Not sure whether you mean the Acrobat Reader or another Acrobat
product. If it's the reader did you think of finding the default
application for pdf files ? This can be archived with a CA by
traversing the reg keys
string defaultApplication =
(string)Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.PDF", "", "");
string regValue = "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\" +
defaultApplication + "\\shell\\open\\command";
defaultApplication = (string)Registry.GetValue(@regValue, "", "");
Afterwards check if default app exists and cut filename from full path
+ filename. In my understanding this should work as long as the PDF
reader is registered correctly on the system, nevertheless if it's a
Acrobat, FoxIt or some other one. For Foxit I know that it writes keys
not during install but after first starting of the application.
2011/3/4 David Watson <dwat...@sdl.com>:
> 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
>
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