hi thanks for your reply Im doing a registry search at the moment, its basicaly the same however i cant get my code working, here is my reg search code
<Property Id="OLDVERSIONDETECTED"> <RegistrySearch Id="OldOpti" Type="raw" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Optisoft\Settings\SetupType.reg" Name="RegSearch" /> </Property> and here is my custom action <Condition Message="Older version of Optisoft found. Please uninstall this before preoceeding.">OLDVERSIONDETECTED </Condition> im not quite sure how to call the custom action if the reg search returns false could you help me with my above code Thanks for your input Craig Rob Hamflett wrote: > > You can do the same thing with an Error Custom Action. Get AppSearch to > look for your file, and if > it doesn't find it, call your Custom Action to show the error. > > Rob > > Craig0ss wrote: >> Hi >> >> I need to search for a txt file that is installed with a certain app that >> my >> app needs to run, so im looking for a launch condition that looks on the >> computer (C:\Windows\System32\vbruntme.txt), if this is found the >> installer >> installs as normal and if it doesnt find the file on the computer then it >> displays a msg. >> >> I have this in the boostrapper for my exe but i need it for my msi as a >> launch condition??? >> >> Thanks > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Search-for-file-as-pre-requesit-tf4515763.html#a12921299 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users