This works great. Thanks! On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote:
> Create a x86 msi package and use the following authoring > > <Component Id="C_UriInRegistry" Guid="*"> > <RegistryKey Id="RG_RegistryKey" > Root="HKLM" > Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall" > Key="SOFTWARE\MyCompany" > > > <!-- URI --> > <RegistryValue Id="RG_UriSubKey" > Name="MyURI" > Value="http://www.example.com"; > Action="append" > KeyPath="yes" > Type="string"/> > </Component> > > A x86 msi package will automatically get redirected to use 32-bit registry > locations. > > Edwin G. Castro > Software Developer - Staff > Digital Channels > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sameer Arora [mailto:arora...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:23 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: [WiX-users] How to: dynamically decide registry path to write to > > based on OS architecture > > > > Hi, > > > > I need a way decide the registry path to write to based on the OS > > architecture the installer is installing on. > > > > E.g: > > If OS is x64 bit > > create a registry key under HKLM\SOFTWARE\WoW6432Node\MyCompany > > otherwise write to > > create a registry key under HKLM\SOFTWARE\MyCompany > > > > To achieve this, I nest a component in the a Directory element (does not > > allow the component outside of Directory element): > > > > <Component Id="C_UriInRegistry" Guid="*" > > > <RegistryKey Id="RG_RegistryKey" > > Root="HKLM" > > Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall" > > * Key= >>>>>at this point, how can get a path based > on > > OS arch: HKLM\SOFTWARE\MyCompany for x86 OR > > HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MyCompany for x64 <<<<<* > > > > > <!-- URI--> > > <RegistryValue Id="RG_UriSubKey" > > Name="MyURI" > > Value="http://www.example.com"; > > Action="append" > > KeyPath="yes" > > Type="string"/> > > </RegistryKey> > > > > </Component> > > > > > > > > I considered using condition element like > > <Condition>VersionNT64</Condition> but wouldn't that require me to > > create 2 RegistryKey elements - one each for the case where VersionNT64 > is > > defined and undefined. I'd like to avoid to deal with two RegistryKey > entries > > and have if/else clauses all over the place. > > > > > > Appreciate any and all suggestions. > > > > Thanks, > > Sameer > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously > valuable. > > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
