Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch doesn't find Key

2014-06-10 Thread Brett Faurot
Thank you Phil and Pavan, I have tried explicitly calling out 64-bit and specifying type="directory" but it still fails to find it. The only difference I can tell between this use and others in the installer are the . and _ in the key. I was wondering if that was throwing the registrysearch off.

[WiX-users] Constants For Control Width

2014-06-10 Thread Josh Davis
I defined control width constants in a .wxi file as such: I then included it in a .wxs file containing a dialog. I used one of the above constants for the width of a control on that dialog like this: It builds successfully. But, Visual Studio 2012 gives this warning: Warning

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch doesn't find Key

2014-06-10 Thread Pavan Konduru
Hi Brett, Can you post the code of how you are using this property in your code? --Pavan -Original Message- From: Brett Faurot [mailto:brett.fau...@dh.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 12:51 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch doesn't

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch doesn't find Key

2014-06-10 Thread Pavan Konduru
Hi Brett, This worked for me. I created a dummy registry key with the same name as yours. Since the dummy key was not in wow64node, I put win64=yes. I put a value in the key as "VERSION" and put the value as some directory," C:\backup" This is from the logs: AppSearch: Property:

[WiX-users] Vary registry hive at runtime based on InstallScope?

2014-06-10 Thread Jeff Montgomery
Hi, I have a Visual Studio 2013/Add-in Express installer project that is using the WiXUI_Advanced dialog set, and therefore has an install scope selector (All users vs. only current user). My understanding is the typical registry hive for software settings is HKLM, whereas the current user shoul