NSIS silent installer path overriding - path

I'm running my program installer done with NSIS but the /D option seems not working (or better overridden inside).
Via command line I trigger:
installer.exe /S /D=C:\Users\Public\installDir
NSIS code is:
InstallDir "C:\Users\Public\${VERSIONSTR}"
Function xxxx
${If} $MultiUser.InstallMode == "AllUsers"
StrCpy $INSTDIR "C:\Users\Public\Dir1"
${EndIf}
IfSilent 0 +20
StrCpy $INSTDIR "C:\Userdata\Dir2"
FunctionEnd
The used installation folder is "C:\Users\Public\Dir2". Even if I comment the IfSilent block the installtion folder will be "C:\Users\Public\Dir1" but never the one passed via command line.
What's wrong in my script?

!include LogicLib.nsh
;InstallDir ; Do not use InstallDir at all so we can detect empty $InstDir
!define DEFDIR_MACHINE "$programfiles\foo"
!define DEFDIR_PERUSER "$localappdata\bar"
Function .onInit
${If} $InstDir == "" ; /D not used
${If} $MultiUser.InstallMode == "AllUsers"
StrCpy $InstDir "${DEFDIR_MACHINE}"
${Else}
StrCpy $InstDir "${DEFDIR_PERUSER}"
${EndIf}
${If} ${Silent}
StrCpy $InstDir "c:\CrazySilentOverride"
${EndIf}
${EndIf}
FunctionEnd

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Windows cmd: Parsing output from Ping

I would like to execute a ping and, after evaluating the output, return a single line like "0 - check_ping rta=1 loss=0".
0 and 1 being extracted from the ping, of course.
I came this far:
#setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
#echo off
set ip=%1
set num=%2
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%f in ('ping -n %num% %ip%') do (
set line=%%f
call :processLine
)
echo 0 myTestService loss=!loss! rta=%rta:~1,-2% further information for myTestService
GOTO:EOF
:processLine
for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6 delims==(%%" %%A in ("%line%") do (
if "%%A" == "Packets: Sent " (
set loss = %%E
echo DD%%E
echo Loss is [!loss!]
)
if "%%A" == "Minimum " (
set rta=%%D
echo RTA is [!rta:~1,-2!]
)
)
It doesn't work and I asume that it is because of some runtime problems. Obviously I am not a cmd expert, but I read that those for-loops can be tricky in regard of setting variables and accessing them later on.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Warmest regards, freiraum
Here's an example which doesn't require delayed expansion, and, for efficiency, uses find.exe, to process only the lines from which you wish to extract substrings, and without calling a label:
#Echo Off
SetLocal EnableExtensions
If "%~2" == "" Exit /B
Set "loss="
For /F "Tokens=6,8 Delims== " %%G In ('%SystemRoot%\System32\PING.EXE -n %~2 %~1
^| %SystemRoot%\System32\find.exe ","') Do If Not Defined loss (Set "loss=%%H"
) Else Set "rta=%%G"
If Not Defined loss Exit /B
Echo 0 myTestService loss=%loss:~1,-1% rta=%rta:~,-2% further information for myTestService
The following code does what I want it to. There are still mistakes ("tokens=* delims= "), but these seem negligible - at least I hope so.
#setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
#echo off
set ip=%1
set num=%2
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%f in ('ping -n %num% %ip%') do (
call :processLine "%%f"
)
echo 0 myTestService loss=!loss:~1! rta=!rta:~0,-2! further information for myTestService
GOTO:EOF
:processLine
for /f "tokens=1,9,11 delims= " %%A in ("%~1") do (
if "%%A" == "Packets:" (
set loss=%%C
rem echo Loss is !loss:~1!
)
if "%%A" == "Minimum" (
set rta=%%B
rem echo RTA is !rta:~0,-2!
)
)

How to print multiple PDF files in different folders?

An example would be:
 Folder 1:
  a.pdf
  b.pdf
   Folder11
   c.pdf
  Folder 2:
  a.pdf
  b.pdf
   Folder21:
   c.pdf
printing all files between folders
And the cmd would have a way to find the file only putting part of the words?
Example
TEXT : ABC*.PDF
PRINT ABCDF.PDF
1. To loop over multiple files recursively:
FOR /f "tokens=*" %%F in ('dir /s /b *.pdf') DO echo "%%F"
dir /s /b *.pfd finds all pdfs (*.pdf), in all subdirectories (/s), in bare format - ie just the path name (/b)
DO echo "%%F" just echo's the result to the console.
"tokens=*" adds the whole line into %%F regardless of white spaces / other tokens
/F makes it run the ('dir ...') command
2. To print from command line use: From this question
AcroRd32.exe /t "C:\Folder\File.pdf" "Brother MFC-7820N USB Printer" "Brother MFC-7820N USB Printer" "IP_192.168.10.110"
Note: Path to AcroRd32.exe must be in your path environment variable
3. Putting it all together -- edit -- 'I've added taskkill to close acrord32 after printing
FOR /f "tokens=*" %%F in ('dir /s /b *.pdf') DO AcroRd32.exe /t "%%~F" "Brother MFC-7820N USB Printer" "Brother MFC-7820N USB Printer" "IP_192.168.10.110" & taskkill /IM AcroRd32.exe

Parsing NETSTAT -ban switches in batch

Extensive searches found no solution in batch to parse netstat -bano (same switch as -nab, -bna, -anb, -nba, nabo, etc.) so all info from a given network connection is on the same line.
Netstat's -ban switches are used to:
-b = display executable
-a = display all connections and listening ports
-n = display addresses and ports in numerical form.
-o = display owning process ID for each connection (i.e., PID)
But netstat adds the file name to the next line, making processing the output very difficult. Extensive searches didn't find any answers in batch.
I created a way to parse it by looking for a ] (right bracket) as the last character on a line. If it is a ], then basically output the "combined" line, which now contains the executable.
My code is posted as an answer, but does an ugly job since it has to use files to handle the parsing instead of variables.
The previous version of this script was missing a backslash. Additionally the script would delete the output file. Creating the file as %computername%--NETSTAT.txt instead of NETSTAT--%computername%.txt fixes the problem.
#ECHO OFF
SetLocal
REM Method of finding last character-of-a-string-from-a-variable
REM http://stackoverflow.com/a/15662607/1569434
REM Get the script's path so all needed files can sit in the same folder
SET SCRIPTPATH=%~p0
CD %SCRIPTPATH%
REM Read and pass each line in file one at a time to sub 'FindEXE'
SET CONCATLINE=
SET HEADERROW=
SET /A LINECOUNT = 0
#echo LINECOUNT = %LINECOUNT%
del %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat*.txt /q 2>nul
netstat -bano>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat0.txt
REM Copy all lines except those with "TIME_WAIT" into text file
FINDSTR /V /I /C:"TIME_WAIT" %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat0.txt>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat1.txt
REM Delete first two lines, which are a header and a blank line
for /f "skip=2 delims=*" %%a in (%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat1.txt) do (echo %%a>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat2.txt)
REM Search for and process file based on matching text
REM This sub begins putting each netstat connection on one line
for /f "delims=*" %%A in (%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat2.txt) do call :FindTXT1 %%A
REM netstat3 will have all data from given connection on one line
SET /A LINECOUNT = 0
for /f "delims=*" %%A in (%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat3.txt) do call :FindTXT2 %%A
REM Keep only header and unique (i.e., those with "[::]") 'listening' connections
FINDSTR /I /C:"LISTENING" /C:"Local Address" %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat5.txt
FINDSTR /I /C:"[::]:" /C:"Local Address" %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat5.txt>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat6.txt
MOVE /Y %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat6.txt %SCRIPTPATH%\%computername%--NETSTAT.txt
del %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat*.txt /q 2>nul
#echo off
echo done.
EndLocal
goto :EOF
:FindTXT1
REM We've got a line sent to us. Set variable to entire line using * (instead of %1)
SET CURRENTLINE=%*
SET /A LINECOUNT = %LINECOUNT% + 1
REM Add line feed after header row and return to main script
IF "%LINECOUNT%" == "1" (
SET HEADERROW=%CURRENTLINE%
#ECHO %CURRENTLINE%> %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat3.txt
goto :eof
)
REM Append a comma and CURRENTLINE to CONCATLINE. NOTE: Script expecting comma; don't use semi-colon
SET CONCATLINE=%CONCATLINE%,%CURRENTLINE%
REM When echo line, remove first char (comma, inserted above) using:
REM http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-substring.html
REM If last char is "]" then print, otherwise append
IF "%CURRENTLINE:~-1%"=="]" (
REM #echo right bracket=FOUND
#echo %CONCATLINE:~1%>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat3.txt
SET CONCATLINE=
) else (
REM #echo right bracket=NOT found
)
REM If line = "Can not obtain ownership information" then print, otherwise append
IF "%CURRENTLINE%"=="Can not obtain ownership information" (
REM #echo No Ownership=TRUE
#echo %CONCATLINE:~1%>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat3.txt
SET CONCATLINE=
)
goto :eof
:FindTXT2
REM We've got a line sent to us. Set variable to entire line using * (instead of %1)
SET CURRENTLINE=%*
SET /A LINECOUNT = %LINECOUNT% + 1
REM Add line feed after header row and return to main script
IF "%LINECOUNT%" == "1" (
SET HEADERROW=%CURRENTLINE%
#ECHO %CURRENTLINE%> %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
goto :eof
)
REM If last char is "]" then search, otherwise append.
REM Without "DelayedExp...", variable sets to value from previous FOR loop
IF "%CURRENTLINE:~-1%"=="]" (
SetLocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
REM IP6 EXEs result in 3 sets of [], so find and set var to last one, which is where EXE lives
FOR /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6 delims=[]" %%a in ("%CURRENTLINE%") do (
SET BINNAME1=%%b
SET BINNAME2=%%f
IF "!BINNAME1!" == "::" (
REM #ECHO BINNAME1=!BINNAME1!>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
SET BINNAME=!BINNAME2!
REM #echo %CURRENTLINE%;BINNAME=!BINNAME2!>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
) else (
SET BINNAME=!BINNAME1!
REM #echo %CURRENTLINE%;BINNAME=!BINNAME1!>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
)
#echo %CURRENTLINE%;BINNAME=!BINNAME!>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
)
) else (
#echo %CURRENTLINE%>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
SetLocal DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
)
goto :eof
Created solution in batch to concatenate all output for a given connection so it's on one line. Save script (below) as a batch file and when run it will create a file called "NETSTAT--%computername%.txt" in the same folder as the script, where %computername% will be replaced with the hostname of computer it's run on.
#ECHO OFF
SetLocal
REM Method of finding last character-of-a-string-from-a-variable
REM http://stackoverflow.com/a/15662607/1569434
REM Get the script's path so all needed files can sit in the same folder
SET SCRIPTPATH=%~p0
CD %SCRIPTPATH%
REM Read and pass each line in file one at a time to sub 'FindEXE'
SET CONCATLINE=
SET HEADERROW=
SET /A LINECOUNT = 0
#echo LINECOUNT = %LINECOUNT%
del %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat*.txt /q 2>nul
netstat -bano>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat0.txt
REM Copy all lines except those with "TIME_WAIT" into text file
FINDSTR /V /I /C:"TIME_WAIT" %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat0.txt>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat1.txt
REM Delete first two lines, which are a header and a blank line
for /f "skip=2 delims=*" %%a in (%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat1.txt) do (echo %%a>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat2.txt)
REM Search for and process file based on matching text
REM This sub begins putting each netstat connection on one line
for /f "delims=*" %%A in (%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat2.txt) do call :FindTXT1 %%A
REM netstat3 will have all data from given connection on one line
SET /A LINECOUNT = 0
for /f "delims=*" %%A in (%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat3.txt) do call :FindTXT2 %%A
REM Keep only header and unique (i.e., those with "[::]") 'listening' connections
FINDSTR /I /C:"LISTENING" /C:"Local Address" %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.TXT>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat5.TXT
FINDSTR /I /C:"[::]:" /C:"Local Address" %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat5.TXT>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat6.TXT
MOVE /Y %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat6.txt %SCRIPTPATH%\NETSTAT--%computername%.txt
del %SCRIPTPATH%netstat*.txt /q 2>nul
#echo off
echo done.
EndLocal
goto :EOF
:FindTXT1
REM We've got a line sent to us. Set variable to entire line using * (instead of %1)
SET CURRENTLINE=%*
SET /A LINECOUNT = %LINECOUNT% + 1
REM Add line feed after header row and return to main script
IF "%LINECOUNT%" == "1" (
SET HEADERROW=%CURRENTLINE%
#ECHO %CURRENTLINE%> %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat3.txt
goto :eof
)
REM Append a comma and CURRENTLINE to CONCATLINE. NOTE: Script expecting comma; don't use semi-colon
SET CONCATLINE=%CONCATLINE%,%CURRENTLINE%
REM When echo line, remove first char (comma, inserted above) using:
REM http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-substring.html
REM If last char is "]" then print, otherwise append
IF "%CURRENTLINE:~-1%"=="]" (
REM #echo right bracket=FOUND
#echo %CONCATLINE:~1%>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat3.txt
SET CONCATLINE=
) else (
REM #echo right bracket=NOT found
)
REM If line = "Can not obtain ownership information" then print, otherwise append
IF "%CURRENTLINE%"=="Can not obtain ownership information" (
REM #echo No Ownership=TRUE
#echo %CONCATLINE:~1%>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat3.txt
SET CONCATLINE=
)
goto :eof
:FindTXT2
REM We've got a line sent to us. Set variable to entire line using * (instead of %1)
SET CURRENTLINE=%*
SET /A LINECOUNT = %LINECOUNT% + 1
REM Add line feed after header row and return to main script
IF "%LINECOUNT%" == "1" (
SET HEADERROW=%CURRENTLINE%
#ECHO %CURRENTLINE%> %SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
goto :eof
)
REM If last char is "]" then search, otherwise append.
REM Without "DelayedExp...", variable sets to value from previous FOR loop
IF "%CURRENTLINE:~-1%"=="]" (
SetLocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
REM IP6 EXEs result in 3 sets of [], so find and set var to last one, which is where EXE lives
FOR /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6 delims=[]" %%a in ("%CURRENTLINE%") do (
SET BINNAME1=%%b
SET BINNAME2=%%f
IF "!BINNAME1!" == "::" (
REM #ECHO BINNAME1=!BINNAME1!>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
SET BINNAME=!BINNAME2!
REM #echo %CURRENTLINE%;BINNAME=!BINNAME2!>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
) else (
SET BINNAME=!BINNAME1!
REM #echo %CURRENTLINE%;BINNAME=!BINNAME1!>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
)
#echo %CURRENTLINE%;BINNAME=!BINNAME!>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
)
) else (
#echo %CURRENTLINE%>>%SCRIPTPATH%\netstat4.txt
SetLocal DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
)
goto :eof

I can't send some command line parameters via Autohotkey to VLC

I can't figure out how to get my audio extractor script working via commandline arguments on ahk. I know the command line argument is correct, as I'm able to get it working through a batch file, but I keep getting the error below. I think I'm probably doing something wrong syntactically but I just can't figure out what.
I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks.
Error: the following variable name contains an illegal character"
channels=2,samplerate=44100}:standard{access="file",mux=dummy,dst="%A_LoopField%.mp3"}
Code:
fileselectfile, File_Name, M3
SplitPath, File_Name, name
Loop, parse, name, `n
if a_index = 2
{
msgbox, %A_LoopField%
Run, "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" "-I dummy -v %File_Name% :sout=#transcode{vcodec=none,acodec=mp3,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:standard{access="file",mux=dummy,dst="%A_LoopField%.mp3"}"
}
Here is the original batch code if you're curious about the audio extraction function I was talking about
#ECHO OFF
REM Loop through files (Recurse subfolders)
REM Syntax
REM FOR /R [[drive:]path] %%parameter IN (set) DO command
REM
REM Key
REM drive:path : The folder tree where the files are located.
REM
REM set : A set of one or more files. Wildcards must be used.
REM If (set) is a period character (.) then FOR will
REM loop through every folder.
REM
REM command : The command(s) to carry out, including any
REM command-line parameters.
REM
REM %%parameter : A replaceable parameter:
REM in a batch file use %%G (on the command line %G)
FOR /R %%G IN (*.mp3) DO (CALL :SUB_VLC "%%G")
FOR /R %%G IN (*.mp3.mp*) DO (CALL :SUB_RENAME "%%G")
GOTO :eof
:SUB_VLC
SET _firstbit=%1
SET _qt="
CALL SET _newnm=%%_firstbit:%_qt%=%%
SET _commanm=%_newnm:,=_COMMA_%
REM echo %_commanm%
ECHO Transcoding %1
REM Here's where the actual transcoding/conversion happens. The next line
REM fires off a command to VLC.exe with the relevant arguments:
CALL "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc" -I dummy -v %1 :sout=#transcode{vcodec=none,acodec=mp3,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:standard{access="file",mux=dummy,dst="%_commanm%.mp3"} vlc://quit
REM Having no SLEEP-esque command, we have to trick DOS/Windows into pausing
REM for a bit between encode ops - To give the host OS a chance to do what it
REM needs to - Via clever use of the PING utility:
REM (Thanks to http://www.computing.net/answers/programming/dos-command-for-wait-5-seconds/11192.html for the tip! :-)
PING -n 1 -w 10000 1.1.1.1 > NUL
GOTO :eof
:SUB_RENAME
SET _origfnm=%1
SET _endbit=%_origfnm:*.mp3=%
CALL SET _newfilenm=%%_origfnm:.mp3%_endbit%=.mp3%%
SET _newfilenm=%_newfilenm:_COMMA_=,%
COPY %1 %_newfilenm%
GOTO :eof
:eof
REM My own little addition to prevent the batch window from "vanishing" without
REM trace at the end of execution, as if a critical error had occurred.
PAUSE
Have you tried without the SplitPath, File_Name, name? I got rid of the error like this, but I don't know if it produces the result you want in the end.
I found the answer. I was making syntatical errors I just didn't have the knowledge to fix myself. The new RUN statement works perfectly.
Here is the newly revised script
fileselectfile, File_Name, M3
SplitPath, File_Name, name, dir, ext, name_no_ext, drive
StringReplace, File_Name, File_Name,`n, \
Loop, parse, name, `n
{if a_index = 2
msgbox, %A_LoopField%
Run % "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe -I dummy -v """ File_Name """ :sout=#transcode{vcodec=none,acodec=mp3,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:standard{access=""file"",mux=dummy,dst=""" A_LoopField ".mp3""} "
}

Using updated NSIS path within the same installer

I am having a problem with updating the PATH variable. What I need to do is update the path (which works fine), and then immediately use the new version in the installer. This is not working.
Here is what I'm using to update the path:
!macro ADD_TO_PATH pathAdd
DetailPrint "Adding ${pathAdd} to the system PATH."
ReadRegStr $1 ${WriteEnvStr_RegKey} "PATH"
WriteRegStr ${WriteEnvStr_RegKey} "PATH" "$1;${pathAdd}"
SendMessage ${HWND_BROADCAST} ${WM_WININICHANGE} 0 "STR:Environment" /TIMEOUT=5000
ReadRegStr $1 ${WriteEnvStr_RegKey} "PATH"
MessageBox MB_OK "Path: $1"
!macroend
And here is what I need to do with it:
Section "${PRODUCT_NAME}" SEC_R
DetailPrint 'Installing Python Dateutil...'
!insertmacro EXEC_OUT 'dtutil' 'easy_install python-dateutil' 'DateUtil' 'true'
SectionEnd
Where EXEC_OUT is the following:
; Silent execution of easy_install.
; abrt - is set to 'true', causes Abort on failure.
; name - user-friendly name to print
; package - unique name for labels
; what - full command to execute(ex: "easy_install packageXYZ")
!macro EXEC_OUT package what name abrt
MessageBox MB_OK "what: ${what}"
ExecWait "${what}" $0
${If} $0 == "0"
DetailPrint "${name} module installed successfully."
${Else}
DetailPrint "${name} failed to install: $0"
${If} ${abrt} == "true"
abort "An essential part of the installation, ${name}, failed to install. Aborting installation."
${EndIf}
${EndIf}
!macroend
Why is this not working? Is it not possible for the PATH to be updated before the application exits?
You need to set the environment variable for the running process as well.
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Setting_Environment_Variables_to_Active_Installer_Process

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