If you run a CMD prompt and change to c:\windows\assembly folder and then do a DIR you will likely see GAC, GAC_32 and GAC_MSIL as subfolders. Yours is apparently in GAC_MSIL. From there it has folders following a name similar to your DLL name. Then a <version> specific folder in which your DLL will likely reside. You might try including the additional folders in your search or possibly increasing the Depth= to something more like 3.
Path="%systemroot%\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Csla\<version>" -----Original Message----- From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 1:15 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Problem searching GAC for installed assembly I'm having some problems with getting a condition I've defined to work properly. I have the following condition defined and I'm trying to have the installer search the GAC for the existence of the assembly. If the assembly isn't present I don't want to proceed with the installation, because it's a pre-requisite that it must already exist. <Property Id="CSLA"> <DirectorySearch Id="GACPath" Path="%systemroot%\assembly\" Depth="0" AssignToProperty="no"> <FileSearch Id="CslaFileSearch" Name="Csla.dll" /> </DirectorySearch> </Property> <Condition Message="CSLA 3.6.2 must be installed before you can continue with the installation.">Installed OR CSLA</Condition> Can anyone see what the problem might be? Each time I start the installer, it comes up saying that CSLA must be installed, even on a machine that does have it installed under C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Csla\... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
