HI Yeah sorry i see what ya mean now, ive decided to look for a registry of an earlier installed version of my software, not a txt file anymore.
so my registry search is ok? how do i call the "condition" if the registry search returns false? thanks Rob Hamflett wrote: > > As an aside, what you're doing isn't a Custom Action, but it should work > anyway. I think maybe > you've got the condition wrong. I think you need it so that the package > continues when the > condition is successful, which is what's happening now. If the condition > is false then the error is > shown. > > Rob > > Craig0ss wrote: >> 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 >>> >>> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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#a12922368 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
