system search for office
I am working on an add in for excel. I created a msi for the addin, now I want to do a system search for microsoft office 2010 and above and if present proceed with installation of the add in, if not exit.
Please can someone guide me how I need to proceed within the installer. What I need to look for in the system search, and what should my launch condition should be.
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
8 years ago
You'll need to use a Custom Action in your MSI. Do a search for Captian Planet's excellent script for handling Excel add-ins.
Posted by:
shamu
8 years ago
I tried to do the system search and launch condition for the 2010 and 2013 .
System search- looks for the uninstall string for 2010 and another one for 2013 .
the launch conditon as
MSOFFICE_2010_INSTALLED >= "0" OR MSOFFICE_2013_INSTALLED >= "0" .
this works on 2010 but failing on 2013.
the app as such works on both.
Please guide