How to download an url to a given local file

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I am trying to download an .exe from a URL and have it go a folder that I want it to, not the download folder. This is what I have so far in the code:

Section "file" SEC07
  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
  SetOverwrite ifnewer
  push "http://www.URL.com/file.exe"
  call InternetExplorerAuto_OpenURL
SectionEnd

At this point it opens the download folder and askes if you want to run it. How do I make it so that it saves the .exe to a folder I make on the desktop??? Please Help!!

Edit: Thank you for the help guys, but it will not make a short cut for the exe in the file I tell it to. It keeps making a doc called E. Am I doing something wrong or am I missing a line of code in there. This is what I have.

Section "CleanWDF" SEC09 
    SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\cleanWDF.exe" 
    SetOverwrite ifnewer 
    NSISdl::download_quiet "download.File.com/File.exe"; 
    CreateShortCut "$Desktop\NIS Edit\File.exe" "$INSTDIR\File.exe" 
SectionEnd

Edit 2:

Here is the script that I am trying to get working. If you could please tell me where I am going wrong.

; Script generated by the HM NIS Edit Script Wizard.

; HM NIS Edit Wizard helper defines
!define PRODUCT_NAME "Support tool"
!define PRODUCT_VERSION "3.0"
!define PRODUCT_PUBLISHER "Me"
!define PRODUCT_WEB_SITE "https://www.mywebsite.com"
!define PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppPaths\C:\Users\sgould\Desktop\NIS Edit"
!define PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${PRODUCT_NAME}"
!define PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY "HKLM"

; MUI 1.67 compatible ------
!include "MUI2.nsh"

; MUI Settings
!define MUI_ABORTWARNING
!define MUI_ICON "${NSISDIR}\Contrib\Graphics\Icons\modern-install.ico"
!define MUI_UNICON "${NSISDIR}\Contrib\Graphics\Icons\modern-uninstall.ico"


!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_COMPONENTS
; Directory page
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
; Instfiles page
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES
; Finish page
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\C:\Users\"user"\Desktop\NIS Edit"
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH

; Uninstaller pages
!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_INSTFILES

; Language files
!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"

; MUI end ------


!define VARIANT_TRUE -1 ;((VARIANT_BOOL)-1)
!define VT_ERROR 10
!define DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND 0x80020004
!define CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER 0x4
!define CLSID_InternetExplorer {0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
!define IID_IWebBrowserApp {0002DF05-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
!define IWebBrowserApp.Navigate ->11(i,i,i,i,i)i
!define IWebBrowserApp.put_Visible ->41(&i2)i 

Function InternetExplorerAuto_OpenURL
exch $2
push $0
push $1
System::Call "ole32::CoCreateInstance( \
    g '${CLSID_InternetExplorer}', i 0, \
    i ${CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER}, \
    g '${IID_IWebBrowserApp}', *i 0 r0)"

    System::Call "$0${IWebBrowserApp.put_Visible} (${VARIANT_TRUE}).r1"

    System::Call "*(i ${VT_ERROR},i ${DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND},i)i.r1" ;VARIANT
    System::Call 'Oleaut32::SysAllocString(w "$2")i.r2'
    System::Call "$0${IWebBrowserApp.Navigate} ($2,$1,$1,$1,$1)"
    System::Free $1
    System::Call 'Oleaut32::SysFreeString(ir2)'

System::Call "$0->2()"

pop $1
pop $0
pop $2
FunctionEnd

Name "${PRODUCT_NAME} ${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
OutFile "supportTools.exe"
InstallDir "C:\Users\"user"\Desktop\NIS Edit"
InstallDirRegKey HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}" ""
ShowInstDetails show
ShowUnInstDetails show

Section "file" SEC03
  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
  SetOverwrite ifnewer
  push "http:"
  CreateShortCut "$Desktop\file.lnk" "$Desktop\NSI Edit\file.exe"
  call InternetExplorerAuto_OpenURL
SectionEnd


Section -Post
  WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
  WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}" "" "$INSTDIR\C:\Users\sgould\Desktop\NIS Edit\NIS Edit"
  WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayName" "$(^Name)"
  WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
  WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayIcon" "$INSTDIR\SupportTools.exe"
  WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayVersion" "${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
  WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "URLInfoAbout" "${PRODUCT_WEB_SITE}"
  WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "Publisher" "${PRODUCT_PUBLISHER}"
SectionEnd

; Section descriptions
!insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_BEGIN

!insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_END


Function un.onUninstSuccess
  HideWindow
  MessageBox MB_ICONINFORMATION|MB_OK "$(^Name) was successfully removed from your computer."
  FunctionEnd

Function un.onInit
  MessageBox MB_ICONQUESTION|MB_YESNO|MB_DEFBUTTON2 "Are you sure you want to completely remove $(^Name) and all of its components?" IDYES +2
  Abort
FunctionEnd

Section Uninstall
  Delete "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME}.url"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file-2.30-bin.zip"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"
  Delete "$INSTDIR\file.exe"

  Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\Support Tools\Uninstall.lnk"
  Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\Support Tools\Website.lnk"


  RMDir "$INSTDIR"
  RMDir ""

  DeleteRegKey ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}"
  DeleteRegKey HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}"
  SetAutoClose true
 SectionEnd
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asked on Stack Overflow Jul 1, 2013 by WayzoftheKomodo • edited Jul 4, 2013 by Seki

3 Answers

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I don't know what is that InternetExplorerAuto_OpenURL function you're calling. I use NSISDL:

NSISdl::download "http://www.URL.com/file.exe" "C:\temp\file.exe"
answered on Stack Overflow Jul 2, 2013 by Francisco R
1

Use NSISdl Plugin

NSISdl::download "http://example.com/example.exe" "$Desktop\Your_Folder\example.exe"

answered on Stack Overflow Jul 2, 2013 by foobar
0

There are several issues:

  • SetOutPath is for setting the directory wher you want to put some files, it is not the path of a single file.
  • the syntax for calling NSISdl::download_quiet is

    NSISdl::download_quiet url_of_the_file_to_get name_of_the_local_file
    

    in your case, something like

    SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
    NSISdl::download_quiet "download.File.com/File.exe" "$INSTDIR\File.exe"
    

    in the code you posted, you seem to have only the url part

  • The extension for a shortcut is .lnk and not .exe thus the call to CreateShortcut should be

    CreateShortCut "$Desktop\NIS Edit\File.lnk" "$INSTDIR\File.exe"
    

    It seems just weird to create a shortcut in a subdirectory of the desktop. Or maybe that you want to create a shortcut in the $PROGRAMFILES directory where the usage is to put it in a subdirectory ?

answered on Stack Overflow Jul 3, 2013 by Seki

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