piXelatedEmpire Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 (edited) Thanks to dale5605 for the basis of these instructions[How To Create Custom Add-ons]First step will be creating a silent switchless installer for your application. For specific switches check the product's website or look in the Application Installs forum located here.For help creating a 7-zip installer check out keytotime's excellent tutorial here.Please note that svcpack.inf does support switches. If you are not wanting to repackage an installer you do have the option of using switches in the ini file.Suggestion: before creating your add-on, download one of the posted add-ons and extract it. This will give you and indication of the structure of the add-on, and will assist in keeping the naming scheme and layout as uniform as possible.Here are the steps required to create the add-on:1: Create a new folder and name it after your application, ie uTorrent1.32: Within the above folder, create another folder called SVCPACK3: Place your switchless installer within the SVCPACK folder4: Rename the ini file to match the name of you add-on, for example ENTRIES_UTORRENT.ini5: Open the ini file and edit the appropriate details under the [general] section as required, eg:[general]builddate=2005/14/1description=uTorrentlanguage=Englishtitle=uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprintversion=1.3website=http://utorrent.com/6: Navigate to the [AddProgram] section of the ini file and change the name to the exe file that is within the SVCPACK folder, eg utorrent.exe (keep it as simple as possible)Your ENTRIES_PROGRAM.ini file will look something like this:[general]builddate=11/21/2005description=product description herelanguage=Englishtitle=Program Nameversion=1.0website=http://www.programwebsite.com/[EditFile]I386\SVCPACK.INF,SetupHotfixesToRun,AddProgram[AddProgram]PROGRAM.EXEYou should now have a setup that looks something like this:within the SVCPACK folder is ur PROGRAM.EXE switchless installer.7: Ok, the next step is to create the .cab file. Using MakeCab or CabPack, a freeware utility available here (or any method you wish!) create the cab file of the SVCPACK folder and ENTRIES_PROGRAM.ini file. Rename this cab file to something appropriate eg uTorrent_1.3.cab.THE NEXT STEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT!Before sharing your new add-on, please TEST IT! It is imperitive you test your add-on before posting to avoid problems. Edited July 15, 2006 by ZcWorld 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x3ndou_ Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 (edited) I recommend CabTool for making your cab files:http://www3.sympatico.ca/lazimute/CABTOOL_SETUP.ZIPAnd also use scripts for putting it in your SendTo folder:http://www3.sympatico.ca/lazimute/CABTOOLS.ZIPSorry if this seems like an advertisement.How to repack an installer(reduces size - if you have multiple files with your installation, also use this method)For this you need WinRAR.First, select all of the files needed for your installation and right click, go to add to archive..Check SFX Archive.Go to the Advanced tab and press SFX options.In the run after execution box, type the name of your setup file and any switches you need for it to be silent.Go to Modes. Check unpack to temporary folder.Also, press Hide All.Now just press okay twice, and you'll have your packed completely silent setup file!Hope this helps. Edited February 24, 2006 by x3ndou_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{_carnificina_} Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 Add-ons makes its easilyNlite Add-on Maker 1.22http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=73008 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rado354 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 (edited) Apart from these guides, you can consider the use of AutoIt to make your silent addons for nLite It's fairly easy to use and all you need is:AutoIt, SciTE - downloadand CabPack - download Help about AutoIt: hereHere is one example made by me which you can modify to suit pretty much every program TurboUpload: Everest Ultimate 2.80.534RapidShare: Everest Ultimate 2.80.534You will need about 30 min to understand how AutoIt works and never need to request any addons again nJoy and share!P.S.: another example made by me: Edited July 1, 2006 by rado354 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZcWorld Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) as piXelatedEmpire on Feb 2 2006, 06:24 PMplease do not post in this thread unless you are adding to the explanation of how to create an add-on. Otherwise, start a new thread.topice clean up only post howto make Addons or a link to a post that has got howto Edited July 4, 2006 by ZcWorld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZcWorld Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 (edited) NOTE : THIS VIDEO IS STILL RC copy i will do a better copy of it when i get some feedback or i get some free time to than download : video : http://files.filefront.com/making_an_addon...;/fileinfo.html camplayer : neeeded to play the video : http://files.filefront.com/CamPlayexe/;516...;/fileinfo.htmlin total for both about : 4 mb hey alli said i will do a video but frist things fristi cant be stuffed in making a video at the timeBut i will get one done on the weekend so its not that long away ok before anyone post and say we got topices on howto make addonsi still see users got problems making them this is how i started out if anyone can remember some of mine frist addons post where .rar files and you where told to unzip them and add the .ini file to the Nlite driver /add on page to add them even if you dont its all good i moved on to .cab now ok for newbies to making there own silent install'swhat you need for thisNlite , XP , VMware / MS VPC / or a free real pc + blank CD-RW (well you dont want to waste money now do you ? ) what i do is VMware for testing its easyer files we need : xp - home / proWinrar ver 3.? and upa clean copy of windows installed into VMware for testing unless you want to do it on your real PC / OS *** not a smart move i say ***all you will end up with a heap of ..... installed step 1 have a look at the MSFN silent install part of the forum to find the switch to make XZY install silent we going to be our demo on WInrar ver 3.3 and up -> step 1.2make a folder on c:\ , called test copy the wrar351.exe [ or what one you got] to c:\teststep 1.3 start -> run -> cmd [[type cmd in the run box]]now you get a box likeMicrosoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790](C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.C:\Documents and Settings\zcw-testing>now type in the box cd \test [ than press enter ]now you get a line like : C:\test>now type wrar351.exe /s [ than press enter]than wait 5 secs and than check the start menuto see if winrar has being installed inif so than write it down into a notepad or remember itok now we know what is the switch to make winrar installed silent is its time to make the cabstep 2 you can do this in a heap of wayslike using Nlite addon maker [ nice tool ] but we are not going to using this open a blank notepad than save the file as ENTRIES_winrar351.INI make sure you change the " save as type from text document *.txt to all files " and than save itcopy and paste this part into the file we just saved[general]builddate=description=language=title=version=website=[EditFile]I386\SVCPACK.INF,SetupHotfixesToRun,AddProgram[AddProgram]ok now its time to add our info we needit should look like this or there abouts[general]builddate=06/07/2006description=winrarlanguage=englishtitle=Winrarversion=3.51website=[EditFile]I386\SVCPACK.INF,SetupHotfixesToRun,AddProgram[AddProgram]wrar351.exe /sthan save it open up Nlite and goto the pick the addon and make iso ** NOTE ** im still working on the post i just saved it at the time and need to check some stuff and make screen shots post is set to invisable to i get them in the next 50 mins or so Edited July 15, 2006 by ZcWorld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tain Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Tomcat76 has another method that works for INF-based silent installs that can be used in addons: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61784 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Server2003 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Jak mám integrovat Firefox a Media player 10 to ale vše tak aby se programy nainstalovaly samy bez meho obsluhovani když je v integruju věčinou se to spusti zhruba cc 13 minut před koncem instalace a jindy až na konci instalace nechcu aby to tak bylo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZcWorld Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 @ Server2003point a : what english please mate point b : if you have a problem just ask for help by posting a new topice not replying to this one this is for any how to : / updates on making addons let me know what the problem is and i will try and help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rado354 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 HowTo: Create addons with AutoIt downloadMD5: 7961C362E522936ECFE14A84E50314DESize: 21.47 MBDuration: 12:04Description: learn how to create addons for nLite with AutoIt scripts. Foobar 0.9.4 is used in this example.Commentary audio track in bulgarian language. Best viewed @ 1280x1024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarslilpyro Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I'm having trouble creating the cab files, some of them are 500mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzamaT Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I'm having trouble creating the cab files, some of them are 500mb may be Cab file don't support size large a 500 mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGadAllah Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I'm having trouble creating the cab files, some of them are 500mb may be Cab file don't support size large a 500 mb Welcome to forum mate,I've an off topic comments,I really do like your username because if I say your username azamat it means troubles in english ... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarslilpyro Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Ok I figured out why, it seems that the cabmaker I have, virtual tek, creates a cab for every file in the folder, so I had to make a new folder and move the single install file into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuhi Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Here is something to start with, going to edit more later, let me know if something needs more explaining.http://www.nliteos.com/addons/entries.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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