ISearch

Declaration

ISearch: IDispatch

Overview

This interface is meant to manage existing searches or add new ones.Any search operation is performed on the target machine only if the specified property is not set (other searches didn't set that property). In case of success, the property will be set.

Properties

Array<String> PredefinedSearchIds - Gets the collection of the predefined search ids.

Array<IDispatch> Searches - Gets the collection of the existing searches.

Methods

NewAppSearch(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IAppSearch
Creates a new application search.

NewFileSearch(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IFileSearch
Creates a new file search.

NewXmlSearch(String aXmlFile) - returns IXmlSearch
Creates a new XML search.

NewRegistryKeyExistsCheck(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IRegKeyExistsSearch
Creates a new registry key search that will check if a specific registry key exists.

NewRegistryValueExistsCheck(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IRegKeyExistsSearch
Creates a new registry value search that will check if a specific registry value exists.

NewRegistryKeySubkeysContainsVersionCheck(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IRegKeyVersionSearch
Creates a new registry search that will check if subkeys contain a specific version.

NewRegistryKeyValuesContainsVersionCheck(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IRegKeyVersionSearch
Creates a new registry search that will check if sub-values contain a specific version.

NewRegistryValueContainsVersionCheck(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IRegKeyVersionSearch
Creates a new registry search that will check if a registry value contains a specific version.

NewRegistryValueCompare(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IRegValSearch
Creates a new registry search that will check if a registry value contains a specific value by using a predefined comparison method.

NewComponentInstalledCheck(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IComponentSearch
Creates a new search that will check if a component specified by its GUID is installed.

NewProductVersionCheck(String aResultPropertyName) - returns IProductVersionSearch
Creates a new search that will check if a product specified by its product code or upgrade code is installed.

NewPredefinedSearch(String aPredefinedSearch) - returns IFileSearch
Creates a new file search for well-known products by specifying the predefined search id.

DeleteSearch(IDispatch aSearch)
Removes a search from the search collection and destroys it

Example

Remove a search operation from an existing project and add new file search:

$advinst = new-onject -com AdvancedInstaller
$prj = $advinst.LoadProject("D:\Your Application.aip")

#find search object by its property
$myAppSearch = $prj.Search.Searches | where-object {$_.PropertyName -eq "MY_APP_SEARCH_PROP"} | Select -First 1
$prj.Search.DeleteSearch($myAppSearch)

$newFileSearch = $prj.Search.NewFileSearch("MY_FILE_SEARCH_PROP")
$newFileSearch.FileName = "MyApp.exe"
$newFileSearch.MinVersion = "2.0"

See also

IMergeModule

IAdvinstProjectTypes