This looks like you should write the registry values directly but use an API somewhere. Have you looked into MSDN if there's something about how to programmatically set the character set correctly?
Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Software - http://www.instyler.com On Dec 13, 2007, at 11:20 , Jason Rivers wrote: > Hi all. > > I have a list of new keyboards that we ship with our product due to > using a different Character set. > > the keyboard setup goes to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control > \Keyboard Layouts > > the new key needs a Unique name, I'm currently (for UK) using > d1000809, and this is hard coded into my WIX installer. I'm sure > this is the wrong way of doing it, and I should be able to "look" at > the keys there and pick something that isn't used. (the last 3 or 4 > chars must be 804 or 0809 for a UK Keyboard as I understand it.) > > Also, to automatically load install the keyboard to the users > profile, I need to look in HKCU\Keyboard Layout\Preload > > in here is some Stings named with a number (1, 2, 3, etc...) and > with the value of the keyboard (in this case d1000809) but it > appears if I hard code then firstly i'm concerned that I'll > overwrite a keyboard someone already has defined, and secondly if > there is a gap, EG(1, 2, 4) then number 4 won't be seen. so I need a > way of looking at what the latest is, and then add this to the > registry as appropriate. > > This also gets more fun because in theory people will want 1 or > maybe 2 keyboards, but in practice (if they don't really know what > they're doing) they could install up to around 25 additional > keyboards. > > is there a way I can do this? > > Jason > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace_______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
