How to determine if software is installed within VBA

[Matt Kisasonak]

I guess the subject says it. I need to determine if a certain software is
installed before running a piece of code. How do I do that?

 

[Jonathan West]

I guess the subject says it. I need to determine if a certain software is
installed before running a piece of code. How do I do that?

Which software?


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[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Matt,

I guess the subject says it. I need to determine if a certain software is
installed before running a piece of code. How do I do that?

I'd either search the drive for the *.exe file or, if you're certain it's
software that registers itself, check for its presence in the HKCR part of
the Registry.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
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[Klaus Linke]

Or if you want to know which COM AddIns are up and running, use something like the code below (which I probably copied from some KB article).

Regards,
Klaus

Dim MyAddin As COMAddIn
Dim msg As String
For Each MyAddin In Application.COMAddIns
msg = msg & MyAddin.Description & " - " & _
MyAddin.ProgID & vbCrLf
Next
MsgBox msg

 

[Howard Kaikow]

You can use VBA to:

1. Check for the pesence of the relevant registry keys.
2. Use WMI to check, among other things, whether the ProgId, ComponentId and
LocalServer32 keys are set.