[wix-users] Registry Key - depends on what is there WAS RE: Install Util, Custom Actions, Elevated etc

[Charles Gallo [9Dots Management]]

OK - Turns out not to be QUITE as simple as I thought

The reason they are doing self registry is  that the registry key we need to write depends on what is there

What we are doing is registering an Excel Add in

The issue is you need to (example for office 2013) 
HKU/Software/Microsoft/Software/14.0/Options
And the key starts with 
Open
The NEXT add in uses 
Open1

Etc - aka you have to look to see Max(OpenN), and add 1 to N

Only way I can see to do this is in code (which is what they are doing in the  Installer code in the app)

Anyone know of a good way to do this?



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OK, thanks - what I thought - There is a class in the app that is subclassing

System.Configuration.Install.Installer
not
System.Configuration.Install.AssemblyInstaller

And like I said, the
Install()
Install(IDictionary savedState)
Uninstall()
Uninstall(IDictionary savedState)
Rollback(IDictionary savedState)

Are all really simple - basically, for all intents, all it does is add some keys to the correct  version of the Software\Microsoft\Office  hive in the registry. As I know which version I'm installing (already determined in the installer) it literally is just writing some keys - pretty darned simple, and I can walk away from InstallUtil.


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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Nir Bar
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InstallUtil.exe uses System.Configuration.Install.AssemblyInstaller class methods Install() and Commit() / Rollback() so you can read what it does at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.install.assemblyinstaller.install.aspx





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