Looks like VC++ runtime does not create those keys, only Visual Studio install does.
-----Original Message----- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 14:53 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detect VC++ runtime version on target system You need something like this, not a registry search. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2010/05/05/10008146.aspx Phil W ________________________________________ From: Helge Kruse [helge.kr...@gmx.net] Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:11 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Detect VC++ runtime version on target system The WiX help recommends to deploy the Visual C++ runtime using merge modules. I refer to section "How To: Install the Visual C++ Redistributable with your installer". While this is possible, I don't want to include the MSM in every MSI I will generate. Instead I prefer to add this to the bootstrapper with Votive and MSBuild. But this would allow installing a C++ program that might will not run, when the bootstrapper is not used but the MSI is ran directly. Therefore I would like to check if the required version of the C++ run time is installed on the target system. This could be done with a RegistrySearch. But this allows only accessing registry values. I would like to do something like this: <Property Id="VC80_CRT_762"> <RegistrySearch Id="Vc80_Crt_762" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Installations\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_x-ww_e889b656\downlevel_manifest.8.0.50727.4407" Name="?????" Type"=raw" /> </Property> <Condition Message="This application needs a newer version of the VC++ run time."> <![CDATA[Installed OR VC80_CRT_76"]]> </Condition> How can the condition distinguish between "an empty default value" and "key not in registry"? How can this test achieved? What is the best way to check that the required or a newer version of the VC++ runtime is installed? Regards, Helge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/en/legal/default.aspx. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
