RE: windows installer - vbs vs bat startup script

/*
 * Wrapper application to set octave env variables and then run octave
 * compile with gcc -o octave-launch octave-launch.c -Wl,--subsystem,windows -lshlwapi
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2020 John Donoghue <[email protected]>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 * version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * this program; if not, see <http: *www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

#include <windows.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>

int ParentDir(char *dir)
{
  int len = strlen(dir);
  while(len > 0 && dir[len] != '\\') len --;
  dir[len] = 0;
  return len;
}

char * FilePart(char *dir)
{
  int len = strlen(dir);
  while(len > 0 && dir[len-1] != '\\') len --;
  return &dir[len];
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
  char msyspath[1024];
  char path[1024];
  char binpath[1024];
  int gui_mode = -1;
  int i;

  /* get path of us as we assume octave will be in same dir */
  
  DWORD nSize = GetModuleFileName(NULL, path, sizeof(path)-1);
  if (nSize)
    {
      while(nSize > 0 && path[nSize] != '\\')
        nSize --;
      path[nSize] = '\0';
    }

  nSize = GetShortPathName(path, binpath, sizeof(binpath)-1);
  if (nSize == 0)
    {
      StrCpy(binpath, path);
    }

  /* binpath is to the bin dir so get the parent */
  StrCpy(path, binpath);
  ParentDir(path);

  /* now at the octave home */
  SetEnvironmentVariable("OCTAVE_HOME", path); 

  /* qt paths 
   * either %OCT_HOME%\qt5\plugins
   * or %OCT_HOME\plugins
   */
  nSize = strlen(path);
  StrCat(path, "\\qt5\\plugins");
  if (! PathFileExists(path))
    {
      path[nSize] = '\0';
      StrCat(path, "\\plugins");
    }
  SetEnvironmentVariable("QT_PLUGIN_PATH", path); 

  path[nSize] = '\0';

  /* get msys path and set env */

  StrCpy(msyspath, path);
  char * msys = FilePart(msyspath);
  /*
   * should be mingw64 for msys2 ming64
   * should be mingw32 for msys2 ming32
   * else msys
   */
  if (StrCmpI(msys, "mingw64") == 0)
    {
      SetEnvironmentVariable("MSYSTEM", "MINGW64"); 
      ParentDir(msyspath);
      StrCat(msyspath, "\\bin");
      SetEnvironmentVariable("MSYSPATH", msyspath); 
    }
  else if (StrCmpI(msys, "mingw32") == 0)
    {
      SetEnvironmentVariable("MSYSTEM", "MINGW32"); 
      ParentDir(msyspath);
      StrCat(msyspath, "\\bin");
      SetEnvironmentVariable("MSYSPATH", msyspath); 
    }
  else
    {
      SetEnvironmentVariable("MSYSTEM", "MSYS"); 
      SetEnvironmentVariable("MSYSPATH", msyspath); 
    }

  /* exe paths */
  {
    char pathbuffer[8096];
    char newpathbuffer[8096];

    nSize = GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", pathbuffer, sizeof(pathbuffer)-1);
    pathbuffer[nSize] = '\0';

    /* set our paths first */
    StrCpy(newpathbuffer, binpath);
    StrCat(newpathbuffer, ";");
    StrCat(newpathbuffer, msyspath);
    StrCat(newpathbuffer, ";");
    StrCat(newpathbuffer, pathbuffer);
  
    SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", newpathbuffer); 
  }

  /* other env */
  SetEnvironmentVariable("TERM", "cygwin"); 
  SetEnvironmentVariable("GNUTERM", "wxt"); 
  SetEnvironmentVariable("GS", "gs.exe"); 

  /* home set */
  nSize = GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME", path, sizeof(path)-1);
  if (nSize == 0 || path[0] == 0)
    {
      char newhome[1024];

      nSize = GetEnvironmentVariable("USERPROFILE", path, sizeof(path)-1);
      if (nSize == 0 || path[0] == 0)
        {
          /* build dir from drive and path */
          char tmpbuff[1024];
          nSize = GetEnvironmentVariable("HOMEDRIVE", tmpbuff, sizeof(tmpbuff)-1);
          if (nSize)
            StrCpy (path, tmpbuff);
          else
            path[0] = '\0';

          nSize = GetEnvironmentVariable("HOMEPATH", tmpbuff, sizeof(tmpbuff)-1);
          if(nSize) StrCat(path, tmpbuff);
        }

      nSize = GetShortPathName(path, newhome, sizeof(newhome)-1);
  
      if (nSize == 0)
        {
          StrCpy(newhome, path);
        }

      SetEnvironmentVariable("HOME", newhome);
    }

  /* check for gui mode */
  for (i=1; i<argc; i++)
    {
      if (StrCmp(argv[i], "--no-gui") == 0)
        gui_mode = 0;
      else if (StrCmp(argv[i], "--gui") == 0)
        gui_mode = 1;
      else if (StrCmp(argv[i], "--force-gui") == 0)
        gui_mode = 1;
    }

  /* set up process args and start it */
  {
    STARTUPINFO si;
    char argbuffer[4096];

    ZeroMemory( &si, sizeof(si) );
    si.cb = sizeof(si);
    ZeroMemory( &pi, sizeof(pi) );

    StrCpy(path, binpath);

    if(gui_mode == -1)
      {
        /* no mode specified, so set gui */
        StrCpy(argbuffer, "octave-gui.exe --gui ");
        StrCat(path, "\\octave-gui.exe");
        si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
      }
    else if (gui_mode == 1)
      {
        StrCpy(argbuffer, "octave-gui.exe ");
        StrCat(path, "\\octave-gui.exe");
        si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
      }
    else
      {
        StrCpy(argbuffer, "octave-cli.exe ");
        StrCat(path, "\\octave-cli.exe");
      }

    /* quote and append each arg */
    for (i=1; i<argc; i++)
      {
        StrCat(argbuffer, "\"");
        StrCat(argbuffer, argv[i]);
        StrCat(argbuffer, "\" ");
      }

    /* Start the child process */
    if (! CreateProcess(path,// module name
        argbuffer,           // Command line
        NULL,                //  Process handle not inheritable
        NULL,                // Thread handle not inheritable
        FALSE,               //  Set handle inheritance to FALSE
        0,                   // No creation flags
        NULL,                // Use parent's environment block
        NULL,                // Use parent's starting directory 
        &si,                 // Pointer to STARTUPINFO structure
        &pi )                //Pointer to PROCESS_INFORMATION structure
    ) return 1;
  }

  /* Wait until child process exits. */
  WaitForSingleObject( pi.hProcess, INFINITE );

  /* Close process and thread handles */
  CloseHandle( pi.hProcess );
  CloseHandle( pi.hThread );

  return 0;
}