ComponentSearches are a little weird because you need to make sure the search Type matches the Component's KeyPath. What's the KeyPath in the target MSI?
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:08 PM, CoolBreeze <coolbreeze...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Thanks for everyone's help. I still haven't resolved why this is not > working > for me after trying numerous suggestions, but the more I work with Wix the > more I learn. > > Thanks again everyone. > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:28 AM, CoolBreeze <coolbreeze...@googlemail.com > >wrote: > > > Thanks for the suggestion Rob. The only problem is that this is a older > > version of CSLA we use 3.6.2 and on Rockford's website he no longer > provides > > an installer. This should not be much of a road block, because you can > get > > the source and within the Setup Project find the GUID. I've done this and > > for some reason it still will not work. Below is that I have. > > > > <Property Id="CSLA"> > > <ComponentSearch Id="cslaPath" > > Guid="B71EFC75-5891-437F-96F9-E2347C9F4FB4" /> > > > > </Property> > > <Condition Message="CSLA 3.6.2 must be installed before you can > continue > > with the installation.">Installed OR CSLA</Condition> > > > > Am I doing this check incorrectly? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com > >wrote: > > > >> How about a ComponentSearch instead of a FileSearch? > >> > >> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:11 PM, CoolBreeze < > coolbreeze...@googlemail.com > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > Thanks for the reply Chad. I've tried increasing the Depth to say 4 as > >> well > >> > as providing and absolute path to the assembly and when I compile, I > get > >> > the > >> > following error: > >> > > >> > Error 1 When the parent DirectorySearch/@Depth attribute is > >> greater > >> > than 1 for the DirectorySearch 'GACPath', the FileSearch/@Id attribute > >> must > >> > be absent for FileSearch 'CslaFileSearch' unless the parent > >> > DirectorySearch/@AssignToProperty attribute value is 'yes'. Remove the > >> > FileSearch/@Id attribute for 'CslaFileSearch' to resolve this issue. > >> > > >> > > >> > C:\Source\MS-Intelliscript\ProjectDeployments\ProjectDeployments\eCoPayWebSite.Setup\ConditionChecks.wxi > >> > 18 1 eCoPayWebSite.Setup > >> > > >> > Now I've also tried removing the ID for my FileSearch as the error > >> > suggests, > >> > but each time I run the installer it stops with my Condition message > not > >> > matter what I try. > >> > > >> > I'm trying to essentially provide a base path of > %systemroot%\assembly\ > >> and > >> > have the installer do a recursive search for the assembly I specify > >> within > >> > my FileSearch as the assembly could reside in a number of sub-folders > >> like > >> > you specified. I must be missing something simple, because it doesn't > >> seem > >> > that it should be so difficult to get this to work. > >> > > >> > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Chad Petersen > >> > <chad.peter...@harlandfs.com>wrote: > >> > > >> > > 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 > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > 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 > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet > the > >> growing manageability and security demands of your customers. 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