)
EXE header size a lot smaller, 33.5KB for bzip2 and 34KB for zlib
Lots of other bugs fixed...