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
Language        REG_SZ          DE
Location        REG_SZ          C:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere 10
Online Resources     REG_SZ        C:\Program Files\SQL Anywhere
10\support\ianywhere.html
Samples Location     REG_SZ        D:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\SQL Anywhere 10\Samples
Shared Location      REG_SZ        C:\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
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