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How to use String Replace in NSIS

I use maven, I have a maven-project with version X.Y.Z-SNAPSHOT, and I use maven-nsis-plugin. Because the Version is in format X.Y.Z-SNAPSHOT, I have to remove this suffix and repace it with a 0.

The maven plugin maven-nsis-plugin generates a project.nsh:

!define PROJECT_VERSION "4.23.9-SNAPSHOT"

which is used in my setup.nsi: 

!include target\project.nsh

Section VersionReplace
    Push "${PROJECT_VERSION}"
    Push "-SNAPSHOT"
    Push "0"
    Call StrRep
    Pop $0

    !define VERSION_SHORT $0
SectionEnd

Name "Installer ${VERSION_SHORT}"

(...)

VIProductVersion ${VERSION_SHORT}

Problem: In the Console i can see: 

Name: "Installer $0"
(...)
VIAddVersionKey: "ProductVersion" "$0"

so the $0 is not replaced. What am I doing wrong?

Replacement function used: StrRep

Solution

  • This can be done using the !searchreplace command, which runs at compile time

    !searchreplace PROJECT_VERSION_SHORT ${PROJECT_VERSION} "-SNAPSHOT" ".0"