That doesn't work because those are product code guids, not component guids.
Try a registry search under
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{productcode}.
Also consider a search under HKCU if both your product and the dependency are
per-user products.
-Eric
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> From: mathieu.carto...@hotmail.com
> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 13:38:55 +0200
> Subject: [WiX-users] How to check for installed package in WiX 3.0 ?
>
> I'd like to check that Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 is
> installed as a condition for my own installation package.
>
> I found this in the bootstrapper description for this product
> (C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\CrystalReports10_5\product.xml) :
>
> <InstallChecks>
> <MsiProductCheck Property="CRVSInstalled"
> Product="{AA467959-A1D6-4F45-90CD-11DC57733F32}"/>
> <MsiProductCheck Property="CRVSRunTimex86Installed"
> Product="{CE26F10F-C80F-4377-908B-1B7882AE2CE3}"/>
> <MsiProductCheck Property="CRVSRunTimex64Installed"
> Product="{2BFA9B05-7418-4EDE-A6FC-620427BAAAA3}. "/>
> </InstallChecks>
>
> Trying to mimic this behavior in WiX, I did the following :
>
> <Property Id="CRVSINSTALLED">
> <ComponentSearch Id="CRVSInstalledSearch"
> Guid="{AA467959-A1D6-4F45-90CD-11DC57733F32}" />
> </Property>
> <Property Id="CRVSRUNTIMEX86INSTALLED">
> <ComponentSearch Id="CRVSRunTimex86InstalledSearch"
> Guid="{CE26F10F-C80F-4377-908B-1B7882AE2CE3}" />
> </Property>
> <Property Id="CRVSRUNTIMEX64INSTALLED">
> <ComponentSearch Id="CRVSRunTimex64InstalledSearch"
> Guid="{2BFA9B05-7418-4EDE-A6FC-620427BAAAA3}" />
> </Property>
> <Condition Message="!(loc.CrystalReportsRequired)">Installed OR
> CRVSINSTALLED OR CRVSRUNTIMEX86INSTALLED OR
> CRVSRUNTIMEX64INSTALLED</Condition>
>
> But it seems that `ComponentSearch` is looking for package components
> (files, directories) that have their own ids, rather than looking for
> the package itself.
>
> So how can I do this ?
>
> Mathieu
>
>
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