John Robbins wrote:
> Using the registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Installer XML\ is
> sufficient.
>
Agreed. The right values are probably there, as we did some work to
enable the WiX that was to ship in VS2010 to be swapped out for the
public version.
> I guess anyone using a Product
8:24 AM
>To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if WiX 3.0 is installed
>
>John Robbins wrote:
>> WiX 3.0 uses a Product Id="*" to autogenerate a product ID. Say you
>wanted to build a tool that required WiX 3.0. H
John Robbins wrote:
> WiX 3.0 uses a Product Id="*" to autogenerate a product ID. Say you wanted to
> build a tool that required WiX 3.0. How would your installer correctly
> determine that any build of WiX 3.0 was installed?
>
There are two aspects:
1. The source says you can use a regis
I haven't coded how to do it in an MSI installer, (I have a Perl module
that installs WiX if it isn't installed, instead) but there is a
registry key that could be searched for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Installer
XML\3.0\ProductVersion will contain the version of WiX that is
in
I would think doing a RegistrySearch on HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
Installer XML\3.0 should work. Assign to a property and use it as a launch
condition.
Jacques
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:03 PM, John Robbins wrote:
> Hello,
>
> WiX 3.0 uses a Product Id="*" to autogenerate a product ID. Say
Hello,
WiX 3.0 uses a Product Id="*" to autogenerate a product ID. Say you wanted to
build a tool that required WiX 3.0. How would your installer correctly
determine that any build of WiX 3.0 was installed?
John
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