Software Update: NSIS 2.05

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System version 2.05 was recently released by the Nullsoft development team. The program, as the name implies, is a software package with which installations can be made in a simple way. After creating a simple script, the program then creates a nice compact installer, in addition, an uninstall option can also be given. The release notes look like this:

NSIS 2.05 has been released. This release fixes a lot of quirks of the components page and section related instructions. It should also make sections handling a bit simpler in some common uses.

A lot of changes were made to the behavior of sections/components and related instructions. The changes were thoroughly tested, but may still cause minor incompatibilities with old scripts. Please let us know if your script no longer functions as expected with these changes.

New/Changed Commands:

• Renamed SubSection and SubSectionEnd to SectionGroup and SectionGroupEnd
• SectionSetFlags, when used on a section group, toggles its children too
• SectionSetText works better with variables (parses immediately and treats an empty variable as an empty string)
• SetCurInstType works without the components page

Minor changes:

• Added Breton translation
• AdvSplash: Fixed double delay time in some cases
• Documentation fixes and enhancements (including patch #1098454)
• Fixed case sensitive name comparison with File /x, when not using wildcards
• Fixed extraction status ending prior to 100%
• Fixed negative values ​​of available space in the directory page (bug #1114876)
• Fixed system.nsi example crash (bug #1102255)
• Fixed unused label warnings with Library macros
• Improved some error messages
• InstallOptions 2.42: Added an image displaying example, added TRANSPARENT flag for BITMAP fields (RFE #1079715 – funded by Chris Morgan)
• Invisible sections weren’t always affected by a change of the installation type (bug #1045722)
• Language file fixes
• Made pages refresh after an aborted leave function
• Partially selected section groups can now be toggled