I have an installer that write this line in the Windows registry
[Registry]
Root: "HKCU"; Subkey: "SOFTWARE\W117GAMER"; ValueType: string; ValueName: "DSVersionL4D2"; ValueData: "{#MyAppVersion}"
taking into account that {#MyAppVersion}
is defined and written when the program is installed
#define MyAppVersion "2.7"
I am constantly updating the installer, which is why some people have old installations, and when they update, old files that conflict are combined, so as not to uninstall the previous version, there is some way to read this registry before starting the installation.
I read previous posts but they only work with "GUID" or "appID" of the program, try to modify some lines of code but I could not get anything, if someone could help me I thank you in advance, sorry for my English I use a translator I am from Latin America
How to detect old installation and offer removal?
Inno Setup: How to automatically uninstall previous installed version?
With use of RegQueryStringValue
function and CompareVersion
function from Compare version strings in Inno Setup (your question), you can do:
#define MyAppVersion "2.6"
[Code]
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
var
InstalledVersion: string;
VersionDiff: Integer;
begin
Result := True;
if not RegQueryStringValue(
HKCU, 'Software\My Program', 'DSVersionL4D2', InstalledVersion) then
begin
Log('No installed version detected');
end
else
begin
Log(Format('Found installed version %s', [InstalledVersion]));
VersionDiff := CompareVersion(InstalledVersion, '{#MyAppVersion}');
if VersionDiff < 0 then
begin
MsgBox(
Format('You have an old version %s installed, will uninstall it.', [
InstalledVersion]),
mbInformation, MB_OK);
// Uninstall old version here
end
else
if VersionDiff = 0 then
begin
MsgBox(
'You have this version installed already, cancelling installation.',
mbInformation, MB_OK);
Result := False;
end
else
begin
MsgBox(
Format(
'You have newer version %s installed already, ' +
'cancelling installation.', [InstalledVersion]),
mbInformation, MB_OK);
Result := False;
end;
end;
end;
Just plug-in an uninstallation code from some of the answers you have linked in your question.
Though note that you do not need to write your own version registry value. There are DisplayVersion
, VersionMajor
and VersionMinor
in the stnadard uninstall registry key.