I have a few questions on getting my first WiX installer working. I am making a package for a Tcl script and its support files. I would like to be able to read the registry to determine where TCL is installed. ActiveState TCL uses a version number in their key (e.g. HKLM\SOFTWARE\ActiveState\ActiveTcl\8.5.5.0). Without knowing which version of TCL the user has installed, how can I get the value of this registry key? Possibly another problem here is that when you uninstall a version of ActiveState TCL, the keys are not removed, just unset. So on one computer I also have a key named 8.4.4.0, but its value is unset. So, I really need the value of the latest version of ActiveState TCL that is set.
Hopefully this is doable within WiX, as I am not a Windows developer and don't have VisualStudio. Once I get that value, I need to use it in setting up a shortcut. Right now, I can manually set up what I need. I take my TcCLscript (which does not end in .tcl), and create a shortcut. Then I open the shortcut's properties window. I set the "Target" field to, e.g. "C:\Tcl\bin\wish85.exe" "path_to_my_script". The C:\Tcl portion would be obtained from the registry search above. How do I set this value using the Shortcut tag? Final question. I know that the executable is in bin, but I do not know its exact name. For Tcl 8.5.5.0, it is called wish85.exe, for 8.4.4.0, it is probably called wish84.exe. I know it is wish*.exe. How do I get the exact value of this executable, to use in creating the shortcut? Thanks for any help you can provide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
