Re: [WiX-users] Read ProductID (PIDKEY) from registry

2009-11-05 Thread Wilson, Phil
05, 2009 11:05 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Read ProductID (PIDKEY) from registry It appears to be a property set by MSI in a location with a strange GUID. In brief: I cannot find logic between the application and the place MS

Re: [WiX-users] Read ProductID (PIDKEY) from registry

2009-11-05 Thread Tim Musschoot
ever, I've still not found how to call a dll method, passing parameters :-s -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] Verzonden: donderdag 5 november 2009 0:53 Aan: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-user

Re: [WiX-users] Read ProductID (PIDKEY) from registry

2009-11-05 Thread Tim Musschoot
erware.com] Verzonden: dinsdag 3 november 2009 23:42 Aan: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] Read ProductID (PIDKEY) from registry It might be set in the registry (isn't everything?) but that seems to be an implementation detail. AFAIK the correct way to

Re: [WiX-users] Read ProductID (PIDKEY) from registry

2009-11-04 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Assuming that PIDKEY is just a property you're setting, you'll probably want to set the property to a default value (e.g. DEMO) and do a RegistrySearch to overwrite it if you can find an existing PIDKEY in the registry. Sascha On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Tim Musschoot wrote:

Re: [WiX-users] Read ProductID (PIDKEY) from registry

2009-11-03 Thread Wilson, Phil
It might be set in the registry (isn't everything?) but that seems to be an implementation detail. AFAIK the correct way to get this value for an installed product is to call MsiGetProductInfo(mailto:tim.mussch...@telenet.be] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:32 AM To: 'General discussion for