How to Use \"Is msi setup installed\"

sathishmca · Post by **sathishmca** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:49 am

Please help me..

how to use "Is msi setup installed"

i want to find one software installed in my system or not.

How to use it and its want GUID

How to find that Guid in that software..

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:08 am

Did you try to press F1 in the command editor window? If not, you should

Here is what comes up, verbatim, when you do that:

Is MSI Setup Installed

This command checks whether a Windows Installer setup is presently installed on the system.

Product Code (Guid)

Enter the product code for the Windows Installer setup to check for in this field.

To obtain this code, you may open the MSI file in Orca (or another MSI database table editor), view the Property table, and copy the value of the ProductCode property.

Variable

This variable returns TRUE if the indicated setup is installed. Otherwise, the variable holds FALSE.

Notes

The NEEDSUPGRADE pre-defined variable automatically indicates whether a previous version of the running setup has been found on the system.
Existing installations may be removed using the (Un)Install MSI Setup command.

sathishmca · Post by **sathishmca** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:19 am

Thank you For Your Reply..

Please Can u Tell Me what is Orca..or where is MSI database editor..

I cant get .. where to find GUID ....please tell me..or give a code or samples..

thank you

ALive · Post by **ALive** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:24 pm

Hi!

Orca is a Microsoft Windows SDK tool. You can download Win SDK freely from MS site. I know it's huge enough for just a small EXE file. Maybe googling will help you find the program alone from SDK.

IMO, quiet useful tool for debugging purposes and a good weapon in the Installation-Developer arsenal.

Have a nice day!

sathishmca · Post by **sathishmca** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:56 am

Is possible to get a Guid from sql server 2000 setup

Please can you tell me..if possible means...how to find in ORCA...this is not support to open the sql server 2000 setup...

thank you...

Chris Miller · Post by **Chris Miller** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:03 pm

sathishmca wrote:Is possible to get a Guid from sql server 2000 setup

Please can you tell me..if possible means...how to find in ORCA...this is not support to open the sql server 2000 setup...

thank you...

If you are just checking for the presence of SQL Server 2000, you can check the registry for some value in the registry under the SQL 2000 key. I don't have that version running anywhere that I can easily access, but I think it had a key named something like:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Microsoft SQL Server\\80

That would probably be a safer check than the GUI as there were multiple editions of SQL Server and each one would have it's own GUID.

DanStutzman · Post by **DanStutzman** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:26 am

For the "Is MSI Installed" feature where does InstallAware check for this GUID? Logic would state it would HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall but it doesn't seem to be working correctly.

Also, just to confirm, the brackets are required yes?

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 [DEFINE REGION: Check Application Pre-Requisites]
 Comment: Check setup pre-requisites
 Set Variable PREREQ to FALSE
 Get Installed State for {1ED545CA-F1DB-4493-9B46-9B926D9D3A59} into Variable PREREQ
 Set Variable PRELIST to 
 if Variable NEEDSUPGRADE Equals TRUE
   Set Variable PREREQ to TRUE
   Set Variable PRELIST to $PRELIST$$NEWLINE$Previous Version Uninstallation
 end
 <<Code>>
  
 [DEFINE REGION: Install Application Pre-Requisites]
 Comment: Install setup pre-requisites
 if Variable PREREQ Equals TRUE
   Display Dialog: progressprereq, use as progress dialog (non-modal)
   Install/Remove MSI Package 1ED545CA-F1DB-4493-9B46-9B926D9D3A59[REMOVE=ALL] (get result into variable REMOVEOLD)
   Apply Uninstall
 end
 Set Variable MAINTENANCE to FALSE
 <<Code>>

DanStutzman · Post by **DanStutzman** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:51 am

Why isn't this uninstalling the existing application? What am I doing wrong?

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 [DEFINE REGION: Install Application Pre-Requisites]
 Set Variable PREREQ to FALSE
 Get Installed State for {1ED545CA-F1DB-4493-9B46-9B926D9D3A59} into Variable PREREQ
 if Variable PREREQ Equals TRUE
   Display Dialog: progressprereq, use as progress dialog (non-modal)
   Install/Remove MSI Package {1ED545CA-F1DB-4493-9B46-9B926D9D3A59}[REMOVE=ALL] (get result into variable REMOVEOLD)
   Apply Uninstall
 end
 <<Code>>

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:35 pm

The package guid is the MSI product code as stored in the original MSI file. It may or may not correspond to the GUID in ARP.