WindowsInstaller: multiple improvements and fixes

move windowsinstaller to /package
update artwork
adapt to conda builds
make msvc redist directory optional
automate version information definition
use relative directories for file locations definitions
improve/update readme
partially update Delete.bat for qt6 libpack
add .gitignore
update signing.bat and add hashing command

WindowsInstaller: use --safe-mode in freecadcmd commands [skip ci]

WindowsInstaller: make windows 8 the minimum version [skip ci]

WindowsInstaller: allow configuring some values via command line

windows installer update for qt6 build

package/WindowsInstaller/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.exe
+*-SHA256.txt
+MSVCRedist
+FreeCAD
+version.nsh

package/WindowsInstaller/Delete.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+del /S *_d.*
+del /S *_debug.*
+del /S *.pyc
+del /S *.pdb
+del /S boost*-gd-*.dll
+cd bin
+del assistant.exe
+del Coin4d.dll
+del designer.exe
+del freetyped.dll
+del libcrypto-3d.dll
+del libEGLd.dll
+del libGLESv2d.dll
+del libssl-3d.dll
+del linguist.exe
+del qdoc.exe
+del Qt6Concurrentd.dll
+del Qt6Cored.dll
+del Qt6DBusd.dll
+del Qt6DesignerComponentsd.dll
+del Qt6Designerd.dll
+del Qt6Guid.dll
+del Qt6Helpd.dll
+del Qt6LabsAnimationd.dll
+del Qt6LabsFolderListModeld.dll
+del Qt6LabsPlatformd.dll
+del Qt6LabsSettingsd.dll
+del Qt6LabsSharedImaged.dll
+del Qt6LabsWavefrontMeshd.dll
+del Qt6MultimediaWidgetsd.dll
+del Qt6Multimediad.dll
+del Qt6Networkd.dll
+del Qt6OpenGLWidgetsd.dll
+del Qt6OpenGLd.dll
+del Qt6PrintSupportd.dll
+del Qt6SpatialAudiod.dll
+del Qt6Sqld.dll
+del Qt6SvgWidgetsd.dll
+del Qt6Svgd.dll
+del Qt6Testd.dll
+del Qt6UiToolsd.dll
+del Qt6Widgetsd.dll
+del Qt6Xmld.dll
+del QtWebEngineProcessd.exe
+del Quarter1d.dll
+del xerces-c_3_2D.dll
+del zlibd.dll

package/WindowsInstaller/Settings.nsh

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+
+Settings for FreeCAD installer
+
+These typically need to be modified for each FreeCAD release
+
+*/
+
+# Make the installer as small as possible
+# Using /SOLID is usually better for file size but it can't be used if the original size is
+# more than 2GB, if building with /SOLID fails try disabling it
+# comment this or use /DFC_TEST_BUILD command line option for testing builds since it will reduce
+# the time to create an installer a lot at the cost of a much greater file size.
+# So assure it is active for release builds!
+!ifndef FC_TEST_BUILD
+    SetCompressor /SOLID lzma
+!endif
+
+#--------------------------------
+# File locations
+# !!! you may need to adjust them to the folders in your Windows system !!!
+# can be specified with /D command line argument to makensis.exe
+!ifndef FILES_FREECAD
+    !define FILES_FREECAD "${__FILEDIR__}\FreeCAD"
+!endif
+!ifndef FILES_THUMBS
+    !define FILES_THUMBS "${__FILEDIR__}\thumbnail"
+!endif
+
+# msvc redistributables location is required for LibPack builds but not conda
+# when using a LibPack build set the redistributables directory location here
+# or with /D command line argument to makensis.exe
+#!define FILES_DEPS "${__FILEDIR__}\MSVCRedist"
+
+#--------------------------------
+# get version info from freecadcmd
+!system "${FILES_FREECAD}\bin\freecadcmd.exe --safe-mode -c $\"import datetime; print(f'!define COPYRIGHT_YEAR {datetime.date.today().year}')$\">${__FILEDIR__}\version.nsh" = 0
+!system "${FILES_FREECAD}\bin\freecadcmd.exe --safe-mode -c $\"print(f'!define APP_VERSION_MAJOR \$\"{App.Version()[0]}\$\"')$\">>${__FILEDIR__}\version.nsh" = 0
+!system "${FILES_FREECAD}\bin\freecadcmd.exe --safe-mode -c $\"print(f'!define APP_VERSION_MINOR \$\"{App.Version()[1]}\$\"')$\">>${__FILEDIR__}\version.nsh" = 0
+!system "${FILES_FREECAD}\bin\freecadcmd.exe --safe-mode -c $\"print(f'!define APP_VERSION_PATCH \$\"{App.Version()[2]}\$\"')$\">>${__FILEDIR__}\version.nsh" = 0
+!system "${FILES_FREECAD}\bin\freecadcmd.exe --safe-mode -c $\"print(f'!define APP_VERSION_REVISION \$\"{App.Version()[3].split()[0]}\$\"')$\">>${__FILEDIR__}\version.nsh" = 0
+!include "${__FILEDIR__}\version.nsh"
+!delfile "${__FILEDIR__}\version.nsh"
+
+!define APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY "" # use "1" for an emergency release of FreeCAD otherwise ""
+	# alternatively you can use APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY for a custom suffix of the version number
+!define APP_EMERGENCY_DOT "" # use "." for an emergency release of FreeCAD otherwise ""
+!define APP_VERSION_BUILD 1 # Start with 1 for the installer releases of each version
+
+!define APP_VERSION "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}.${APP_VERSION_PATCH}${APP_EMERGENCY_DOT}${APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY}" # Version to display
+
+#--------------------------------
+# Installer file name
+# Typical names for the release are "FreeCAD-020-Installer-1.exe" etc.
+
+!ifndef ExeFile
+    !define ExeFile "${APP_NAME}_${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}.${APP_VERSION_PATCH}${APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY}-Windows-x86_64-installer-${APP_VERSION_BUILD}.exe"
+!endif
+
+#--------------------------------
+# installer bit type - FreeCAD is only provided as 64bit build
+!define MULTIUSER_USE_PROGRAMFILES64

package/WindowsInstaller/Signing.bat

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 signtool.exe sign /f FCweborg.pfx /p FreeCADIsCool /fd sha512 /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /td sha512 /v %1
+certutil -hashfile %1 SHA256 > %1-SHA256.txt

package/WindowsInstaller/include/declarations.nsh

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ Configuration and variables of FreeCAD installer
 # Names and version
 
 !define APP_NAME "FreeCAD"
-!define APP_VERSION_NUMBER "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}.${APP_VERSION_REVISION}.${APP_VERSION_BUILD}"
+!define APP_VERSION_NUMBER "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}.${APP_VERSION_PATCH}.${APP_VERSION_BUILD}"
 # For the proposed install folder we use the scheme "FreeCAD 0.18" 
 # however for the Registry, we need the scheme "FreeCAD 0.18.x" in order
 # to check if it is exactly this version (to support side-by-side installations)
 !define APP_SERIES_NAME "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}"
-!define APP_SERIES_KEY "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}${APP_VERSION_MINOR}${APP_VERSION_REVISION}${APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY}"
+!define APP_SERIES_KEY "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}${APP_VERSION_MINOR}${APP_VERSION_PATCH}${APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY}"
-!define APP_SERIES_KEY2 "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}.${APP_VERSION_REVISION}${APP_EMERGENCY_DOT}${APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY}"
+!define APP_SERIES_KEY2 "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}.${APP_VERSION_PATCH}${APP_EMERGENCY_DOT}${APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY}"
 !define APP_DIR_REGKEY "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\${APP_NAME}.exe"
 !define APP_DIR "${APP_NAME} ${APP_SERIES_NAME}"
 # Fixme: FC should use different preferences folder for every release
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Configuration and variables of FreeCAD installer
 
 !define SETUP_ICON "icons\FreeCAD.ico"
 !define SETUP_HEADERIMAGE "graphics\header.bmp"
-!define SETUP_WIZARDIMAGE "graphics\orange.bmp"
+!define SETUP_WIZARDIMAGE "graphics\banner.bmp"
 !define SETUP_UNINSTALLER "Uninstall-${APP_NAME}.exe"
 !define SETUP_UNINSTALLER_KEY "${APP_NAME}${APP_SERIES_KEY}"
 

package/WindowsInstaller/include/gui.nsh

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ BrandingText " "
 
 VIProductVersion "${APP_VERSION_NUMBER}"
 VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "ProductName" "${APP_NAME}"
-VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "ProductVersion" "${APP_DIR}.${APP_VERSION_REVISION}"
+VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "ProductVersion" "${APP_DIR}.${APP_VERSION_PATCH}"
 VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "FileDescription" "${APP_INFO}"
 VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "FileVersion" "${APP_VERSION}"
 VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "LegalCopyright" "${APP_COPYRIGHT}"

package/WindowsInstaller/include/init.nsh

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Function PostMultiUserPageInit
 
   # check if there is an existing FreeCAD installation of the same FreeCAD series
   # we usually don't release more than 10 versions so with 20 we are safe to check if a newer version is installed
-  IntOp $4 ${APP_VERSION_REVISION} + 20
+  IntOp $4 ${APP_VERSION_PATCH} + 20
   ${for} $5 0 $4
    ReadRegStr $0 SHCTX "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${APP_NAME}${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}${APP_VERSION_MINOR}$5" "DisplayVersion"
    # also check for an emergency release
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ Function .onInit
   ${orif} $R0 == "5.1" # XP
   ${orif} $R0 == "5.2" # 2003
   ${orif} $R0 == "6.0" # Vista
-    MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONSTOP "${APP_NAME} ${APP_VERSION} requires Windows 7 or newer." /SD IDOK
+  ${orif} $R0 == "6.1" # 7
+    MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONSTOP "${APP_NAME} ${APP_VERSION} requires Windows 8 or newer." /SD IDOK
     Quit
   ${endif}
   
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ Function .onInit
   # plugin must be unloaded
   ${nsProcess::Unload}
   
-  # initialize the multi-uder installer UI
+  # initialize the multi-user installer UI
   !insertmacro MULTIUSER_INIT
 
   # this can be reset to "true" in section SecDesktop

package/WindowsInstaller/include/utils.nsh

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
  # and returns the number of the character in the FindStr where the SearchStr was found (Pointer)
  # if nothing was found or the search is impossible the Pointer is set to -1
  
- StrLen $R2 ${SearchStr}
+ StrLen $R2 "${SearchStr}"
- StrLen $R4 ${FindStr}
+ StrLen $R4 "${FindStr}"
  StrCpy $R5 0
  ${if} $R2 == 0
  ${orif} $R4 == 0
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
  ${endif}
  IntCmp $R4 $R2 loopA NotFound
  loopA:
-  StrCpy $R3 ${FindStr} $R2 $R5
+  StrCpy $R3 "${FindStr}" $R2 $R5
-  StrCmp $R3 ${SearchStr} Found
+  StrCmp $R3 "${SearchStr}" Found
   IntOp $R5 $R5 + 1
   IntCmp $R4 $R5 loopA NotFound
   Goto loopA

package/WindowsInstaller/setup/install.nsh

@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ Installation of program files, dictionaries and external components
 
 #--------------------------------
 # Program files
+!include LogicLib.nsh
 
 Section -ProgramFiles SecProgramFiles
 
   # if the $INSTDIR does not contain "FreeCAD" we must add a subfolder to avoid that FreeCAD will e.g.
   # be installed directly to C:\programs - the uninstaller will then delete the whole
   # C:\programs directory
-  StrCpy $String $INSTDIR
+  StrCpy $String "$INSTDIR"
-  StrCpy $Search ${APP_NAME}
+  StrCpy $Search "${APP_NAME}"
   Call StrPoint # function from Utils.nsh
   ${if} $Pointer == "-1"
    StrCpy $INSTDIR "$INSTDIR\${APP_DIR}"
@@ -38,8 +39,11 @@ Section -ProgramFiles SecProgramFiles
   File /r "${FILES_FREECAD}\bin\*.*"
   
   # MSVC redistributable DLLs
-  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\bin"
+  !ifdef FILES_DEPS
-  File "${FILES_DEPS}\*.*"
+    !echo "Including MSVC Redist files from ${FILES_DEPS}"
+    SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\bin"
+    File "${FILES_DEPS}\*.*"
+  !endif
   
   # Others
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\data"
@@ -52,10 +56,6 @@ Section -ProgramFiles SecProgramFiles
   File /r "${FILES_FREECAD}\lib\*.*"
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\Mod"
   File /r "${FILES_FREECAD}\Mod\*.*"
-  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\resources"
-  File /r "${FILES_FREECAD}\resources\*.*"
-  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\translations"
-  File /r "${FILES_FREECAD}\translations\*.*"
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
   File /r "${FILES_THUMBS}"
     

tools/build/WindowsInstaller/Delete.bat

@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-del /S *_d.*
-del /S *_debug.*
-del /S *.pyc
-del /S *.pdb
-del /S boost*-gd-*.dll
-cd bin
-del assistant.exe
-del Coin4d.dll
-del designer.exe
-del freetyped.dll
-del libcrypto-3d.dll
-del libEGLd.dll
-del libGLESv2d.dll
-del libssl-3d.dll
-del linguist.exe
-del qdoc.exe
-del Qt53DAnimationd.dll
-del Qt53DCored.dll
-del Qt53DExtrasd.dll
-del Qt53DInputd.dll
-del Qt53DLogicd.dll
-del Qt53DQuickAnimationd.dll
-del Qt53DQuickd.dll
-del Qt53DQuickExtrasd.dll
-del Qt53DQuickInputd.dll
-del Qt53DQuickRenderd.dll
-del Qt53DQuickScene2Dd.dll
-del Qt53DRenderd.dll
-del Qt5Bluetoothd.dll
-del Qt5Bodymovind.dll
-del Qt5Chartsd.dll
-del Qt5Concurrentd.dll
-del Qt5Cored.dll
-del Qt5DataVisualizationd.dll
-del Qt5DBusd.dll
-del Qt5DesignerComponentsd.dll
-del Qt5Designerd.dll
-del Qt5Gamepadd.dll
-del Qt5Guid.dll
-del Qt5Helpd.dll
-del Qt5Locationd.dll
-del Qt5Multimediad.dll
-del Qt5MultimediaQuickd.dll
-del Qt5MultimediaWidgetsd.dll
-del Qt5NetworkAuthd.dll
-del Qt5Networkd.dll
-del Qt5Nfcd.dll
-del Qt5OpenGLd.dll
-del Qt5Pdfd.dll
-del Qt5PdfWidgetsd.dll
-del Qt5Positioningd.dll
-del Qt5PositioningQuickd.dll
-del Qt5PrintSupportd.dll
-del Qt5Purchasingd.dll
-del Qt5Qmld.dll
-del Qt5QmlModelsd.dll
-del Qt5QmlWorkerScriptd.dll
-del Qt5Quick3DAssetImportd.dll
-del Qt5Quick3Dd.dll
-del Qt5Quick3DRenderd.dll
-del Qt5Quick3DRuntimeRenderd.dll
-del Qt5Quick3DUtilsd.dll
-del Qt5QuickControls2d.dll
-del Qt5Quickd.dll
-del Qt5QuickParticlesd.dll
-del Qt5QuickShapesd.dll
-del Qt5QuickTemplates2d.dll
-del Qt5QuickTestd.dll
-del Qt5QuickWidgetsd.dll
-del Qt5RemoteObjectsd.dll
-del Qt5Scriptd.dll
-del Qt5ScriptToolsd.dll
-del Qt5Scxmld.dll
-del Qt5Sensorsd.dll
-del Qt5SerialBusd.dll
-del Qt5SerialPortd.dll
-del Qt5Sqld.dll
-del Qt5Svgd.dll
-del Qt5Testd.dll
-del Qt5TextToSpeechd.dll
-del Qt5VirtualKeyboardd.dll
-del Qt5Widgetsd.dll
-del Qt5WinExtrasd.dll
-del Qt5Xmld.dll
-del Qt5XmlPatternsd.dll
-del Quarter1d.dll
-del xerces-c_3_2D.dll
-del zlibd.dll

tools/build/WindowsInstaller/Settings.nsh

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/*
-
-Settings for FreeCAD installer
-
-These typically need to be modified for each FreeCAD release
-
-*/
-
-# Make the installer as small as possible
-# comment this for testing builds since it will reduce the time to create an installer
-# a lot - for the cost of a much greater file size.
-# So assure it is active for release builds!
-SetCompressor /SOLID lzma
-
-#--------------------------------
-# Version number
-
-!define APP_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-!define APP_VERSION_MINOR 22
-!define APP_VERSION_REVISION 0
-!define APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY "beta" # use "1" for an emergency release of FreeCAD otherwise ""
-	# alternatively you can use APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY for a custom suffix of the version number
-!define APP_EMERGENCY_DOT "" # use "." for an emergency release of FreeCAD otherwise ""
-!define APP_VERSION_BUILD 1 # Start with 1 for the installer releases of each version
-
-!define APP_VERSION "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}.${APP_VERSION_REVISION}${APP_EMERGENCY_DOT}${APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY}" # Version to display
-
-!define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2023
-
-#--------------------------------
-# Installer file name
-# Typical names for the release are "FreeCAD-020-Installer-1.exe" etc.
-
-!define ExeFile "${APP_NAME}-${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}.${APP_VERSION_REVISION}${APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY}-WIN-x64-installer-${APP_VERSION_BUILD}.exe"
-
-#--------------------------------
-# installer bit type - FreeCAD is only provided as 64bit build
-!define MULTIUSER_USE_PROGRAMFILES64
-
-#--------------------------------
-# File locations
-# !!! you need to adjust them to the folders in your Windows system !!!
-
-!define FILES_FREECAD "G:\FreeCADInst\Installer\FreeCAD"
-!define FILES_DEPS "G:\FreeCADInst\Installer\MSVCRedist"
-!define FILES_THUMBS "G:\FreeCADInst\Installer\thumbnail"