[WiX-users] Detecting if a product is installed and setting property

2009-01-28 Thread Eitan Behar
Hi, Is there a way to detect if a product family is installed according to its product code, and set a property accordingly? I need to stop the setup if certain products are not installed, and I only have their upgrade codes, not the product code. Thanks, Eitan

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if a product is installed and setting property

2009-01-28 Thread Eitan Behar
Thanks ! Sounds like I will use a DTF CA for that. On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Yan Sklyarenko y...@sitecore.net wrote: If your product is the same family as those you're detecting, then you might take advantage of FindRelatedProducts action:

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if a product is installed and setting property

2009-01-28 Thread Christopher Painter
As much as I love DTF, I don't see the need for a CA in this scenario. I believe you stated that the requirement is to detect products installed based on their upgrade code and block the install if a product is not detected. If that is correct, then the Upgrade table supports the

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if a product is installed and setting property

2009-01-28 Thread Eitan Behar
sounds great, but, it does not seem to work :^( I have the code below, and although WSE is installed, I keep getting the Condition Message. I have checked the msi which I used to install WSE and the Upgrade Code is correct. (I did copy-paste from its msi) Upgrade

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if a product is installed and setting property

2009-01-28 Thread Christopher Painter
I'd look at the logfile and built MSI using ORCA and see what's going on. Is FindRelatedProduts sequenced/running prior to LaunchConditions? Is FindRelatedProperty setting the WSE30 property with a found product code. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if a product is installed and setting property

2009-01-28 Thread Rob Mensching
Why not use a ComponentSearch instead? -Original Message- From: Eitan Behar [mailto:ei...@baconao.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 06:05 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if a product is installed and setting property

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if a product is installed and setting property

2009-01-28 Thread Rob Mensching
Upgrade table should do this, right? -Original Message- From: Eitan Behar [mailto:ei...@baconao.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 00:14 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Detecting if a product is installed and setting property Hi, Is