Setup Prerequisites and x64 OS

[wardbill]

Hi Folks,

Can anyone give me direction on how to create an IS2008 Setup Prerequisite condition on Windows X64 operating systems in which "a file with a certain version exists" and the path is as follows:

[ProgramFilesFolder]Microsoft SQL Server\100\KeyFile\1033\sqlncli_keyfile.dll

The problem is that [ProgramFilesFolder] evaluates to "C:\Program Files (x86)" on Winodws X64 and I the file I am looking for is in "C:\Program Files"

The supported path variables are [CommonFilesFolder], [ProgramFilesFolder], [SystemFolder], and [WindowsFolder] which doesn't help.

Thanks!

[MichaelU]

As hinted in the thread on the IS2010 forum, prerequisites with conditions referring to files in 64-bit folders are newly supported in IS2010.

[wardbill]

Thanks Everyone,

Although I have posted under IS2010, I am actually using IS2008, without the option of upgrading at this time.

I have also posted under IS2008.

Billy

[wardbill]

As a follow up, I wanted to post my solution. As I indicated, [ProgramFiles64Folder] doesn't work on IS 2008 and I did not have the option of moving to IS 2010. After some trial and error, the following worked:

[ProgramFilesFolder]..\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\KeyFile\1033\sqlncli_keyfile.dll

Since [ProgramFilesFolder] evaluates to "Program Files (x86)" on 64 bit Windows OSs, backing up one directory and including the path from there seems to work fine.

Thanks to all for your suggestions.

[calvin]

I've tried this option but fails with "error 1324: the path .. contains invalid character". I've used ..\ in [INSTALLDIR].
any help would be appreciated.

[wardbill]

I don't think you can use [INSTALLDIR] because, at the prereq run time, [INSTALLDIR] has not been defined yet. You need to use one of the four documented paths:

[CommonFilesFolder]
[ProgramFilesFolder]
[SystemFolder]
or
[WindowsFolder]

if you are looking for a specific file on the machine. Alternatively, you can use a registry entry (if present) to set the path of the file you are looking for. See the "Conditions Tab InstallShield 2008 » Setup Prerequisite Editor" reference for further info.