OpenDental Install Location

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localmed
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OpenDental Install Location

Post by localmed » Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:15 pm

Hi all,

I am looking for a way to locate the OpenDental install location to reference the OpenDentBusiness.dll for my application. I've looked in the GAC to no avail. Is there a registry key that lists the install path?

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Re: OpenDental Install Location

Post by jsalmon » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:05 pm

We do have a registry entry which keeps track of the Open Dental installation directory but I'm hesitant to inform you where it's located. I can't think of a good reason of doing things this way. Why not create a plug-in?
http://www.opendental.com/manual/plugins.html
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.

Jason Salmon
Open Dental Software
http://www.opendental.com

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Re: OpenDental Install Location

Post by localmed » Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:03 am

Thanks for the quick response. What we are trying to accomplish at LocalMed is to have a fully integrated online appointment scheduling system. I've accomplished accessing data using a plugin, but is there a way to access data through the API if the client is using a web service? Also do you have any statistics on version usage by your clients. Currently we are programming against the latest but was going to work on the most used version in production next. If it's easier to set up a call with a support member I'd be open to that as well. Thanks again.

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Re: OpenDental Install Location

Post by tim » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:22 am

This is something I am looking for as well, as we would like to detect if Open Dental is installed during our installer.

I found the registry key HKLM\Software\MakeMSI\PersistingProperties\OpenDental\INSTALLDIR. Is this the key to use?

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Re: OpenDental Install Location

Post by jsalmon » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:28 am

That is the one.
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.

Jason Salmon
Open Dental Software
http://www.opendental.com

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Re: OpenDental Install Location

Post by nanwar » Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:56 am

Hi Guy's,

May be this is an old post. but i couldn't find the INSTALLDIR Path in OpenDental. I want to have plugin installer verify OpenDental Installation before it's own installation take place.

Please Guide!!!

Regards,
N.

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Re: OpenDental Install Location

Post by cmcgehee » Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:04 am

Was there no registry key entered under HKLM\Software\MakeMSI\PersistingProperties\OpenDental\INSTALLDIR?
Chris McGehee
Open Dental Software
http://www.opendental.com

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Re: OpenDental Install Location

Post by nanwar » Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:27 am

Under following:
HKEY_Current_User\Software\MakeMSI\KeyPaths\OpenDental\17.1.21
There is nothing except "Default" and "AutoSC_ScKey001"

WHERE as under HKEY_Local_Machine\Software there isn't any ***\MakeMSI\***

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Re: OpenDental Install Location

Post by tim » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:08 am

Make sure you are looking under the 32-bit registry.

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