[wix-users] registry search during install

[Brian Ward (Lincoln Bay Company)]

Hello,

I am trying to perform a two-step registry search during our install in order to place a couple of dlls into a client and server bin directory. The first registry search is used to determine the name of the current used configuration and the second registry search to obtain the location of a server and client bin.

My version one is using the "default install location" to get the location of the bin directories but will fail if the configuration is changed.

        <Property Id="AXCLIENTBINDIR">
            <RegistrySearch Id="AXCLIENTBINDIRProperty" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dynamics\6.0\Configuration\Original (installed configuration)" Name="bindir" Type="directory" Win64="yes" />
        </Property>
        <Property Id="AXSERVERBINDIR">
            <RegistrySearch Id="AXSERVERBINDIRProperty" Root="HKLM" Key="SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dynamics Server\6.0\01\Original (installed configuration)" Name="bindir" Type="directory" Win64="yes" />
        </Property>

Here is what I would like to do:

First, lookup the current configuration

        <Property Id="AXCURRENTCLIENTCONFIGURATION">
            <RegistrySearch Id="AXCURRENTCLIENTCONFIGURATIONProperty" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dynamics\6.0\Configuration" Name="Current" Type="raw" Win64="yes" />
        </Property>
        <Property Id="AXCURRENTSERVERCONFIGURATION">
            <RegistrySearch Id="AXCURRENTSERVERCONFIGURATIONProperty" Root="HKLM" Key="SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dynamics Server\6.0\01" Name="Current" Type="raw" Win64="yes" />
        </Property>

Then, use those values in the next registry search to get the location of the current bin directories

        <Property Id="AXCLIENTBINDIR">
            <RegistrySearch Id="AXCLIENTBINDIRProperty" Root="HKLM" Key=" SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dynamics\6.0\Configuration\[AXCURRENTCLIENTCONFIGURATION]" Name="bindir" Type="directory" Win64="yes" />
        </Property>

        <Property Id="AXSERVERBINDIR">
            <RegistrySearch Id="AXSERVERBINDIRProperty" Root="HKLM" Key=" SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dynamics Server\6.0\01\[AXCURRENTSERVERCONFIGURATION]" Name="bindir" Type="directory" Win64="yes" />
        </Property>

>From what I have read, referencing a property in this way is not supported. If this is the case, is there another way that this could be done?
I have also tried using the util:registrysearch within a fragment but am unsure of how to include this back into the product wix or if this is even the correct approach.

Thank you in advance for your help!