[NSIS-Bugs] [ nsis-Bugs-1616267 ] System plugin crash with parenthesis in filename

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Bugs item #1616267, was opened at 2006-12-15 12:22
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Category: Plugin
Group: 2.0 Series
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Andrea Mazzoleni (amadvance)
>Assigned to: Amir Szekely (kichik)
>Summary: System plugin crash with parenthesis in filename

Initial Comment:
NSIS version 2.22

The System plugin "Call" instruction crash in Windows Vista if you use the complete path of a DLL which resides in Program Files.

The problem happen because the "Program Files" directory for 32 bit applications in Windows Vista 64 bit is usually called "Program Files (x86)" and the open bracket is incorrectly interpreted like an argument declaration of the DLL function.

For example the call:

System::Call '$INSTDIR\mydll::myfunc() i.r0'

is expanded like:

System::Call 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MySoft\mydll::myfunc() i.r0'

and the plugin make a invalid DLL call usually ending in an installer crash.

A workaround is to set the directory with "SetOutPath" before calling the DLL.




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>Comment By: Amir Szekely (kichik)
Date: 2006-12-15 13:53

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Thanks, fixed the crash. The parenthesis in path issue is problematic as
they are part of the call syntax.

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