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Trying to include non-Electron folders in my NSIS installer distribution

See original GitHub issue

19.45.4:
Windows 7:

Trying to include the following folders in my NSIS-installer distro:

C:\myelectronapp\javaprograms_1\

C:\myelectronapp\javaprograms_2\

The final result should be that these folders (and their contents) would be installed under (in) my Electron project.

My installer.nsh file is such:

!macro preInit SetRegView 64 WriteRegExpandStr HKLM “${INSTALL_REGISTRY_KEY}” InstallLocation "C:" WriteRegExpandStr HKCU “${INSTALL_REGISTRY_KEY}” InstallLocation "C:" SetRegView 32 WriteRegExpandStr HKLM “${INSTALL_REGISTRY_KEY}” InstallLocation "C:" WriteRegExpandStr HKCU “${INSTALL_REGISTRY_KEY}” InstallLocation "C:" File /r javaprograms_1
File /r javaprograms_2
!macroend

But I get the error no files found

Being new to NSIS I suspect I am using the File (or placing the File) clause incorrectly. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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phuzecommented, Nov 27, 2017

Yes, you would need to include every file in your project by including them in your package.json file. Maybe this might be a better approach to organizing your project structure:

myProject/
│
├── myElectronApp/
│   ├── javaprograms_1/
│   │   └── #whatever this is
│   ├── javaprograms_2/
│   │   └── #whatever this is
│   ├── scripts/
│   │   └── batman.js
│   ├── styles/
│   │   └── batman.css
│   ├── images/
│   │   └── batman.jpg
│   ├── index.html
│   └── main.js
│
├── node_modules/
│   └── #a boatload of node modules, including bootstrap
│
├── package.json

Which would allow you to include your entire app folder, as such:

{
    "name": "myelectronapp",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "author": "Batman <bat@man.com>",
    "build": {
        "files": [
            "myElectronApp/**/*",
            "node_modules/**/*",
            "package.json"
        ],
    }
}

To include jQuery and Bootstrap, include them in your index.html as so:

<html>

    <head>

        <title>Batman</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/batman.css">

    </head>

    <body>

        <img src="images/batman.jpg" alt="Because I'm Batman..." />

        <script src="../node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <script src="../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
        <script src="scripts/batman.js"></script>

    </body>

</html>

Refer here for an example main.js file.

Edit:

Note:

devDependencies are npm packages that are only installed locally on your computer. If you were to try and send your program to someone else, in the form of a compiled application (.exe, .dmg, etc), then those dependencies would not be available on their computer. dependencies on the other hand, are included with your compiled application. I bring this up because I’m taking a stab in the dark and assuming something like string-search would be used within your application.

If this has helped resolve your issue, please report back as such and close this issue. Thank you 😃

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phuzecommented, Nov 29, 2017

Is it important that you package things into an asar archive? If not, you could always disable it: