Hi Rennie,
Thanks for the reply, I had thought about doing the check in the application
but I wouldn't neccessairly have access to the distribution media etc to
kick off acrobat. However, I have taken a second look at MSBuild and it has
exactly the element I need: RegistryFileCheck - it gets the version of an
exe indirectly from a registry key. So I've now created a MSBuild package
for acrobat reader and with the RegistryFileCheck set as a BypassIf.
Marvellous!
Kind regards,
Antony
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Petersen
Sent: 06 June 2007 14:35
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Acrobat as a condition
Does this have to be done in the MSI?
It sounds like it would be more suitable to do it in a bootstrapper, and
then run your MSI.
Or else add the functionality to the application itself, on first execution.
Rennie
> -Original Message-
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> Briggs
> Sent: 6. juni 2007 15:19
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Acrobat as a condition
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm deploying an application that generates and displays PDF files and
> need to add a condition of acrobat 8 (reader or full version) on the
> installer (and preferably allow them to install it)
>
> I'm trying to detect the version of Acrobat installed using the
> version of the AcroPDF.dll Dll on the users system.
>
> The following snippet obtains the location of the DLL file:
>
>
> Root='HKCR'
> Key='CLSID\{CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-44455354}\InprocServer
> 32' />
>
> Result:
> Property(S): ACROBATDLL = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
> 7.0\ActiveX\AcroPDF.dll
>
> Now I need to get the version of the dll, which needs to be version
> 8.0.0.0.
> To this end I'm trying to do a filesearch as follows:
>
>
> Name='[ACROBATDLL]'
> MinVersion='8.0.0.0'/>
>
>
> This isn't returning any results, presumably because I don't have a
> directorysearch element.
>
> Can anybody answer any of the following questions:
> 1) Can I make FileSearch work with a full path in the Name property
> 2) can I separate the name & path so that I can populate a
> DirectorySearch and FileSearch
> 3) Is there an easier way to get the FileVersion of the dll into a
> property?
> (custom action?)
> 4) Finally, once I've detected that Acrobat is missing, how can I
> allow the user to install it (it will be shipped on the product CD).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Antony
>
>
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