I am using InstallShield 6.3
But when I use VerFindFileVersion() it doesn't look for PATH
Please help.
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VerFindFileVersion
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sakbuddika
, May 24 2002 13:35
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Taco Bell
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Posted 25 May 2002 - 01:41
Ahh, well in that case you'll probably have to look up the current value of the PATH, separate it out based on the semicolons to get a list of possibilities (i.e. Path1; Path2 => Path1 & Path2), and trying calling the function with each one of them (i.e. VerFindFileVersion(szFilename, "Path1", svVesion), etc.).
The PATH information is stored in the following registry entry:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment\Path
The PATH information is stored in the following registry entry:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment\Path
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Posted 27 May 2002 - 21:55
Sorry, TacoBell00, but you can find the environment only for Win NT, Win 2K and XP at the given place in the registry.
It doesn't work (for sure!) on win 95. I can't check it now, but I believe that it doesn't work on 98 or ME, too.
It doesn't work (for sure!) on win 95. I can't check it now, but I believe that it doesn't work on 98 or ME, too.
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Posted 28 May 2002 - 03:33
Ooh yeah. Sometimes I forget about those Win9x targets since I don't write installs for them. Sorry.
There should be some equivalent location in Win9x/Me though.
There should be some equivalent location in Win9x/Me though.
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Posted 28 May 2002 - 11:35
I just had a look around and it's much trickier with this "path":
On NT/W2K/XP there are two places where environment variables are defined in the registry.
One for everybody:
"HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment\Path"
And one for every single user:
"HKCU\Environment\Path"
The one for the current user is added at the of the one for everybody when running a DOS-box for example.
On 95 there is no path entry in the registry. On ME there is an entry in:
"HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\Environment\Path"
Attention!
Here is the space in "SessionManager" missing compared to NT/W2K/XP.
On 98 I couldn't look, no system running currently.
Because of all these differences I think it's best to run a batch which outputs the "Path" environment variable to a textfile and read this textfile to get the real path variable content (simply one line: "path > pathfile.txt").
On NT/W2K/XP there are two places where environment variables are defined in the registry.
One for everybody:
"HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment\Path"
And one for every single user:
"HKCU\Environment\Path"
The one for the current user is added at the of the one for everybody when running a DOS-box for example.
On 95 there is no path entry in the registry. On ME there is an entry in:
"HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\Environment\Path"
Attention!
Here is the space in "SessionManager" missing compared to NT/W2K/XP.
On 98 I couldn't look, no system running currently.
Because of all these differences I think it's best to run a batch which outputs the "Path" environment variable to a textfile and read this textfile to get the real path variable content (simply one line: "path > pathfile.txt").
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