NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution. Being a user"s first experience with your product, a stable and reliable installer is an important component of succesful software. With NSIS you can create such installers that are capable of doing everything that is needed to setup your software. NSIS is script-based and allows you to create the logic to handle even the most complex installation tasks. Many plug-ins and scripts are already available: you can create web installers, communicate with Windows and other software components, install or update shared components and more.
Release Notes:
- Vista PNG icons are now supported without the need for any special tricks.
- Major Changes
- Added support for mismatching installer and uninstaller icons
- NSIS source code is now hosted on Subversion instead of CVS
- Minor Changes
- Fixed synchronization that could allow the user to cause extraction errors in rare cases (reported in the forum)
- Fixed syntax validation of Var
- Modern UI 2 beta: Fixed 3-line title on welcome/finish page
- Modern UI 2 beta: Fixed components page description and lock
- Modern UI 2 beta: Fixed default language selection from registry
- Modern UI 2 beta: Fixed MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_BGCOLOR
- Minor documentation improvements (including bug #1811876, bug #1819946)
- Utilities and Plug-ins:
- nsDialogs: Added link support
- Translations:
- Bulgarian corrections
- Fixed Japanese and Norwegian Nynorsk MUI line breaks (bug #1817289)
- Build System:
- Check compiler"s -m32 flag before the linker"s to avoid gcc segfault