Pass pre-requisite check information from Config file in InstallShield

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Published on 2010-12-24T18:35:15Z Indexed on 2010/12/25 0:54 UTC
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Hi,

I'm trying to achieve a requirement in Pre-requisites part of my package: The package should be able to check for the presence of a specific Operating System or Microsoft Patch on the target machine and block installation if the specified OS&patch is not found. I want to pass this information from Configuration xml or ini file, so that installer need not to be edited and build again for changes in requirements.

Any ideas on how to achieve this!!

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