Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

[UncleCake]

Hi,

I am trying to detect Acrobat Reader, if it is there open the .pdf document, otherwise install Acrobat reader. I think that I have the part where I put SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat\4.0 in the sub key and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in the main key.

After that, I don't know how to detect what the Boolean result and execute the install.

This first timer would love some help!
-Uncle Cake

[Jason Pate]

Re: Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

What I do is I search for

%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe

if it is there I know they have it installed and I do nothing, if I dont fine it I install.

[UncleCake]

Re: Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

Thanks Jason,

But how do I do test that true and false and then install based on the result?

-Uncle Cake

[Darryl]

Re: Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

What version of Setup Factory are you currently using, 6.0, 5.0 ...

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Sincerely,

Darryl Hnatiuk
Indigo Rose Corporation

[UncleCake]

Re: Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

I am using AutoPlay Menu 3.0. I know that you can do this in it, but I am not sure how.

-Uncle Cake

[sclarke]

Re: Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

I check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pdf. If this key exists I assume they are setup to handle pdf docs.

I've also found that Adobe 5 doesn't seem to work with Windows 95, so I install Adobe 4 on machines with that OS.

[UncleCake]

Re: Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

How do I test that true or false?

-Uncle Cake

[Jason Pate]

Re: Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

Originally posted by UncleCake:
Thanks Jason,

But how do I do test that true and false and then install based on the result?

-Uncle Cake

I search for it in that location only, id the value returned is anything other than the default "NOT FOUND" I do the install.

If (%FilesearchresultAB%= "NOT FOUND" And %Packagevariablep%=True)
Excute (%srcdrv%\extras\acrobate reader\setup.exe)
end if
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[sclarke]

Re: Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

What version of SUF are you using? In SUF 6 there is a checkbox for "set variable to TRUE if key exists" in the read from registry action. I recall a similar feature in SUF 5.

[tuhkanen]

Re: Detecting and installing Acrobat Reader

Note, that usually there is file association to point the binary. No need to hassle with registry.

Timo