How to check whether Addin (SaveAsPDFandXPS.exe) is installed on a machine?

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Hi All,

i am facing a problem while checking the availability of the Microsoft Add-in SaveAsPDFandXPS.exe is installed?

I am adding this file in Installer. My installer checks whether this Add-in is already installed. If not, it installs from the installer.

Can anyone tell me how can i check whether it is already installed? (registry entry or any other entry which was made during the installation).

Thanks in Advance,
Kishor Reddy

Posted 25-Jan-12 1:52am

YKK Reddy

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Yum_Cha_Solutions 7-Mar-13 16:19pm

Didn't you need to register the dll's?

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YKK Reddy · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-25T02:00:00

Hi,

I placed the question and solved it myself immediately so that if any other person who is facing the same problem can find it.

i have done lot of research and finally found the solution which iam going to share with you. Here it goes,

When "SaveasPdfandXPS.exe" addin is installed on the machine, it just copies two files "EXP_PDF.dll" and "EXP_XPS.dll" to the target machine.

The folder to which these files are copied are:
For 64-Bit machines - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12
For 32-bit machines - C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE12

So, in installer (through a custom Install Script) first we can check whether the above mentioned files (EXP_PDF.dll and EXP_XPS.dll) are present in the locations mentioned above.
If not present just copy these files to the respective locations. The Export to PDF and Export to XPS functionality works.

Checking registry entries (in Pre-requisite section) is pretty confusing as it fails for the systems where Office 2010 is installed.

Thanks and Regards,
YKK Reddy