I dont think there are product codes for these DLLs but I will look into it. Thanks for the suggestion.
<-----Original Message-----> >From: Wilson, Phil [[email protected]] >Sent: 5/21/2009 2:01:37 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Checking registered dlls > >This kind of thing is usually done at a higher level than this. For example >people don't check for VC 9.0 Dlls or individual .NET assemblies they look for a >product code or a registry key that tells them that the containing package has >been installed (such as the VC Redist, Office PIAs. .NET Frameworks etc). Is >there no containing package for these Dlls that has a ProductCode, or installs a >registry key or something? > >Phil Wilson > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jono Juggler [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 1:37 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Checking registered dlls > >Thanks for your reply. I have no intent of replacing anything. The dlls >I am checking for are not ones I made. These are third party libraries >the user needs to install outside of my program. And I am not >facilitating their install. > >All I want to do is check the version numbers of the libraries that are >already installed. The problem is I dont know where the libraries are >installed to in the filesystem. > > > ><-----Original Message-----> >>From: Wilson, Phil [[email protected]] >>Sent: 5/18/2009 4:40:55 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Checking registered dlls >> >>This isn't a common problem because everyone just lets the file >versioning rules >>take care of everything. If you have version 1.45 then you won't >replace 1.49, >>and if you have 1.55 you will replace it - that's the built-in >versioning rule >>of Windows. Do you have other versions of these files that you're >installing? >>What's the problem you're trying to solve that leads to you this >solution? >> >>Phil Wilson >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jono Juggler [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 10:12 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [WiX-users] Checking registered dlls >> >>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 >>[email protected] >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- - >------- >>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 >>[email protected] >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>. >> > > ><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 >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- >Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT >is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet >the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & >iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian >Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com >_______________________________________________ >WiX-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >. > <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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
