Can I suggest an option to say "yeah I know I don't have Acrobat, but install
anyway"? Acrobat
isn't the only PDF viewer.
Rob
Antony Briggs wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm deploying an application that generates and displays PDF files and need
> to add a condition of acrobat 8 (reader or full version) on the installer
> (and preferably allow them to install it)
>
> I'm trying to detect the version of Acrobat installed using the version of
> the AcroPDF.dll Dll on the users system.
>
> The following snippet obtains the location of the DLL file:
>
> <Property Id="ACROBATDLL">
> <RegistrySearch Id='AcrobatDLLRegistry' Type='raw'
> Root='HKCR'
> Key='CLSID\{CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000}\InprocServer32' />
> </Property>
>
> Result:
> Property(S): ACROBATDLL = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
> 7.0\ActiveX\AcroPDF.dll
>
> Now I need to get the version of the dll, which needs to be version 8.0.0.0.
> To this end I'm trying to do a filesearch as follows:
>
> <Property Id="ACROBATVERSION8">
> <FileSearch Id='AcrobatVersion8File'
> Name='[ACROBATDLL]'
> MinVersion='8.0.0.0'/>
> </Property>
>
> This isn't returning any results, presumably because I don't have a
> directorysearch element.
>
> Can anybody answer any of the following questions:
> 1) Can I make FileSearch work with a full path in the Name property
> 2) can I separate the name & path so that I can populate a DirectorySearch
> and FileSearch
> 3) Is there an easier way to get the FileVersion of the dll into a property?
> (custom action?)
> 4) Finally, once I've detected that Acrobat is missing, how can I allow the
> user to install it (it will be shipped on the product CD).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Antony
>
>
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