Registry Variable Failure

[ggallo]

I want to locate the Word template directory before installing my application.

I create a Registry Variable that looks like:

Variable Name: %TemplateDir%
Default Value: Not Installed
Main Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Sub Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General
Value Name: UserTemplates
Set variable to TRUE if Sub Key exists: Unchecked

I know this key exists. I know it has a value.

I have the destination folder set to:
%TemplateDir%\%ProductName%

When I run the install this variable is always set to Not Installed.

I must be missing something really simple.

Thanks.

[Mark]

Re: Registry Variable Failure

Hi,
Are you sure that this registry value exists? I looked in my registry and I did not see the "UserTemplates" registry value.
I have everything up to: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Co mmon\General" but nothing called "UserTemplates".
Is there supposed to be a space in that registry value, i.e. should it be: "User Templates"?

mark.

[ggallo]

Re: Registry Variable Failure

I know the value name exists. It doesn't have a space. And it does have a value.

I am pasting this directly from Registrar (a registry editing tool):

Keyname
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Co mmon\General

Value Name:
UserTemplates

Value
C:\Microsoft Office\Templates

The reason you do not have a UserTemplates Value Name/Value is that you accepted and have not changed (or confirmed) the location of templates in Word's Tools.Options.FileLocations dialog box.

For an installation such as yours I would be creating a second Registry Value to check and use -- but I am testing the product and just picked on I know exists in my registry to see if I can get it to do what I require before I consider moving from InstallShield to Setup Factory.

Thanks for the reply.

Originally posted by Mark:
Hi,
Are you sure that this registry value exists? I looked in my registry and I did not see the "UserTemplates" registry value.
I have everything up to: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Co mmon\General" but nothing called "UserTemplates".
Is there supposed to be a space in that registry value, i.e. should it be: "User Templates"?

mark.

[This message has been edited by ggallo (edited 05-07-2001).]

[sclarke]

Re: Registry Variable Failure

May be a little late...sounds like I problem I had when pasting the path from Regedit -
you don't want "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\" in the sub key field - its already in the main key field. As such SUF looks for:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\rest of path...