[CMake] CPACK on windows

[David Cole]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Otmane Lahlou <otmane.lahlou at c-s.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got no answer for this,
>
> Can someone tell me whether doing this with CMake is possible.
>

Yes, it is possible. I do not have time to go into details and tell
you exactly how to do it, but if the built-in functionality provided
by CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES and CPACK_NSIS_MENU_LINKS do not give you
sufficient control, you can always customize the NSIS input file that
CPack uses to tell NSIS how to build the installer.

See these threads that talk about customizing NSIS.template.in:
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2007-January/012649.html
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2010-July/037862.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg13128.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg28390.html

( All found by googling for "customize cpack nsis template" )


HTH,
David


> Thanks
> Otmane
>
>
> Otmane Lahlou a écrit :
>>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> When packaging my project, i want my project in the start menu to be
>> organised
>> in several directories  :
>>
>> In  the windows StartMenu i'd like to have something like that :
>>
>> StartMenu -> Programs -> MyProject ->   Directory1 -> {My stuffs 1}
>>
>>  Directory2 -> {My stuffs 2}
>>                                                                  Uninstall
>>
>> Here what i did : - I edit the variable CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES with the
>> executables name and their label :
>>   "exe1"  "Description of exe1"
>>    ....
>> - In case of Windows, i  used CPACK_NSIS_MENU_LINKS to have my shortcuts
>> in the startmenu.
>>  Here is the point; i did not succed to use this macro to get the
>> subdirectories organisation.
>>  but i have all the executables in the root directory MyProject :
>>
>>  StartMenu -> Programs -> MyProject ->   My stuffs 1
>>                                                                   My
>> stuffs 2
>>
>> Uninstall
>>
>> Any hints to do that?
>> Thanks
>>
>> Otmane
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