Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries
Hi, It looks like you will only need to do the HKLM code once, if you write it for the 32 bit version and your msi is 32 bit it will automatically be redirected by windows to the Wow6432Node on 64 bit operating systems. As for the easy way sadly there is none if you don't want to write a custom action. Dave -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 04 August 2010 11:40 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries 1 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372497.aspx 2 - Nope you'll have to do it the long way. You'll need 2 MSI's if you want to access the 64-bit areas of the registry on x64 platforms. MSI's are platform architecture specific. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: 04 August 2010 01:28 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes some entries We need to do these: 1. Detect the HKCU\Software\CompanyX\ProductY key(this key includes 5 entries) in registry, if the key exists, then copy it to be HKCU\Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. 2. For 32 bit machine, detect if HKLM\Software\CompanyX\ProductY exists. If it exists, then copy the key to be HKLM\Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. 3. For 64 bit machine, detect if HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CompanyX\ProductY exists. If it exists, then copy the key to be HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. I have a couple of questions: 1. How to detect if the target machine is 32 bit or 64 bit? 2. The ProductY key includes 5 entries, is there any easy way to copy the whole key instead of doing it one by one entry? I know a way to it for one entry: - detect the new key - if it doesn't exist, then query the old key, and then create the new key Property Id='QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB' RegistrySearch Id='QueryProductYKey' Root='HKCU' Key='Software\CompanyX\ProductY' Name='lib' Type='raw' / /Property Property Id='DETECT_PRODUCTY_FIX' RegistrySearch Id='DetectProductYFix' Root='HKCU' Key='Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix' Type='raw' / /Property Component Id=WriteRegKey Guid=* ConditionNOT DETECT_PRODUCTY_FIX and QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB ''/Condition RegistryKey Root=HKCU Key=Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix Action=create RegistryValue Type=string Name='lib' Value='[QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB]' KeyPath=yes / /RegistryKey /Component ComponentRef Id=WriteRegKey / So is there an easy way that I can do it for the whole key once? Otherwise, I'll have to repeat these 25 lines of code multiple times. That is really error-prone. Based on the requirements we have, I'd think we'll have to end with 375 lines of coce((5+5+5) x 25 = 375) to deal with HKCU, HKLM, and HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node. But really, they are really identical code except the key entries are different such as 'lib', 'network', or 'key' etc. If there is a way to do it easily, please let me know. Also I'm stuck on how to detect if the machine is 32 bit or 64 bit. Many thanks. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users /pre BR style=font-size:4px; a href = http://www.sdl.com;img src=http://www.sdl.com/images/email logo_150dpi-01.png alt=www.sdl.com border=0//a BR font face=arial size=2 a href = http://www.sdl.com; style=color:005740; font-weight: boldwww.sdl.com/a BR BR font face=arial size=1 color=#736F6E bSDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved./b If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us.BR SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England
Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries
As to the long way, you may find using the ?for? preprocessor construct helpful to ease the code maintenance required. -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 3:56 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries Hi, It looks like you will only need to do the HKLM code once, if you write it for the 32 bit version and your msi is 32 bit it will automatically be redirected by windows to the Wow6432Node on 64 bit operating systems. As for the easy way sadly there is none if you don't want to write a custom action. Dave -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 04 August 2010 11:40 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries 1 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372497.aspx 2 - Nope you'll have to do it the long way. You'll need 2 MSI's if you want to access the 64-bit areas of the registry on x64 platforms. MSI's are platform architecture specific. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: 04 August 2010 01:28 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes some entries We need to do these: 1. Detect the HKCU\Software\CompanyX\ProductY key(this key includes 5 entries) in registry, if the key exists, then copy it to be HKCU\Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. 2. For 32 bit machine, detect if HKLM\Software\CompanyX\ProductY exists. If it exists, then copy the key to be HKLM\Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. 3. For 64 bit machine, detect if HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CompanyX\ProductY exists. If it exists, then copy the key to be HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. I have a couple of questions: 1. How to detect if the target machine is 32 bit or 64 bit? 2. The ProductY key includes 5 entries, is there any easy way to copy the whole key instead of doing it one by one entry? I know a way to it for one entry: - detect the new key - if it doesn't exist, then query the old key, and then create the new key Property Id='QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB' RegistrySearch Id='QueryProductYKey' Root='HKCU' Key='Software\CompanyX\ProductY' Name='lib' Type='raw' / /Property Property Id='DETECT_PRODUCTY_FIX' RegistrySearch Id='DetectProductYFix' Root='HKCU' Key='Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix' Type='raw' / /Property Component Id=WriteRegKey Guid=* ConditionNOT DETECT_PRODUCTY_FIX and QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB ''/Condition RegistryKey Root=HKCU Key=Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix Action=create RegistryValue Type=string Name='lib' Value='[QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB]' KeyPath=yes / /RegistryKey /Component ComponentRef Id=WriteRegKey / So is there an easy way that I can do it for the whole key once? Otherwise, I'll have to repeat these 25 lines of code multiple times. That is really error-prone. Based on the requirements we have, I'd think we'll have to end with 375 lines of coce((5+5+5) x 25 = 375) to deal with HKCU, HKLM, and HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node. But really, they are really identical code except the key entries are different such as 'lib', 'network', or 'key' etc. If there is a way to do it easily, please let me know. Also I'm stuck on how to detect if the machine is 32 bit or 64 bit. Many thanks. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users /pre BR style=font-size:4px; a href = http://www.sdl.com;img src=http://www.sdl.com/images/email logo_150dpi-01.png alt=www.sdl.com border=0//a BR font face=arial size=2 a href = http://www.sdl.com; style=color:005740; font
Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries
Thanks David. I'm gonna try the HKLM in my 64 bit machine. From: David Watson dwat...@sdl.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 3:55:33 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries Hi, It looks like you will only need to do the HKLM code once, if you write it for the 32 bit version and your msi is 32 bit it will automatically be redirected by windows to the Wow6432Node on 64 bit operating systems. As for the easy way sadly there is none if you don't want to write a custom action. Dave -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 04 August 2010 11:40 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries 1 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372497.aspx 2 - Nope you'll have to do it the long way. You'll need 2 MSI's if you want to access the 64-bit areas of the registry on x64 platforms. MSI's are platform architecture specific. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: 04 August 2010 01:28 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes some entries We need to do these: 1. Detect the HKCU\Software\CompanyX\ProductY key(this key includes 5 entries) in registry, if the key exists, then copy it to be HKCU\Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. 2. For 32 bit machine, detect if HKLM\Software\CompanyX\ProductY exists. If it exists, then copy the key to be HKLM\Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. 3. For 64 bit machine, detect if HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CompanyX\ProductY exists. If it exists, then copy the key to be HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. I have a couple of questions: 1. How to detect if the target machine is 32 bit or 64 bit? 2. The ProductY key includes 5 entries, is there any easy way to copy the whole key instead of doing it one by one entry? I know a way to it for one entry: - detect the new key - if it doesn't exist, then query the old key, and then create the new key Property Id='QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB' RegistrySearch Id='QueryProductYKey' Root='HKCU' Key='Software\CompanyX\ProductY' Name='lib' Type='raw' / /Property Property Id='DETECT_PRODUCTY_FIX' RegistrySearch Id='DetectProductYFix' Root='HKCU' Key='Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix' Type='raw' / /Property Component Id=WriteRegKey Guid=* ConditionNOT DETECT_PRODUCTY_FIX and QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB ''/Condition RegistryKey Root=HKCU Key=Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix Action=create RegistryValue Type=string Name='lib' Value='[QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB]' KeyPath=yes / /RegistryKey /Component ComponentRef Id=WriteRegKey / So is there an easy way that I can do it for the whole key once? Otherwise, I'll have to repeat these 25 lines of code multiple times. That is really error-prone. Based on the requirements we have, I'd think we'll have to end with 375 lines of coce((5+5+5) x 25 = 375) to deal with HKCU, HKLM, and HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node. But really, they are really identical code except the key entries are different such as 'lib', 'network', or 'key' etc. If there is a way to do it easily, please let me know. Also I'm stuck on how to detect if the machine is 32 bit or 64 bit. Many thanks. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users /pre BR style=font-size:4px; a href = http://www.sdl.com;img src=http://www.sdl.com/images/emaillogo_150dpi-01.png; alt=www.sdl.com border=0/ BR font face=arial size=2 a href = http://www.sdl.com; style=color:005740; font-weight: boldwww.sdl.com BR BR font
Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries
Thanks Blair. I never used foreach.. I'll try that. From: Blair os...@live.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 7:54:22 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries As to the long way, you may find using the ?for? preprocessor construct helpful to ease the code maintenance required. -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 3:56 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries Hi, It looks like you will only need to do the HKLM code once, if you write it for the 32 bit version and your msi is 32 bit it will automatically be redirected by windows to the Wow6432Node on 64 bit operating systems. As for the easy way sadly there is none if you don't want to write a custom action. Dave -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 04 August 2010 11:40 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes someentries 1 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372497.aspx 2 - Nope you'll have to do it the long way. You'll need 2 MSI's if you want to access the 64-bit areas of the registry on x64 platforms. MSI's are platform architecture specific. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: 04 August 2010 01:28 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to copy registry subkey which includes some entries We need to do these: 1. Detect the HKCU\Software\CompanyX\ProductY key(this key includes 5 entries) in registry, if the key exists, then copy it to be HKCU\Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. 2. For 32 bit machine, detect if HKLM\Software\CompanyX\ProductY exists. If it exists, then copy the key to be HKLM\Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. 3. For 64 bit machine, detect if HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CompanyX\ProductY exists. If it exists, then copy the key to be HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix. I have a couple of questions: 1. How to detect if the target machine is 32 bit or 64 bit? 2. The ProductY key includes 5 entries, is there any easy way to copy the whole key instead of doing it one by one entry? I know a way to it for one entry: - detect the new key - if it doesn't exist, then query the old key, and then create the new key Property Id='QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB' RegistrySearch Id='QueryProductYKey' Root='HKCU' Key='Software\CompanyX\ProductY' Name='lib' Type='raw' / /Property Property Id='DETECT_PRODUCTY_FIX' RegistrySearch Id='DetectProductYFix' Root='HKCU' Key='Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix' Type='raw' / /Property Component Id=WriteRegKey Guid=* ConditionNOT DETECT_PRODUCTY_FIX and QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB ''/Condition RegistryKey Root=HKCU Key=Software\CompanyX\ProductY_Fix Action=create RegistryValue Type=string Name='lib' Value='[QUERY_PRODUCTY_LIB]' KeyPath=yes / /RegistryKey /Component ComponentRef Id=WriteRegKey / So is there an easy way that I can do it for the whole key once? Otherwise, I'll have to repeat these 25 lines of code multiple times. That is really error-prone. Based on the requirements we have, I'd think we'll have to end with 375 lines of coce((5+5+5) x 25 = 375) to deal with HKCU, HKLM, and HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node. But really, they are really identical code except the key entries are different such as 'lib', 'network', or 'key' etc. If there is a way to do it easily, please let me know. Also I'm stuck on how to detect if the machine is 32 bit or 64 bit. Many thanks. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm ___ WiX-users
