I'm looking for the best way to find a version of Adobe that's installed
on a user's machine. This will determine the installation path of some
files to deploy.
I've tried the following:
<Property Id="ACROBAT_VERSION">
<RegistrySearch
Id="Acrobat_Version"
Root="HKLM"
Key="SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Document\AcrobatVersion"
Type="raw"/>
</Property>
<Property Id="ACROBATPATH">
<RegistrySearch
Id="AcrobatPath"
Root="HKLM"
Key="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe
Acrobat\VERSION\InstallPath"
Type="raw"/>
</Property>
The issue I have here is depending on what version the user has
installed, "VERSION" changes.
Is there a way to pass a Property Id to part of the key, for example:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe
Acrobat\[ACROBAT_VERSION]\InstallPath
The above does not work, but was wondering if there's a way to
accomplish this?
I also thought of going the route of a custom action, I've written an
exe that returns the path to Adobe.
I've written an .exe and called from a custom action: If there's a way,
what is the syntax to return a value from a custom action?
Can a Custom action return a value that I can pass to a Directory or use
as a DirectoryRef?
<DirectoryRef Id="PROPERTYRETURNEDFROMCUSTOMACTION">
<Component Id="FindAdobeLocation.exe" Guid="GUID HERE">
<File Id="FindAdobeLocation.exe" Source="SourceLocation"
KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes" />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
Thanks for any suggestions.
Brad
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