Is there a way for my setup/installer poject to check that another program is installed on the machine before proceeding with the install process? I am using Visual Studio 2008.
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Windows Installer supports launch conditions. You can use the Component ID of the program to determine if it's installed. Use MSI Spy to get the Component ID of a program.
Dave Swersky
2010-01-26 17:12:09
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Additionally, some programs are listed as pre-requisites in the setup project. For example, all the .Net Frameworks, SQL Server Compact, Windows Installer 3 etc. If you check these, you can actually have your app prompt to download the missing files.
taylonr
2010-01-26 17:17:00