Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install?
Hi Sebastian, Thank you for your reply. I tried the method as you suggested. The following is my code: Property Id=SYBASE_MAJORVERSION RegistrySearch Id=RegSearch_Sybase_MajorVersion Key=SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0 Root=HKLM Type=raw / /Property Condition Message=MyApp requires Sybase 10.0. Please make sure it is installed.SYBASE_MAJORVERSION/Condition However, when I install my msi, it always pops uo the warning message, saying MyApp requires Sybase 10.0. Please make sure it is installed. I checked the registration. And the key SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0 does exist. I compared it with your example Adobe. Under Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\InstallPath, there is key value: (standard) REG_SZ C:\Program\Adobe\Reader But under SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0, the key value is: (standard) REG_SZ (No value) Folder REG_SZ SQL Anywhere 10 JRE Version REG_SZ 5.0.100.3 LanguageREG_SZ DE LocationREG_SZ C:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10 Online Resources REG_SZC:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10\support\ianywhere.html Samples Location REG_SZD:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\SQL Anywhere 10\Samples Shared Location REG_SZC:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10 Is there something wrong in my Property? How can I change it? Best regards, Chunyan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) [mailto:wix+us...@instyler.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. September 2009 16:07 An: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? Hi, Add a Condition right under Product. The message in the @Message attribute will be shown whenever the condition is false, and setup is aborted. The condition should contain a Property that gets initialized with RegistrySearch or FileSearch to find a registry value or file from the other software to identify if it is installed. Example: Product Property Id=ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED RegistrySearch Id=ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED_REGSEARCH Key=Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\InstallPath Root=HKLM Type=raw / /Property Condition Message=[ProductName] requires Adobe Reader 9.0 Please make sure you it installed.ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED/Condition ... /Product Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. http://www.instyler.com -Original Message- From: Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) [mailto:chunyan.ji...@ge.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 14:46 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? Hi Wix-users, My software needs another software (Sybase) as the prerequisite. Therefore I need to check whether Sybase has been installed in the machine and show the warning message if it is not installed. How can I define the condition in the installer? Best regards, Chunyan -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install?
One option would be to try: Property Id=SYBASE_10INSTALLATION RegistrySearch Id=RegSearch_Sybase_MajorVersion Name=Location Key=SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0 Root=HKLM Type=raw / /Property Condition Message=MyApp requires Sybase 10.0. Please make sure it is installed.SYBASE_10INSTALLATION/Condition But, I have another question. Is this on a 64-bit OS with a 32-bit MSI? -Original Message- From: Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) [mailto:chunyan.ji...@ge.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:45 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? Hi Sebastian, Thank you for your reply. I tried the method as you suggested. The following is my code: Property Id=SYBASE_MAJORVERSION RegistrySearch Id=RegSearch_Sybase_MajorVersion Key=SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0 Root=HKLM Type=raw / /Property Condition Message=MyApp requires Sybase 10.0. Please make sure it is installed.SYBASE_MAJORVERSION/Condition However, when I install my msi, it always pops uo the warning message, saying MyApp requires Sybase 10.0. Please make sure it is installed. I checked the registration. And the key SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0 does exist. I compared it with your example Adobe. Under Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\InstallPath, there is key value: (standard) REG_SZ C:\Program\Adobe\Reader But under SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0, the key value is: (standard) REG_SZ (No value) Folder REG_SZ SQL Anywhere 10 JRE Version REG_SZ 5.0.100.3 LanguageREG_SZ DE LocationREG_SZ C:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10 Online Resources REG_SZC:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10\support\ianywhere.html Samples Location REG_SZD:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\SQL Anywhere 10\Samples Shared Location REG_SZC:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10 Is there something wrong in my Property? How can I change it? Best regards, Chunyan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) [mailto:wix+us...@instyler.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. September 2009 16:07 An: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? Hi, Add a Condition right under Product. The message in the @Message attribute will be shown whenever the condition is false, and setup is aborted. The condition should contain a Property that gets initialized with RegistrySearch or FileSearch to find a registry value or file from the other software to identify if it is installed. Example: Product Property Id=ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED RegistrySearch Id=ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED_REGSEARCH Key=Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\InstallPath Root=HKLM Type=raw / /Property Condition Message=[ProductName] requires Adobe Reader 9.0 Please make sure you it installed.ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED/Condition ... /Product Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. http://www.instyler.com -Original Message- From: Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) [mailto:chunyan.ji...@ge.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 14:46 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? Hi Wix-users, My software needs another software (Sybase) as the prerequisite. Therefore I need to check whether Sybase has been installed in the machine and show the warning message if it is not installed. How can I define the condition in the installer? Best regards, Chunyan -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment
Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install?
Thanks Blair! I tried your method that adding Name attribute to Property. And it works! My OS is Windows XP Professional. I don't know if it is 64-bit or not. What is 32-bit MSI? Regards, Chunyan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. September 2009 16:51 An: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? One option would be to try: Property Id=SYBASE_10INSTALLATION RegistrySearch Id=RegSearch_Sybase_MajorVersion Name=Location Key=SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0 Root=HKLM Type=raw / /Property Condition Message=MyApp requires Sybase 10.0. Please make sure it is installed.SYBASE_10INSTALLATION/Condition But, I have another question. Is this on a 64-bit OS with a 32-bit MSI? -Original Message- From: Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) [mailto:chunyan.ji...@ge.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:45 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? Hi Sebastian, Thank you for your reply. I tried the method as you suggested. The following is my code: Property Id=SYBASE_MAJORVERSION RegistrySearch Id=RegSearch_Sybase_MajorVersion Key=SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0 Root=HKLM Type=raw / /Property Condition Message=MyApp requires Sybase 10.0. Please make sure it is installed.SYBASE_MAJORVERSION/Condition However, when I install my msi, it always pops uo the warning message, saying MyApp requires Sybase 10.0. Please make sure it is installed. I checked the registration. And the key SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0 does exist. I compared it with your example Adobe. Under Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\InstallPath, there is key value: (standard) REG_SZ C:\Program\Adobe\Reader But under SOFTWARE\Sybase\SQL Anywhere\10.0, the key value is: (standard) REG_SZ (No value) Folder REG_SZ SQL Anywhere 10 JRE Version REG_SZ 5.0.100.3 LanguageREG_SZ DE LocationREG_SZ C:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10 Online Resources REG_SZC:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10\support\ianywhere.html Samples Location REG_SZD:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\SQL Anywhere 10\Samples Shared Location REG_SZC:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10 Is there something wrong in my Property? How can I change it? Best regards, Chunyan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) [mailto:wix+us...@instyler.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. September 2009 16:07 An: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? Hi, Add a Condition right under Product. The message in the @Message attribute will be shown whenever the condition is false, and setup is aborted. The condition should contain a Property that gets initialized with RegistrySearch or FileSearch to find a registry value or file from the other software to identify if it is installed. Example: Product Property Id=ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED RegistrySearch Id=ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED_REGSEARCH Key=Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\InstallPath Root=HKLM Type=raw / /Property Condition Message=[ProductName] requires Adobe Reader 9.0 Please make sure you it installed.ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED/Condition ... /Product Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. http://www.instyler.com -Original Message- From: Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) [mailto:chunyan.ji...@ge.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 14:46 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? Hi Wix-users, My software needs another software (Sybase) as the prerequisite. Therefore I need to check whether Sybase has been installed in the machine and show the warning message if it is not installed. How can I define the condition in the installer? Best regards, Chunyan -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application
Re: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install?
Hi, Add a Condition right under Product. The message in the @Message attribute will be shown whenever the condition is false, and setup is aborted. The condition should contain a Property that gets initialized with RegistrySearch or FileSearch to find a registry value or file from the other software to identify if it is installed. Example: Product Property Id=ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED RegistrySearch Id=ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED_REGSEARCH Key=Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\InstallPath Root=HKLM Type=raw / /Property Condition Message=[ProductName] requires Adobe Reader 9.0 Please make sure you it installed.ADOBEREADER9INSTALLED/Condition ... /Product Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. http://www.instyler.com -Original Message- From: Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) [mailto:chunyan.ji...@ge.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 14:46 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to check the prerequisite software install? Hi Wix-users, My software needs another software (Sybase) as the prerequisite. Therefore I need to check whether Sybase has been installed in the machine and show the warning message if it is not installed. How can I define the condition in the installer? Best regards, Chunyan -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
