Hello All, I am looking for a way to test if certain libraries with certain versions have been installed. I want to check against registered dlls, and not do this through the file system. But this is the only way I have found to get this to work. In this example I am making sure they have Prior version 1.50 installed:
<Property Id="PRIORGUID"> <RegistrySearch Id="priorguid" Root="HKCR" Key="Prior.Encoders\CLSID" Type="raw"/> </Property> <Property Id="PRIORLOCATION"> <RegistrySearch Id="priorlocation" Root="HKCR" Key="CLSID\[PRIORGUID]\InprocServer32" Type="file"/> </Property> <Property Id="PRIORVERCHECK"> <DirectorySearch Id="priorversion" Path="[PRIORLOCATION]"> <FileSearch Name="Prior.dll" MinVersion="1.49"/> </DirectorySearch> </Property> <Condition Message="This application requires Prior."> <![CDATA[Installed OR PRIORVERCHECK]]> </Condition> I basically find the library in the registry which points me to the file and then I look up the version in the file system. I am uneasy with this method. When I use Type="file", it seems to return a directory where the file is instead of returning the full path to the file itself. Does it always work this way? Also this means I have to know the base file name. If there was a way to split the full path into a name and directory then I could do the FileSearch without knowing the basename? Is my method reliable? Is there a better way to do this? It seems like this would be a common problem. I am using WiX 3. Thanks. <span id=m2wTl><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">_______________________________________________________________<BR>Get the Free email that has everyone talking at <a href=http://www.mail2world.com target=new>http://www.mail2world.com</a><br> <font color=#999999>Unlimited Email Storage – POP3 – Calendar – SMS – Translator – Much More!</font></font></span> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
