I don't think the version key that you are using is very reliable, I don't have it on my machine but I do have the InstallPath.
Msdn states that the reglocator key column is of the type regPath which is formatted so properties should be usable, but I don't think you can guarantee the search order to allow you to use one registry searches results from another. Also the wix docs say RegistrySearch@Key is a string so it may not be formatted from wix. You could of course try a FileSearch based on the ProgramFiles folder. The other way of doing it is to have several registry searches for each acrobat version that you support (I recall us doing something like this a while ago to search for Word). Oh and another thing to note is that you are reading type raw which will add a # to the beginning of some data types found so if the version is an actual number that would be wrong. Also your second search's type should be directory. You can set a property inside your custom action and a property can be used as a directory ID. -----Original Message----- From: bradley.jo...@thomsonreuters.com [mailto:bradley.jo...@thomsonreuters.com] Sent: 04 March 2011 15:52 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation path of Adobe/Return a value from aCustomAction I'm able to copy a file using the custom action, letting the Custom Action (in this case an .exe) handle the entire process. I'm still wondering if there's a way to use the Property Id's and Registry Search to handle this. What is the best practice for determining an installation path that could be different based on what is installed on the users machine? In this case a version of Adobe. Thanks for any suggestions. Brad -----Original Message----- From: Jones, Bradley (TA WSS) Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 4:59 PM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Installation path of Adobe/Return a value from a CustomAction I'm looking for the best way to find a version of Adobe that's installed on a user's machine. This will determine the installation path of some files to deploy. I've tried the following: <Property Id="ACROBAT_VERSION"> <RegistrySearch Id="Acrobat_Version" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Document\AcrobatVersion" Type="raw"/> </Property> <Property Id="ACROBATPATH"> <RegistrySearch Id="AcrobatPath" Root="HKLM" Key="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\VERSION\InstallPath" Type="raw"/> </Property> The issue I have here is depending on what version the user has installed, "VERSION" changes. Is there a way to pass a Property Id to part of the key, for example: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\[ACROBAT_VERSION]\InstallPath The above does not work, but was wondering if there's a way to accomplish this? I also thought of going the route of a custom action, I've written an exe that returns the path to Adobe. I've written an .exe and called from a custom action: If there's a way, what is the syntax to return a value from a custom action? Can a Custom action return a value that I can pass to a Directory or use as a DirectoryRef? <DirectoryRef Id="PROPERTYRETURNEDFROMCUSTOMACTION"> <Component Id="FindAdobeLocation.exe" Guid="GUID HERE"> <File Id="FindAdobeLocation.exe" Source="SourceLocation" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes" /> </Component> </DirectoryRef> Thanks for any suggestions. Brad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. 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