[CMake] vista nsis issue

[Mark Turney]

Hello David,

I will try to get this working and tested within the next couple days.

Thanks a ton, I really appreciate it!
Mark

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:13 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> It would probably be a pain, but you could always use the "mt" tool to
> merge manifest info into the built installer after it comes out of CPack.
> We do post-build processing on CMakeSetup.exe to add a manifest snippet
> that allows executing a program with the string "setup" in its name as a
> non-privileged user with this command:
>   ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(TARGET CMakeSetup
>     POST_BUILD COMMAND mt
>     "${_CMAKE_INPUT_RESOURCE}"
>     -manifest "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeSetupManifest.xml"
>     "-outputresource:${exe};#1"
>     ${verbatim_flag}
>   )
>
> And CMakeSetupManifest.xml looks like this:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
> <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
> <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
>   <security>
>     <requestedPrivileges>
>       <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker"/>
>     </requestedPrivileges>
>   </security>
> </trustInfo>
> </assembly>
>
> I can't think of an easier way to do it. Maybe this is a good question for
> the NSIS community? If there's a way to do it via NSIS script, we could add
> it into CPack's default NSIS script, or at least tell you how to hook it
> in... Let us know if the NSIS community gives you any other info...
>
>
> HTH,
> David Cole
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Mark Turney <markturney at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm working on a C++/Boost/QT4 application for unix, osx, and windows.  I
>> am currently using cpack / nsis to create the installer for windows.
>>
>> During installation on Vista, I am given a dialog titled "This program
>> might not have installed correctly" that supplies two user options
>> "Reinstall using recommended settings" or "This program installed
>> correctly".
>>
>> After doing some research, it looks like this is a Vista UAC issue being
>> addressed by the nsis folks.  Here is a page covering the latest approach to
>> a fix that I can find:
>> http://nsis.sourceforge.net/UAC_plug-in
>>
>> Does anyone know of a cpack oriented fix, or is there currently a way
>> within cpack to set the RequestExecutionLevel within the generated NSIS
>> script?
>>
>> Thanks a ton,
>> Mark
>>
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