Installing in Visio 2002...

[Number6]

I am presently making an Add_on installation to Visio 2002.
For that I need to detect which version of Visio I have. After looking in
the registry for some clue, I could not find consistent keys that I could
use. some of those keys are (sometime) leftovers from previous install so I
cannot depend on them.

Any ideas?

[Number6]

Yet again I will follow up on my own post since I might have found the (or
rather a workable) answer due to imposed time constraint (bosses are like
that).

The registry settings to use are pointed at by the "<<<<<<<<" strings, but I
have put all registry settings that I found just to make sure I would not
leave anythng out.

To get the current application, you must first get the <strUUID>
and the CurVer.
then use that to build the registry key-path to get the installed diredtory
of the exe.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\<strUUID>\LocalServer32\(Default)
When doing the installation script, to detect any pre-2002 exe, remember
that Visio went from VISIO32.EXE (pre-2002) to VISIO.EXE (2002) file name.
I use the InstallShield 5.5)

I would always first detect if the regKey exist first since sometime the key
just *is* without any value being set and they are not all at the same
place. Visio 5 is like that.
Then if it has a value, I would pick it up. All other Visios are like that.

If anybody have any other ideas.....

Those values were picked up from Win98 and Win NT4.0
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Visio 5b
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application\CLSID\(Default) = <strUUID>
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application\CurVer\(Default) = "Visio.Application.5"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
will have the following keys
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.3\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.4\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.5\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\<strUUID>\LocalServer32\(Default)
= "<path>\Visio32.exe /Automation"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\<strUUID>\ProgID\(Default) =
"Visio.Application.5"
' to determine if this is really Visio 5, lookup this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Visio\Visio Standard\
(CurrentlyRegisteredVersion) = "5b"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Visio\Visio Standard\5.0\ (InstallDir) = <path>
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
detect the key itself.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Visio\Visio Standard\5.0\ (Language) = <0x409>
'1033 in Hex
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Visio 2000
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application\CLSID\(Default) = <strUUID>
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application\CurVer\(Default) = "Visio.Application.6"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
will have the following keys
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.3\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.4\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.5\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.6\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\<strUUID>\LocalServer32\(Default)
= <path>\Visio32.exe /Automation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\<strUUID>\ProgID\(Default) =
"Visio.Application.6"
' to determine if this is really MS Visio 200, lookup this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Visio\Visio 2000\ (CurrentlyRegisteredVersion) =
"6.0" 'type REG_SZ <<<<<<<<<<<<
detect the key value.
============================================================================
=================================

MS Visio 2000
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application\CLSID\(Default) = <strUUID>
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application\CurVer\(Default) = "Visio.Application.6"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
will have the following keys
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.3\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.4\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.5\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.6\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\<strUUID>\LocalServer32\(Default)
= <path>\Visio32.exe /Automation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\<strUUID>\ProgID\(Default) =
"Visio.Application.6"
' to determine if this is really MS Visio 200, lookup this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Visio\Visio 2000\ (CurrentlyRegisteredVersion) =
"6.0" 'typeREG_SZ <<<<<<<<
detect the key value.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Visio\6.0\ (Default) = (Value not set)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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MS Visio 2002
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application\CurVer\(Default) = "Visio.Application.6"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
will have the following keys
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.3\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.4\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.5\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visio.Application.6\CLSID\(Default) = "<strUUID>"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\<strUUID>\LocalServer32\(Default)
= "<path>\Visio.exe /Automation"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\<strUUID>\ProgID\(Default) =
"Visio.Application.6"
' to determine if this is really MS Visio 2002, lookup this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Visio\ (CurrentlyRegisteredVersion) =
"10.0" <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
detect the key value.
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"Number6" <richard...@interfacing.com> wrote in message
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[Number6]

Some will think I'm pushing it, following up my own post twice but hey, I
got info.

In German, under Visio 5 and MS Visio 2000/2002 the Solution folder is
called Loesungen and the Sample folder is called Biespiel (singular)
In Visio 2000, Solutions is called "Lösungen" and Sample is called Biespiele
(plural.)

Have fun.

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