Help scripting installer

[qman33]

Hello all,

I'm pretty new to Autoit (about 3 weeks). Couldn't find anything on the web or the forums related to this. I've decided I wanted to write an installer for a hotkey program I have already created that allow for it to be used by anyone. Essentially I want the program to edit the source code while it's running (if that makes any sense). In other words, I've created a GUI with a checkbox that allows the user to pick which parts of the program he/she would like installed. I was wondering:

A. Is it possible to either delete parts of the code if the box is unchecked

B. If it is not possible, is there another means I could go about doing this or something similar to obtain the same result?

Thanks a lot,

qman

[PsaltyDS]

Hello all,

I'm pretty new to Autoit (about 3 weeks). Couldn't find anything on the web or the forums related to this. I've decided I wanted to write an installer for a hotkey program I have already created that allow for it to be used by anyone. Essentially I want the program to edit the source code while it's running (if that makes any sense). In other words, I've created a GUI with a checkbox that allows the user to pick which parts of the program he/she would like installed. I was wondering:

A. Is it possible to either delete parts of the code if the box is unchecked

B. If it is not possible, is there another means I could go about doing this or something similar to obtain the same result?

Thanks a lot,

qman

Just don't run the unselected parts. Since AutoIt is an interpreted scripting language, removing parts of the "source" will make only a tiny difference in the size of the executable. The AutoIt interpreter's binary will be unchanged. The unused parts will have no impact on performance and almost no impact on resources used.

If it must actually compile a new executable, then the modular parts should be in include files that attached with FileInstall() or ResHacker. The script would have to generate an intermediate .au3 file on disk from those parts and then compile that to the target .exe file. This can be done, but sounds like a pain compared to just ignoring some unused parts in the code.

[qman33]

Just don't run the unselected parts. Since AutoIt is an interpreted scripting language, removing parts of the "source" will make only a tiny difference in the size of the executable. The AutoIt interpreter's binary will be unchanged. The unused parts will have no impact on performance and almost no impact on resources used.

If it must actually compile a new executable, then the modular parts should be in include files that attached with FileInstall() or ResHacker. The script would have to generate an intermediate .au3 file on disk from those parts and then compile that to the target .exe file. This can be done, but sounds like a pain compared to just ignoring some unused parts in the code.

Okay, that makes sense and seems really difficult. Thanks for the help!

qman