F.16 3.0 Alpha 0

Released on May 19th, 2013

F.16.1 Release Notes

• MakeNSIS can now generate ANSI and Unicode installers. Source files can be UTF8SIG, UTF16BOM or traditional MBCS text files (which are converted to Unicode with ACP unless you specify a different codepage). The default plugins are now stored in sub-folders based on their CPU target and character set encoding.

F.16.1.1 Known Issues

• The POSIX build is currently broken
• LangDLL doesn't display localized language name with Unicode false
• FileRead may return '?' for MBCS letters with Unicode true

F.16.2 Changelog

F.16.2.1 Major Changes

• Added the Unicode attribute (RFE #1238132, patch #1795257)
• Added support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
• MakeNSIS can read UTF8SIG and UTF16BOM script files (RFE #2026892)
• All NLF and NSH language files are stored as UTF-16LE (RFE #1879642)
• Scripts can control the SupportedOS list in the application manifest using ManifestSupportedOS (bug #2725883, RFE #3020103)
• Installers can claim DPI-awareness with ManifestDPIAware (bug #2897169)
• The index of the changed section is stored in $0 during .onSelChange callbacks (RFE #1634936)
• ${U+1}…${U+10FFFF} are treated as a Unicode character unless there is already a define with that name (RFE #2084797)

F.16.2.2 Minor Changes

• Added !getdllversion (bug #2809308)
• Added !appendfile /CHARSET parameter
• Added !if support for /fileexists, case sensitive comparisons, hex and float
• Added more definitions to WinMessages.nsh
• %temp%\Low will be used if the installer cannot write to %temp% nor %windir%\Temp (bug #2909242, patch #2912824)
• Added ${NSIS_PACKEDVERSION}, the NSIS version packed as a hex number (patch #2680832)
• Added ${MACRO} and ${COUNTER} predefines
• Added UnsafeStrCpy instruction, it can write to special variables like $PLUGINSDIR
• Added VIFileVersion
• Added !finalize for post-build commands (like signing the installer)
• Plugins in ${NSISDIR}\Plugins have to be reserved with ReserveFile /plugin
• MakeNSIS /NOTIFYHWND uses a (optional) new event name to abort compilation, see build.cpp/h for details.
• Reduced !include/!insertmacro recursion stack usage (bug #3067954)
• Fixed minor MakeNSIS leaks (bug #3474662)
• Fixed MUI_FINISHPAGE_TITLE_3LINES padding when reboot is required (bug #3400067, bug #3408407)
• Fixed removal of read only attribute even if Delete or RMDir fails (bug #3072159)
• Fixed ${SECTION} in hidden sections (RFE #1787648)
• Various documentation fixes (bug #3063566, bug #3567313, patch #3307144)
• Lots of other small fixes…

F.16.2.3 Translations

• Changed LANGFILE macro in LangFile.nsh
• Warnings are now displayed for missing strings (LANGFILE_INCLUDE_WITHDEFAULT)
• Added Georgian (David Huriev)
• Added Pashto (Pakhtosoft)
• Added Scottish Gaelic (GunChleoc)
• Fixed Korean MUI[UN]TEXT_FINISH_INFO* (bug #3541515)