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      Tuck Fheman last edited by

      [quote name=“Nexistenz” post=“47793” timestamp=“1388136312”]
      Let me know if anything doesn’t work or maybe Kevlar’ll throw something out that kicks my approach down.
      [/quote]

      First, thanks!

      Ok I tried compiling and I get the error messages below, which I think means I need to install something (please let me know) …

      [code]C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(4486,5): warning MSB3155: Item ‘Microsoft.Windows.Installer.3.1’ could not be located in ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\Bootstrapper\’.

      C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(4486,5): warning MSB3146: Item ‘Windows Installer 4.5’ is required by ‘.NET Framework 3.5 SP1’, but was not included.[/code]

      I’m running on Win7/64.

      Also, I just thought about this; it’s probably going to take awhile to search the users HD. So, can it search 4 possible locations first then if the file is not found search the entire HD?

      Possible locations would be …

      “C:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes”

      “C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes”

      “C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch”

      “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch”

      [quote author=Nexistenz link=topic=6402.msg47793#msg47793 date=1388136312]
      Side note question, why does NWOSetup.exe require the path be saved to an ini file?
      [/quote]

      I used Clickteam Install Creator for the installation program and I just made this launcher for the music (and possible future uses). Clickteam’s install creator can read an INI file for the default install path. The biggest issue I’m having with the mod is getting people to install it in the proper folder (they don’t read). So I’m trying to head that off.

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        Kevlar Spammer last edited by

        Got it! I was just tired last night. Sorry.

        One line of code too:

        [code]
        @for /r “C:\Program Files” %%a in (*) do @if “%%~nxa”==“reliccoh.exe” echo reliccoh=%%~dpnxa > %%~dpareliccoh.ini
        [/code]

        Save that to findRelicCoH.bat, and then run it.

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          Tuck Fheman last edited by

          baleted

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            Tuck Fheman last edited by

            baleted

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              Tuck Fheman last edited by

              baleted

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                Tuck Fheman last edited by

                [b]doh! actually, Kevlar yours did work[/b], but it worked too good!

                I did not check for an existing INI file of the same name and it overwrote a file that already existed. but I do now have an INI file with the path.

                reliccoh=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch[b]RelicCOH.exe [/b]

                [s]How do I get rid of the filename from that path so I can just pass the path itself. [/s]

                Thanks!

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                  Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                  [quote name=“Tuck Fheman” post=“47951” timestamp=“1388188421”]
                  [b]doh! actually, Kevlar yours did work[/b], but it worked too good!

                  I did not check for an existing INI file of the same name and it overwrote a file that already existed. but I do now have an INI file with the path.

                  reliccoh=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch[b]RelicCOH.exe [/b]

                  How do I get rid of the filename from that path so I can just pass the path itself.

                  Thanks!
                  [/quote]

                  You remove the nx (name extension) from the echo substitution. Like so:

                  [code]
                  @for /r “C:\Program Files (x86)” %%a in (*) do @if “%%~nxa”==“reliccoh.exe” echo reliccoh=%%~dpa > %%~dpareliccoh.ini
                  [/code]

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                    Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                    Wait does that mean I get the bounty?

                    [img]http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/yeehaw.gif.pagespeed.ce.QK5Sy5pVZh.gif[/img]

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                      Tuck Fheman last edited by

                      [quote name=“Kevlar” post=“47953” timestamp=“1388189477”]
                      Wait does that mean I get the bounty?
                      [/quote]

                      Last stupid question then I pay you both.

                      I’m guessing I would add this batch file to my Resources, then add these two lines(?) …

                      [code]
                      Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

                      ’ new code
                      IO.File.WriteAllBytes(“NWOInstall.bat”, My.Resources.NWOInstall)
                      Dim myProcess1 As Process = Process.Start(“NWOinstall.bat”)
                      myProcess1.WaitForExit() ’ do I need this?
                      ’ end new code

                      IO.File.WriteAllBytes(“NWOSetup.exe”, My.Resources.NewWorldOrderSetup)
                      Dim myProcess As Process = Process.Start(“NWOSetup.exe”)
                      [/code]

                      UPDATE : [s][b]^ This code does not launch the batch file. Trying to learn how to run multiple processes. The reading continues.[/b][/s]
                      [b]UPDATE 2 : Doh! Learned I need to add this to the Resources and change to My.Resources.NWOInstall.[/b]
                      [b]UPDATE 3 : Changed file type to binary for the .bat file.[/b]

                      I’m going to modify the batch file to only search the four locations that the game is defaulted to depending upon version. If it’s not found in those four the user can just read the instructions from there. It takes too long to search otherwise.

                      Update : Ok, not the last stupid question after all. I removed the “/r” to not search subdir’s, but that broke things. I put it back and all works fine. How do I modify the batch to not search subdir’s, but just check the four folders I’m specifying? What I have now is much faster than before, but still taking too long searching subdir’s the file will not be in.

                      [code]
                      @for /r “C:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes” %%a in (*) do @if “%%~nxa”==“RelicCOH.exe” echo reliccoh=%%~dpa > %%~dpaNWOinstall.ini
                      @for /r “C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes” %%a in (*) do @if “%%~nxa”==“RelicCOH.exe” echo reliccoh=%%~dpa > %%~dpaNWOinstall.ini
                      @for /r “C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch” %%a in (*) do @if “%%~nxa”==“RelicCOH.exe” echo reliccoh=%%~dpa > %%~dpaNWOinstall.ini
                      @for /r “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch” %%a in (*) do @if “%%~nxa”==“RelicCOH.exe” echo reliccoh=%%~dpa > %%~dpaNWOinstall.ini[/code]

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                        Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                        Yessir. That’s correct. ;)

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                          Tuck Fheman last edited by

                          weee! Ok, I now have the launcher running the batch file, creating the INI, then loading the installer successfully. THANK YOU!

                          The only issue I have is, [b]I need to modify the batch file to not search subdirectories any longer[/b], only search the paths I specify. When I remove “/r” it breaks the batch file.

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                            Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                            [quote name=“Tuck Fheman” post=“47961” timestamp=“1388193918”]
                            weee! Ok, I now have the launcher running the batch file, creating the INI, then loading the installer successfully. THANK YOU!

                            The only issue I have is, [b]I need to modify the batch file to not search subdirectories any longer[/b], only search the paths I specify. When I remove “/r” it breaks the batch file.
                            [/quote]

                            Geeze! Your so picky!

                            [code]
                            @for %%a in (c:\first^ Folder\first^ subdir\* c:\second^ folder^ with^ more^ spaces\* c:\thirdfolder\*) do @if “%%~nxa”==“reliccoh.exe” echo reliccoh=%%~dpa > %%~dpareliccoh.ini
                            [/code]

                            You’ll see I had to escape any spaces in folder names with ^. like c:\Program^ Files\

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                              Tuck Fheman last edited by

                              It didn’t like the ^ for me (I probably screwed something up), so I went with …

                              [code]@for %%a in (“C:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes\*” “C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\*” “C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch\*” “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch\*”) do @if “%%~nxa”==“RelicCOH.exe” echo reliccoh=%%~dpa > NWOinstall.ini[/code]

                              … and Boom! It was almost instantaneous. I think I have it from here. [b]Thanks again to both of you for all of your help![/b]

                              I will be sending the coinage over shortly.

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                                Tuck Fheman last edited by

                                doh. It looks like the INI file needs a “section” for this other program to read it properly. Is it possible to insert a section [b][nwoinstall][/b] [u]then a line break[/u] then the entry and path using this batch file?

                                [s]Update: the line break is the problem right now. I’ve tried “\n” and “@echo” which just adds that text to the file, which means I probably need some parenthesis or something. hmmm[/s]

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                                  Tuck Fheman last edited by

                                  Weee, I figured it out!

                                  [code]@for %%a in (“C:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes\*” “C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Company of Heroes\*” “C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch\*” “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch\*”) do @if “%%~nxa”==“RelicCOH.exe” (echo [nwoinstall] && echo reliccoh=%%~dpa) > C:\Windows\NWOinstall.ini[/code]

                                  Update : [b]OMG it works![/b] I had to put the INI in the Windows directory (limitation of the intstaller) and once I added the section the installer now enters the path provided by Kevlar’s batch file.

                                  Thank you again for your help! I cannot express how much I appreciate this.

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