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varphi625-x
Level 3
‎Feb 20, 2012 08:08 PM

How to search a component by its ID?

Hi,

In VS2008 setups I could find a component by its ID. VS2008 provided this functionality through the Launch Conditions menu. I could check if Excel 2007 was installed by using its ID, which is {0638C49D-BB8B-4CD1-B191-052E8F325736}.

How can I do this with InstallShield Limited Edition?

Cheers,

Carlos Mallen
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Christopher_Pai
Level 16
‎Feb 20, 2012 10:22 PM

If InstallShield 2011LE doesn't expose the CompLocator component you can always create a merge module that does and then merge it into the installer. I have a series of blog articles that demonstrate the concept:

http://blog.iswix.com/2011/01/augmenting-installshield-using-windows_19.html

In this case CompLocator is so simple that you could just use ORCA to create the MSM as it's only 2 tables. ( AppSerch and CompLocator )
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