Find if Outlook service pack is present

[baja_yu]

Hey guys. This is basically for an installer, but it falls more under office development.

I need help from the Office Gurus here (looking at RobDog ). I need my installer to check what version (if any) of the Service Pack for MS Outlook is installed.

Lets address this regardless of the installer. How would I go about checking this manually?

[RobDog888]

Manually... you would just go to the Help menu > About and it will state the version and then any service pask installed. I'm sure there is a way programmatically to read this so shouldnt be to hard. The Application.Version returns the build info so if the build increases for the installation of a SP then that may be an easy way.

Let me see what else there is...

[RobDog888]

Looks like you need to verify it from the version and build.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;821549

[RobDog888]

Heres another KB on inaccurate returns.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328294/

[baja_yu]

Thanks for the info

[RobDog888]

I havent given up yet. There must be a direct way to read a reg entry or something as the help > about dialog displays the "(SP-1)" service pack indicator.

I am in the middle of finishing a website (deadline) but if its not solved later then I will try some more.

[baja_yu]

I was able to work it out like this. The installer checks for the file and checks it's version. I then compare it to the version number with the installed Service Pack, and if they dont match the installer downloads the SP from MS website.

Thanks for the help again

[RobDog888]

I found these two res keys that may designate if the SP is installed. Not 100% sure but you can verify them.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Patches\886B7FB759A43004AB89AEA897ADA0AB\SourceList
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Patches\886B7FB759A43004AB89AEA897ADA0AB\SourceList\Pa ckageName\511735.MAINSP1op.msp
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Patches\886B7FB759A43004AB89AEA897ADA0AB\SourceList\Me dia\100\Office2003Patch;Office 2003 Patch 7000