I have looked through the online resources and have worked on this problem for an entire day and cannot figure out how I can get my install to find out if Windows XP Service Pack 2 is installed and then indicate to the user if it is not and abort the install. I have installshield 2009 Pro and have tried several things including writing script code (it is actually borrowed from one of the forums). The following is the code that I have placed in a custom action. I have registered that event with the install exec sequence as “”. It never gets executed (another issue). I have to say that for something that seems it should be relatively straight forward and very common it should not take this long or be this difficult. So I am figuring that I have missed something very basic. I wouldn’t have thought having to write a bunch of code for this ‘simple’ function would be the way to go. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
function CheckForXPSP2() BOOL bAbort; begin bAbort = FALSE; if (bAbort = FALSE) then // WinXP SP2 or higher only if ( SYSINFO.nWinMajor < 5 || (SYSINFO.nWinMajor = 5 && SYSINFO.nWinMinor < 1)) then MessageBox("Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 or above required.", SEVERE); bAbort = TRUE; endif; endif;
if (bAbort = FALSE) then if ( SYSINFO.nWinMajor = 5 && SYSINFO.nWinMinor = 1) then if (SYSINFO.WINNT.nServicePack < 2) then MessageBox("Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 or above required.", SEVERE); bAbort = TRUE; endif; endif; endif;
if (bAbort = FALSE) then // Ensure we are on XP Professional if (SYSINFO.nSuites & ISOS_ST_XP_HOME) then MessageBox("Installation of this product is not possible on systems running Windows XP Home Edition", SEVERE); bAbort = TRUE; endif; endif;
if (bAbort = TRUE) then abort; endif; return 0; end;
Maybe you could try using the Windows Installer properties VersionNT and ServicePackLevel in a launch condition. You can specify launch conditions (plus the error message that's displayed if the conditions aren't met) in the Install Condition setting, which is in the Prroduct Properties grid in the General Information view.
