A simple Silverlight OOB Application installer using NSIS

This is pretty easy (technically) - and this post is about creating and deploying Silverlight Runtime + Your Silverlight application (Xap file) using your very own custom, standalone, offline installer with out getting a browser installed - instead of the user installing your Silverlight application Out Of Browser via the web browser.

What is NSIS?

NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution.

You can download the NSIS Installer from here

Script for Silverlight Installer:

Name "Silverlight Installer"
OutFile "SilverlightInstaller.exe"
InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\SilverlightPackage"

XPStyle on

Function .onInit
# This function will be fired during initialization of the installer FunctionEnd

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SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
SetOverwrite ifnewer
File "Silverlight.exe"
ExecWait "$INSTDIR\Silverlight.exe /q /doNotRequireDRMPrompt"
File "NameOftheXAP.xap"
ExecWait '"$PROGRAMFILES\Microsoft Silverlight\sllauncher.exe" /install:"$INSTDIR\NameOftheXAP.xap" /origin:"http://yoursite.com/NameOftheXAP.xap" /shortcut:desktop+startmenu'
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We will see some more functionality of NSIS in my up coming Articles.

Thanks.