I'd give your property an initial value of something like "notfound" and use a condition of OLDVERSIONDETECTED = "notfound". The condition will fail if AppSearch found something and updated the property.
Rob Craig0ss wrote: > 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 >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
