I would like an installation kit to reboot if a a certain Registry Key contains a certain value. To do that, I guess I have to first read a value from the Registry.
In order to read from the Registry, I did the following:
1. I declared a public property named EXAMPLE_PROP. 2. I added a record to AppSearch table {EXAMPLE_PROP, registry_sig} 3. I added a record to RegLocator table {registry_sig, 2, Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion, RegisteredOwner, 2}
I wanted to confirm that the reading actually took place, so I did the following:
4. I added a record to Registry table {Registry10, 2, SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Example, ExampleProp, [EXAMPLE_PROP], comp.exe, 0}
I built the installation kit, and ran it, but EXAMPLE_PROP didn't seem to get the value from the registry.
To try to narrow the problem: If you create an MSI log file (or add [EXAMPLE_PROP] to, say, a text field on the InstallWelcome dialog box), is the property being populated?
(Using the System Search Wizard instead of populating the AppSearch and related tables directly can help avoid some errors in getting things connected...)
A similar example seems to work at this end; if you view the search in the System Search view (right-click and choose Modify), does it look okay there? Does it work if you read from a different key? Delete EXAMPLE_PROP from the Property Manager?
