Invisible wrote:
> Anybody here happen to know anything about NSIS?

So apparently that's a "no" then.

> I was under the impression that NSIS is supposed to make building an 
> installer "easy" - but this is manifestly not the case. The 
> documentation is terse and unhelpful, the examples are opaque and don't 
> cover what I'm actually trying to do, and it's just extremely hard to 
> work out how to do anything.

Ah yes, wonderful documentation. Currently I'm trying to figure out how 
to make NSIS actually *react* to errors, rather than blindly ignore 
them. You would think that a product designed specifically for the 
purpose of making complex installers would support you by making this 
kind of thing drop-dead easy... but no. Apparently you have to script it 
like you're writing psuedo-assumbly language. Yuck!!

> Man, when I started out yesterday, I thought I was trying to do 
> something really easy. I guess not!

Well, I have at least got to the point where the installer works when 
everything goes according to plan. Trouble is, if there's a problem, the 
installer merrily continues as if nothing's wrong. Not very graceful!

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