I'd like for it to search for the Adobe reg key, and if not present install Adobe...but it's JUST NOT WORKING...it always runs the .exe no the outcome. Some help would be surely appreciated.

;Look for Adobe, if not installed install it...

$AKey = KeyExist ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe")
IF @ERROR = 1
? "Adobe is present.."
GOTO IEINSTALL

ELSE ;Adobe is not present, install it....
RUN "\\Elmo\Common\Software\Applications\Acrobat Reader\rs405eng.exe"
Sleep ( 20 )
Setfocus ("Acrobat Reader 4.05 Setup")
Sendkeys ("{ENTER} {ENTER}")
Sleep ( 10 )
Sendkeys ("{ENTER}")

:IEINSTALL

try out the following :

code:

---

if KeyExist("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe")
    "Adobe is present.."
    GOTO IEINSTALL
endif
; Your Adobe installation here
:IEINSTALL

---

J.

[ 26 October 2001: Message edited by: jpols ]

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In Kixtart v4.0 (Kix2001) ExistKey is replaced by KeyExist and returns a 1 if the key is found and a 0 if the key is not found.

The v4.0 method is comparable (<-is that a word) with the EXIST function, that's why Ruud changed it.

[ 26 October 2001: Message edited by: DrillSergeant ]

Anything else ?

J.

_________________________

ExistKey still works the same in Kix 4.0, so it is backwards compatible.

The function isn't described in the manual though.
<EDIT>
Whoops, it is in the manual, it isn't in the CHM file.
</EDIT>

[ 26 October 2001: Message edited by: DrillSergeant ]

Indeed all kind of additional documentation exist, but sometimes a little
conversion problem was introduced.
Our primary source is always the original documentation of Ruud van Velsen,
which is distributed by kixtart releases.

Currently we are reviewing the latest documentation version of kixtart RC3 release.
So we will take also look at the chm version of scriptlogic. It is
the one compliant with this release.
greetings.

An idea to prevent misunderstanding the meaning of a value is using symbolic
names for them.
F.e.

- $_program_group_added_successfull=0
- $_program_item_added_successfull=0
- $_eventlog_backed_up_successfull=0
- $_eventlog_cleared_successfull=0
- $_file_closed_successfull=0
- $_subkey_deleted_successfull=0
- $_printer_connection_deleted_successfull=0
- $_program_group_deleted_successfull=0
- $_program_item_deleted_successfull=0
- $_subkey_deleted_successfull=0
- $_value_entry_deleted_successfull=0
- $_dir_successfull=0
- $_file_found=1 ; Exist
- $_file_not_found=0 ; Exist
- $_member_of_group=1 ; Ingroup
- $_no_member_of_group=0 ; Ingroup
- $_no_keystroke_in_keyboard_buffer=0
- $_subkey_found=1 ; KeyExist
- $_subkey_not_found=0 ; KeyExist
- $_hive_key_loaded_successfull=0
- $_subkey_loaded_successfull=0
- $_event_logged_successfull=0
- $_user_logged_off_successfull=0
- $_file_opened_successfull=0
- $_line_read_successfull=0
- $_profilestring_read_successfull=0
- $_subkey_type_found_successfull=0
- $_value_read_successfull=0
- $_output_redirected_successfull=0
- $_subkey_saved_successfull=0
- $_keystrokes_send_successfull=0
- $_message_sent_successfull=0
- $_display_state_changed_successfull=0
- $_default_printer_set_successfull=0
- $_attributes_set_successfull=0
- $_focus_set_successfull=0
- $_setsystemstate_action_successfull=0
- $_title_set_successfull=0
- $_wallpaper_set_successfull=0
- $_program_group_viewed_successfull=0
- $_computer_shutdown_successfull=0
- $_hive_key_unloaded_successfull=0
- $_line_write_successfull=0
- $_profilestring_written_successfull=0
- $_value_written_successfull=0

The functions Exist, Ingroup and KeyExist will return
a 1 when action is successfull.
An example:

code:

---

$_subkey_found=1                              ; KeyExist
$_subkey_not_found=0                          ; KeyExist
;
$key="HKCU\MCA"
IF (KeyExist($key) = $_subkey_found)
  ? $ikey+" found."
ELSE
  ? $ikey+" not found."
ENDIF

---

[/code]
greetings.

Not sure if it applies, but I thought there was a 14 character limit to variables.

Your examples appear to extend beyond this, or is 2001 RC3 different? Or is this some other type of declare?

Unextract and use setup -r to create an setup.iss file in %WINDIR% folder. Copy that to the extracted folder and next time run
setup /s instead of setup. Then it uses the recorded setup.iss file for silent install.

Fabian

We had extend the above list of symbolic names for error codes for
version kix2001 version. For the earlier version we are using a
small set of it and we take the variable name length into account.
greetings.

I tried some of the ideas, and nothing seems to be working.

if KeyExist("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe")
"Adobe is present.."
GOTO IEINSTALL
endif
; Your Adobe installation here

:IEINSTALL

With this statement courtesy of jpols, even if I change the actual Adobe key in the registry it will always continue with the GOTO IEINSTALL...maybe I'm doing something wrong here.

AACK!

Or do something like this.

code:

---

if KeyExist("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe")
	;do nothing!!
	"Adobe is present.."
Else
	; Your Adobe installation here
endif

---

Bryce

Can you run following script and put the result on the board. It is verified for
kixtart 2001 RC 3 release.

code:

---

 ?
 ? "-KeyExist verify-"
 ?
 $ikey="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software"
 ? "(1=exist/0=not exist) "+KeyExist($ikey+"\MCA")
 IF (AddKey($ikey+"\MCA") <> 0)
   ? "AddKey @error (@serror)"
 ELSE
   ? "AddKey completed."
 ENDIF
 ? "(1=exist/0=not exist) "+KeyExist($ikey+"\MCA")
 IF (DelKey($ikey+"\MCA") <> 0)
   ? "DelKey @error (@serror)"
 ELSE
   ? "DelKey completed."
 ENDIF
 ? "(1=exist/0=not exist) "+KeyExist($ikey+"\MCA")
 ?
 ? "-ExistKey verify-"
 ?
 ? "(0=exist/1=not exist) "+ExistKey($ikey+"\MCA")
 IF (AddKey($ikey+"\MCA") <> 0)
   ? "AddKey @error (@serror)"
 ELSE
   ? "AddKey completed."
 ENDIF
 ? "(0=exist/1=not exist) "+ExistKey($ikey+"\MCA")
 IF (DelKey($ikey+"\MCA") <> 0)
   ? "DelKey @error (@serror)"
 ELSE
   ? "DelKey completed."
 ENDIF
 ? "(0=exist/1=not exist) "+ExistKey($ikey+"\MCA")

---

code:

---

-KeyExist verify-
(1=exist/0=not exist) 0
AddKey completed.
(1=exist/0=not exist) 1
DelKey completed.
(1=exist/0=not exist) 0
-ExistKey verify-
(0=exist/1=not exist) 2
AddKey completed.
(0=exist/1=not exist) 0
DelKey completed.
(0=exist/1=not exist) 2

---

greetings.

btw: the result of 2 for ExistKey is not conform documentation. be aware of that.

Can you run also our script software.kix which you can find on our site http://home.wanadoo.nl/scripting
It is reading all registry software registry keys to create a list of installed software.
When you have still a problem can you put the output of this script on the board.
The debug file will be c:\kix-info.log.

btw: symbol on our homepage has been linked to related http://kixtart.org topic.

Reverend "Rollin Hard" Love

code:

---

 -KeyExist verify-
(1=exist/0=not exist) KeyExistHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MCA
AddKey completed.
(1=exist/0=not exist) KeyExistHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MCA
DelKey completed.
(1=exist/0=not exist) KeyExistHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MCA
-ExistKey verify-
(0=exist/1=not exist) 2
AddKey completed.
(0=exist/1=not exist) 0
DelKey completed.
(0=exist/1=not exist) 2 

---

We have modify your code for kixtart 3.36

code:

---

 ;Look for Adobe, if not installed install it...
 IF (ExistKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe") <> 0) ; - software not installed -
       ;Adobe is not present, install it....
       RUN '%comspec% /c "\\Elmo\Common\Software\Applications\Acrobat Reader\rs405eng.exe" '
       SLEEP 20
       $nul=Setfocus("Acrobat Reader 4.05 Setup")
       $nul=Sendkeys("{ENTER} {ENTER}")
       SLEEP 10
       $nul=Sendkeys("{ENTER}")
 ELSE
       ? "Adobe is present.."
 ENDIF

---

Some remarks:

• modify KeyExist to ExistKey.
  
• insert %comspec% /c in your RUN call.
  
• remove GOTO structure.
  
• add $nul= to your function to prevent unnecessary screen output.
  

btw: it was very interesting to see how kixtart 3.63 was handling the unknown
function KeyExist.

Reverend Love