!include WinVer.nsh
!include x64.nsh

!macro CHECK_MIN_WIN_VER
var /GLOBAL WIN_VER_PASSED ;Win98?
var /GLOBAL WIN_SERVICEPACK_PASSED ;Win2kSP3
var /GLOBAL SQL_SERVICEPACK_PASSED ;Win2kSP4,Win2k3SP1,WinXPSP2
StrCpy $WIN_VER_PASSED “1″
StrCpy $WIN_SERVICEPACK_PASSED “1″
StrCpy $SQL_SERVICEPACK_PASSED “1″

ReadRegDWORD $R0 HKLM “System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows” “CSDVersion”
IntOp $R0 $R0 / 256 ;get service pack major version

${If} ${IsWin2000}
${If} $R0 < “3″ ; SP3
StrCpy $WIN_SERVICEPACK_PASSED “0″
${ElseIf} $R0 < “4″ ; SP4
StrCpy $SQL_SERVICEPACK_PASSED “0″
${EndIf}
${ElseIf} ${IsWin2003}
${If} $R0 < “1″ ; SP1
StrCpy $SQL_SERVICEPACK_PASSED “0″
${EndIf}
${ElseIf} ${IsWinXP}
${If} $R0 < “2″ ; SP2
StrCpy $SQL_SERVICEPACK_PASSED “0″
${EndIf}
${ElseIf} ${AtMostWin2000}
StrCpy $WIN_VER_PASSED “0″
${EndIf}
!macroend

!macro CHECK_ADMIN_RIGHTS
var /GLOBAL USER_ADMIN_PASSED ;Administrator
StrCpy $USER_ADMIN_PASSED “1″
userInfo::getAccountType
pop $0
${If} $0 != “Admin”
StrCpy $USER_ADMIN_PASSED “0″
${EndIf}
!macroend
!macro MSI_INSTALL installer_path
;install msi version 3
GetDllVersion “$SYSDIR\msi.dll” $1 $2
IntOp $3 $1 / 0×00010000
IntOp $4 $1 & 0x0000FFFF
;IntOp $5 $2 / 0×00010000
;IntOp $6 $2 & 0x0000FFFF
StrCpy $0 ‘$3.$4′
IntCmp $0 “3.1″ MSI_NO_INSTALL MSI_INSTALL MSI_NO_INSTALL
MSI_INSTALL: ;may be 3.0 or 3.1
SetDetailsPrint both
DetailPrint “Updating Windows Installer”
SetDetailsPrint none
!insertmacro EXEC_SUBINSTALLER “Windows Installer 3.1″ \
‘”${installer_path}\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe” /quiet /norestart’
MSI_NO_INSTALL:
!macroend

!macro MDAC_INSTALL installer_path
StrCpy $1 “0″
ReadRegStr $1 HKLM “SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DataAccess” “Version”
StrCpy $2 $1 3 ;e.g. $2 is now “2.5″

${If} $2 == “”
Goto MDACNOTFOUND
${ElseIf} $2 == “2.1″
Goto MDACNOTFOUND
${ElseIf} $2 == “2.5″
Goto MDACNOTFOUND
${ElseIf} $2 == “2.6″
Goto MDACNOTFOUND
${ElseIf} $2 == “2.7″
Goto MDACNOTFOUND
${Else} ;must be greater
Goto MDACCORRECT
${EndIf}
MDACCORRECT:
StrCpy $0 “0″
Goto EXITFUNCTION
MDACNOTFOUND:
StrCpy $0 “1″
Goto EXITFUNCTION
EXITFUNCTION:
;is mdace same version
${If} $0 == “1″ ;Less Than
;Install MDAC
SetDetailsPrint both
DetailPrint “Installing MDAC”
SetDetailsPrint none
!insertmacro EXEC_SUBINSTALLER “Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8″ \
‘”${installer_path}\mdac_typ.exe” /Q:A /C:”dasetup /Q:D /N”‘
;SetRebootFlag True not needed after runonce test
${EndIf}
!macroend

!macro NET_INSTALL installer_path
;Check for framework 2.0————————————–
StrCpy $1 “0″
ReadRegDword $1 HKLM “SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v2.0.50727″ “Install”
${If} $1 != “1″
${If} ${RunningX64}
StrCpy $9 ‘”${installer_path}\netfx64.exe” /q /c:”install.exe /qb /noaspupgrade”‘
${Else}
StrCpy $9 ‘”${installer_path}\dotnetfx2.0.exe” /q /c:”install.exe /qb /noaspupgrade”‘
${EndIf}
SetDetailsPrint both
DetailPrint “Installing .Net Framework”
SetDetailsPrint none
!insertmacro EXEC_SUBINSTALLER “Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0″ $9
${EndIf}
!macroend

!macro IS_SQL_INSTALLED instance_name return
strcpy ${return} “0″
ReadRegStr $0 HKLM “SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\${instance_name}\MSSQLServer\CurrentVersion\” CurrentVersion
${If} $0 != “” ;should = 9.if 2005 8. if 2000
strcpy ${return} “1″
${EndIf}
!macroend

!macro SQL_INSTALL installer_path instance_name password install_dir settings_file
;Check for existing instance
AddSize 358400
ReadRegStr $0 HKLM “SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\${instance_name}\MSSQLServer\CurrentVersion\” CurrentVersion
${If} $0 == “” ;should = 9.if 2005 8. if 2000
!insertmacro EXEC_SUBINSTALLER “Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition” \
‘”${installer_path}\SQLEXPR.EXE” /settings ${settings_file} /qb INSTANCENAME=${instance_name} SAPWD=${password} INSTALLSQLDIR=”${install_dir}”‘
${EndIf}
!macroend

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Installing_the_Microsoft_.NET_Framework

I’m not sure about deploying SQL 2005 Express though, I believe it uses the same installation technology as the .NET 2 framework so you might want to scour MSDN to see what the command line arguments for it are.

If you’re still stuck then drop me an email on my contact page and I’ll see if I can help you out.

Really? Always worked? Is that a few ‘john’ weeks (which translates to 3 months in realtime?) And heres me thinking the original installer took on average 30 mins, with the record installation time being 12 minutes