Looks like retrieving a reg_multi_sz using the RegLocator table during AppSearch is not a great way of doing this. Plenty of places on the web document this oddity. I think you might just want to use a custom action instead of a registry search to retrieve this value and write it to a property.
dana On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Zane Zeeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to get the default SQL Server Instance using the following: > <Property Id="SQL_INS" <RegistrySearch Id="SQL_INS_SRC" > Root="HKLM"Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server" > Name="InstalledInstances" Type="raw"/></Property> > This SHOULD return one or more values in the format > ~InstanceName1~InstanceName2~InstanceName3. Mine however returns nothing, > even though there is a value there. If I use this same Property against a > string registry value it returns the single text string without a problem. > I'd like to be able to return the first value from this mutli string > registry entry. How do I do that? > Thanks, > Zane > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
