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 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rennie Petersen Sent: 06 June 2007 14:35 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net 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----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Antony > 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: > > <Property Id="ACROBATDLL"> > <RegistrySearch Id='AcrobatDLLRegistry' Type='raw' > Root='HKCR' > Key='CLSID\{CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000}\InprocServer > 32' /> </Property> > > 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: > > <Property Id="ACROBATVERSION8"> > <FileSearch Id='AcrobatVersion8File' > Name='[ACROBATDLL]' > MinVersion='8.0.0.0'/> > </Property> > > 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 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - > the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No > limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
