Property value set in WiX based on registry key value

Question

I want to set the INSTALL_DE property value to 1 if registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\LocaleName has value de-DE.

I wrote the below code.

<Property Id="INSTALL_DE">
    <RegistrySearch
        Id="NetFramework20"
        Root="HKCU"
        Key="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International"
        Name="LocaleName"
        Type="raw" />
</Property>

<SetProperty Id="INSTALL_DE" After="AppSearch" Value="1">
    <[CDATA[INSTALL_DE="de-DE"]]>
</SetProperty>

How do I correct it?

Did you solve your problem? Was the answer given of any help? — Hille
– Hille, Commented Aug 21, 2014 at 10:12

Hille · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-18 15:05:24Z

5

Following your sample code as close as possible, I see three problems:

double use of identfier (in this case INSTALL_DE)
wrong key name; do not prefix HKEY_CURRENT_USER to your search path, Root="HKCU" takes care of it
Missing "!", in CDATA

Write e.g.

<Property Id="LOCAL_NAME">
    <RegistrySearch Id="NetFramework20"
            Root="HKCU"
            Key="Control Panel\International"
            Name="LocaleName"
            Type="raw" />
</Property>

<SetProperty Id="INSTALL_DE" After="AppSearch" Value="1">
    <![CDATA[LOCAL_NAME="de-DE"]]>
</SetProperty>

answered Aug 18, 2014 at 15:05

Hille

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