Re: [WiX-users] How to detect a x64 SQL Server with a x32 wix setup

2011-09-16 Thread Albert van Peppen
> > Hi, > > I have previously determined if a local SQL server instance is installed > by enumerating the REG_MULTI_SZ value > HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\InstalledInstances > > Beyond that any further SQL instance specific setup/checking I have > performed thru WMI. This approa

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect a x64 SQL Server with a x32 wix setup

2011-09-16 Thread Rob Harrison
.; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to detect a x64 SQL Server with a x32 wix setup Maybe I'm missing something but I get nervous checking the registry to find out something about a sql server instance. Perhaps the server isn't even on the machine I'

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect a x64 SQL Server with a x32 wix setup

2011-09-16 Thread Christopher Painter
Maybe I'm missing something but I get nervous checking the registry to find out something about a sql server instance. Perhaps the server isn't even on the machine I'm installing to. I've been known to put connection dialogs in an installer just to validate a connection and write settings ou