NSIS write to a file on APPDATA inside a subdir - nsis

I'm trying to append 1 line of text into a file on the $APPDATA folder which is inside of a folder that's generated randomly, so I don't know it's full path like:
C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\MyApp\RANDOM_CRAP\config.json
While RANDOM_CRAP looks like some random string for a folder, like G4F6Hh3L.
What are my options here? Do I need to use either Search For a File or Search for a File or Directory (Alternative) ? It's a given that the only subfolder of MyApp folder is the RANDOM_CRAP folder, that contains the file I want to edit.
If there's no other way to access this file without searching for it, I've tried doing so but couldn't get this to work. (I'm very new to NSIS)
This is what I've tried (With the alternative approach):
Push "config.json"
Push "$APPDATA"
Push $0
GetFunctionAddress $0 "myCallback"
Exch $0
Push "1" ; include subfolders because my desired file is in the random folder
Push "0" ; no need the . option
Call SearchFile
Than I've copied the SearchFile code from this post and put a callback:
Function myCallback
Exch 3
Pop $R4
MessageBox MB_OK "Callback executing!"
MessageBox MB_OK "File is at : $R4"
FunctionEnd
I know that SearchFile is running (I've put a MessageBox inside) but myCallback isn't seemed to be called.
Many thanks.

If you are looking for a known file and only one directory in the path is unknown then you can probably just do a basic FindFirst search:
Section
; Create "random" folders:
CreateDirectory "$temp\MyApp\foo"
System::Call kernel32::GetTickCount()i.r1 ; random enough
CreateDirectory "$temp\MyApp\bar$1"
FileOpen $0 "$temp\MyApp\bar$1\config.json" a
FileWrite $0 '{bogus:"data"}$\n'
FileClose $0
CreateDirectory "$temp\MyApp\baz"
!include LogicLib.nsh
; Do the actual search:
StrCpy $9 "$temp\MyApp" ; The folder we are going to search in
FindFirst $0 $1 "$temp\MyApp\*"
loop:
StrCmp $1 "" done
${If} ${FileExists} "$9\$1\config.json"
DetailPrint "Found: $9\$1\config.json"
${EndIf}
FindNext $0 $1
Goto loop
done:
FindClose $0
SectionEnd

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nsis read directory from txt files?

I am trying read the directory from text file but it did't working!
the test.txt is a two lines file ,a line per directory.
anyone can help me?
; example1.nsi
;
; This script is perhaps one of the simplest NSIs you can make. All of the
; optional settings are left to their default settings. The installer simply
; prompts the user asking them where to install, and drops a copy of example1.nsi
; there.
;--------------------------------
; The name of the installer
Name "Example1"
; The file to write
OutFile "example1.exe"
; The default installation directory
InstallDir $DESKTOP
; Request application privileges for Windows Vista
RequestExecutionLevel admin
!include "LogicLib.nsh"
!include FileFunc.nsh
ShowInstDetails show
;--------------------------------
; Pages
;--------------------------------
Function .onInit
functionend
; The stuff to install
Section "" ;No components page, name is not important
FileOpen $0 "test.txt" r
;FileSeek $4 1000 ; we want to start reading at the 1000th byte
FileRead $0 $1 ; we read until the end of line (including carriage return and new line) and save it to $1
FileRead $0 $2
;FileRead $4 $2 10 ; read 10 characters from the next line
FileClose $0 ; and close the file
DetailPrint $1
DetailPrint $2
CopyFiles $1 "D:\Desktop\taobao"
; Set output path to the installation directory.
SetOutPath $INSTDIR
SectionEnd ; end the section
FileOpen $0 "test.txt" r is problematic for two reasons.
You are not using a full path.
I'm assuming this file does not already exist on the end-users machine. You probably need to extract it from the installer before you can read it.
Another problem is that FileRead includes the newline characters in the returned string and you must remove them if you don't need them. Newline characters are not valid in paths on Windows.
; Create simple text file for this example:
!delfile /nonfatal "myexample.txt"
!appendfile "myexample.txt" "Hello$\r$\n"
!appendfile "myexample.txt" "W o r l d$\r$\n"
!include "StrFunc.nsh"
${StrTrimNewLines} ; Tell StrFunc.nsh to define this function for us
Section
SetOutPath $InstDir
InitPluginsDir ; Make sure $PluginsDir exists (it is automatically deleted by the installer when it quits)
File "/oname=$PluginsDir\data.txt" "myexample.txt" ; Extract our myexample.txt file to $PluginsDir\data.txt
FileOpen $0 "$PluginsDir\data.txt" r
FileRead $0 $1
${StrTrimNewLines} $1 $1
FileRead $0 $2
${StrTrimNewLines} $2 $2
FileClose $0
DetailPrint "Line 1=$1"
DetailPrint "Line 2=$2"
SectionEnd

How to use System::Call and MessageBox when calling the C++ dll method from the NSIS script

My requirement is I need to test "If the device is present before we try to disable the Native Power" from the system.
For that I need to call the below function that is there in testutil.dll
BOOL IsTherePower()
Below is the NSIS script to call this function:
Name "PowerTest"
OutFile "PowerTest.exe"
InstallDir $PROGRAMFILES\PowerTest
Section "PowerTest(required)"
SectionIn RO
DetailPrint "PowerTest"
; Set output path to the installation directory. Here is the path C:\Program Files\PowerTest
SetOutPath $INSTDIR
; Give the dll path
File E:\Code\Source\Validatepower.exe
File E:\Code\Source\testutil.dll
File E:\Code\Source\ntutil.dll
File E:\Code\Source\dlgdll.dll
System::Call "$INSTDIR\testutil.dll::IsTherePower() i.r0"
Pop $0
MessageBox MB_OK "Return value = $R0, lasterr = $0"
IntCmp $R0 1 OkToInstall CancelInstall
CancelInstall:
Abort "Not allowed to install"
OkToInstall:
Do the install
With the above code when i run the application i am getting "Return value=, lasterr = error". I am not sure why i am getting the "Return value" blank (null). Did I miss anything here?
I have written "System::Call" and "MessageBox" but not sure what they are doing.
Here I want to know what is "i.r0" from System::Call
And also what is "Pop $0"?
You are using the wrong register. r0 in System syntax is $0, not $R0 (R0 and r10 is $R0). System::Call "$INSTDIR\drvutil.dll::IsUPSPresent() i.r0" puts the INT32 return value in $0 and then you overwrite $0 with the Pop and your stack happened to be empty.
If you need to call GetLastError() then you must append the ?e option:
System::Call "$INSTDIR\drvutil.dll::IsUPSPresent() i.r0 ?e" ; Pushes error code on top of the stack
Pop $1 ; Get error code
DetailPrint "Return=$0 LastError=$1"
?e pushes the last error on the stack and Pop extracts the top item on the stack.
I can confirm that my code works, I tested in on a dummy .DLL. If it does not work for you then System::Call is unable to load the .DLL or find the exported function. The most likely issue is that you have not exported the function correctly in your .DLL.
Inspect your .DLL with Dependency Walker, it is supposed to look like this:
not
You can also try do verify it manually in NSIS:
!include LogicLib.nsh
Section
SetOutPath $InstDir
File drvutil.dll
System::Call 'KERNEL32::LoadLibrary(t "$InstDir\drvutil.dll")p.r8 ?e'
Pop $7
${If} $8 P<> 0
MessageBox MB_OK 'Successfully loaded "$InstDir\drvutil.dll" # $8'
System::Call 'KERNEL32::GetProcAddress(pr8, m "IsUPSPresent")p.r9 ?e'
Pop $7
${If} $9 P<> 0
MessageBox MB_OK 'Successfully found "IsUPSPresent" # $9'
${Else}
MessageBox MB_ICONSTOP 'Unable to find "IsUPSPresent", error $7'
${EndIf}
System::Call 'KERNEL32::FreeLibrary(pr8)'
${Else}
MessageBox MB_ICONSTOP 'Unable to load "$InstDir\drvutil.dll", error $7'
${EndIf}

NSIS code if-else to stack operation

I always get confused when it comes to nsis stack operation. Now I'm writing a small piece of code for trimming trailing space from a string.
Input:
C:\Program Files (x86)\COMPANY\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\COMPANY
Output:
C:\Program Files (x86)\COMPANY
Working code - with normal if-else
!define TrimPath '!insertmacro "_TrimPath"'
!macro _TrimPath _FOLDERPATH
StrCpy $0 `${_FOLDERPATH}` 1 -1
${If} $0 == "\"
StrCpy $1 `${_FOLDERPATH}` -1
StrCpy `${_FOLDERPATH}` $1
${EndIf}
!macroend
Wrong code - with stack operation
!define TrimPath '!insertmacro "_TrimPath"'
!macro _TrimPath _FOLDERPATH
Exch $0
StrCpy $2 $0 1 -1
StrCmp $2 "\" +2 +1
StrCpy $1 $0 -1
StrCpy $1 $0
Pop $0
Exch $1
!macroend
Can anyone correct me and point me whats wrong?
I think you're trying to use a macro as a function. Some comments/questions/hints:
Why are you using Exch which swaps the value in the top of the stack instead of using _FOLDERPATH ?
Are you pushing the parameter in the stack before calling the macro? Something like:
push $path
${Trimpath}
Pop $0 restores the value of $0 but then you call Exch $1 which will swap the value in top of the stack (unknow value, maybe the stack is empty) with $1. Why?? If you want to save the result in the stack, just push $1.

why need in Locate plugin find section the following line?

Section
${Locate} "C:\ftp" "/L=F /M=RPC DCOM.rar /S=1K" "Example1"
; 'RPC DCOM.rar' file in 'C:\ftp' with size 1 Kb or more
IfErrors 0 +2
MessageBox MB_OK "Error" IDOK +2
MessageBox MB_OK "$$R0=$R0"
SectionEnd
Function Example1
StrCpy $R0 $R9
; $R0="C:\ftp\files\RPC DCOM.rar"
MessageBox MB_YESNO '$R0$\n$\nFind next?' IDYES +2
** StrCpy $0 StopLocate ** -> why needs this line?
Push $0
FunctionEnd
Thx for the help!
${Locate} has a loop that looks for files that matches your input and when it finds one it calls your callback-function (Example1 in this case). It searches subdirectories by default so there could be more than one "RPC DCOM.rar" file.
If you only care about the first file then you can stop it from searching other subdirectories by pushing the string "StopLocate" to the stack. Pushing anything else will continue the search...

Find a string pattern in a file from an NSIS script

In an NSIS installer script, I'm trying to check if a given httpd.conf file contains the following line :
Include "c:\xxx\yyy.conf"
If so, then my installer script would not append it to the file, otherwise, it would append it.
I've come through {LineFind} but not sure this really makes what i'm trying to achieve.
What could be the simplest way to do a kind of "grep" on a text file from an NSIS script ?
Thank you !
Here is a sample for searching for a given line into a file, using the LogicLib for ease of syntax. The search is stopped as soon as the line is found. This sample works on the sample script itself:
# find.nsi : sample for LineFind from TextFunc.nsh
!include "textfunc.nsh"
!include "logiclib.nsh"
OutFile "find.exe"
!define lookfor `Section` ;will find
;!define lookfor `Sectionn` ;will not find
Var found
Section
StrCpy $found 0
${LineFind} "find.nsi" "/NUL" "1:-1" "GrepFunc"
${if} $found = 1
MessageBox MB_OK "string found"
${else}
MessageBox MB_OK "string NOT found"
${endIf}
SectionEnd
Function GrepFunc
${TrimNewLines} '$R9' $R9
DetailPrint "test for line $R8 `$R9`"
${if} $R9 == "${lookfor}"
StrCpy $found 1 ;set flag
Push "StopLineFind" ;stop find
${else}
Push 0 ;ignore -> continue
${endIf}
FunctionEnd

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