I've completely switched to Foxit Reader (www.foxitsoftware.com). Not a fan of Adobe Reader at all. Very slow to load even after the 'optimisation' application is launched at system startup (which basically just preloads all the DLLs), and still pretty buggy.
-- Mike Dimmick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Hamflett Sent: 06 June 2007 16:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Acrobat as a condition Can I suggest an option to say "yeah I know I don't have Acrobat, but install anyway"? Acrobat isn't the only PDF viewer. Rob Antony Briggs wrote: > 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}\InprocServer32' /> > </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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
