There's no wildcarding in the MSI file search. There's a CurrentVersion string in HKLM\Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer in comma-separated format, 9,0,16,0 on my system, but without seeing more examples of that string I don't know if a registry search to get that value and requiring it to be greater than "8,0,24,0" will work as a string comparison.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gareth at Serif Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 3:38 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] AppSearch nesting Thanks for your feedback Phil. you're right though, I did start with the CLSID in order to find out which of the many file names could be installed is (or isn't)... everytime there's a new version of flash they rename the ocx file (flash8.ocx, flash8a.ocx, flash8b.ocx, etc.). Is there anyway you can perform the FileSearch with wildcards? Something like "flash*.ocx". Cheers, Gareth Wilson, Phil wrote: > > It looks like you're mixing up FileSearch/DirectorySearch and > RegistrySearch. > > An MSI AppSearch for a registry item has no version limitations - it > returns the path to the file. That's what you've got. > > A Directory/File search can limit version ranges, but you start with a > DirectorySearch path, something like (no angle brackets): > > Property ID = "FLASH" > DirectorySearch Path="[SystemFolder]Macromed\Flash" > Depth, Id etc .... > FileSearch Name ="flash.ocx" MinVersion="8.0.24.0" > > And FLASH is set if it's found with those version restrictions. There is > no nesting of AppSearch. > > Something you'll need to watch out for is that they rename the OCXs, > which is probably why you started with a CLSID search. So you can do > several FileSearches in that folder for flash.ocx, flash9.ocx etc and > use any of the resulting properties for success, or pass that path > you've got into a custom action to go get the version. I don't know if > WiX has any additional search helpers for this, but the MSI AppSearch on > the registry won't do a version check for you. > > Phil Wilson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gareth at > Serif > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 4:29 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] AppSearch nesting > > > Hi, > > I am trying to use AppSearch to determin if the installed version of > FlashPlayer is sufficient (greater than 8.0.24.0) and have nested some > searches as follows: > <Property Id="FILEVERSIONTEST" Secure="yes"> > <RegistrySearch Id="FileVersionTestA" Root="HKCR" > Key="CLSID\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000}\InprocServer32" > Type="raw"> > <FileSearch Id="FileVersionTestB" > LongName="[FileVersionTestA]" > MinVersion="8.0.24.0" /> > </RegistrySearch> > </Property> > > The resulting log file from the install says: > AppSearch: Property: FILEVERSIONTEST, Signature: FileVersionTestB > MSI (c) (7C:A0) [10:54:29:026]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding FILEVERSIONTEST > property. Its value is 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\macromed\flash\flash.ocx'. > > The version of FlashPlayer this sytem has is 6.0.79.0. > > As such, I'd expect the AppSearch to return false, which it kind of does > in > maintaining the path found in the registry, but when I tweaked the MSI > to > test for version 1.0.0.0 the log file was identicle. I suspect the > failing > is in the declaration of my 'LongName' attribute for the FileSearch, but > I > can't get my head round how this behavious should work. > > Any pointers would be great, > Gareth > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/AppSearch-nesting-tf4266665.html#a12142727 > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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