Wix has built-in support for detecting Dot Net. See "How To: Check for .NET Framework Versions" in the Wix help.
-----Original Message----- From: Yawar Khan [mailto:yawar.k...@live.com] Sent: 01 February 2013 12:52 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Detect the existence of Word and .Net version greater or equal to 2.0 Hi My application requires Word and .Net. I am creating a wix bootstrap application to install .net if not not found. The basic criteria i found is to search through registry entries. the problem is both items may have many products, e.g. Word can have v11, v12, v14. and .net can have 2.0, 3.5, 4.0, etc (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318785). So to resolve this I have to check all possibilities. Is there a *Simple *way to just find that word is installed and either of 64 or 32 bit. Or .net 2.0 or greater is installed? I am doing this for Word <util:RegistrySearch Variable="WordVersion" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\InstallRoot" Format='raw' Value="Path" Result="value" /> And this for .Net <util:RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v2.0.50727" Value="Install" Variable="Netfx2FullVersion" /> I also tried to search the version of mscoree.dll through FileSearch but it seems like that it never executed. <Property Id="MINFRAMEWORK"> <DirectorySearch Id="MinFrameworkDir" Depth="0" Path="[SystemFolder]"> <FileSearch Id="MinFrameworkFile" MinVersion="6.1.4322" Name="mscoree.dll" /> </DirectorySearch> </Property> -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Detect-the-exis tence-of-Word-and-Net-version-greater-or-equal-to-2-0-tp7583339.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
