Software Deployment

Hi jaheer,

You need to use the System search tables....Appsearch,LaunchCondition...

Appsearch table:

Property=WINWORD
Signature_=FileSearchWinwordEXE

Drlocator table:

Signature_=FileSearchWinwordEXE
Path= (path to winword.exe)..E.g [programfilesfolder]\Microsoft office\OFFICE11

Signature table:

Signature=FileSearchWinwordEXE
Filename=WINWORD.exe

LaunchCondition table:

Condition=WINWORD (same value as in Appsearch table)
Description= [ProductName] requires Microsoft Office 2003.Please Install Microsoft office 2003 and then run setup.

reagrds,
Mayur

I'd be wary about searching for explicit elements of Office (I've seen plenty of instances where only, say, Excel is installed) and wouldn't search the [ProgramFilesFolder] at all, as users have a habit of installing apps in non-standard locations. Of course, if this is for "internal" consumption, you'll probably be OK.

Search instead for the relevant Office ProductCode in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. Remember to search for Standard and Professional, as they have different ProductCodes.

Look also at your application distribution suite. If you have Office in there as one of your distributions, you can have its absence be a prerequisite for the install.