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IlyaYeroshenko1-Visitor
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August 3, 2012
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Detecting Arbortext versions for plugin installer

  • August 3, 2012
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Hello! I'd like to create an installer for my plugin for Arbortext Editor. How can I detect installed Arbortext Editor versions?


For example, what keys should be considered in Registry?

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    ClayHelberg18-Opal
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    August 3, 2012
    Hi Ilya--



    I'm not sure about registry entries, but I know there is a file you can
    check. If you can find install/patch.lvl in the Arbortext install
    directory, it contains information about the current version.



    You can also get the information from the app itself, via COM if you
    want, by checking the built-in $version_number or $version_release
    variables.



    --Clay





    Clay Helberg

    Senior Consultant

    TerraXML


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    IlyaYeroshenko1-VisitorAuthor
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    August 4, 2012

    OK,but how the Arbortext install directory can be quickly found?

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    bibach1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    August 4, 2012
    The following key has information about the Editor COM type library. There
    will be a subkey for each major version, with a variety of information,
    including the path to the executable, where, as Clay mentioned, more
    specific version information may be found.

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{2F891042-0DB4-11D3-9837-00104B3E04A0}

    -Brandon 🙂


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