Office2003 compatibility pack installed?

Question

In my program I have to load a excel-file. This file can have the following extensions: [.xls][.xlsx][.xlsm][.xlsb].

Excel07+ can handle all of these by nature, but to work with [.xlsx][.xlsm][.xlsb] in Excel2003 you have to install the http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3

Here is my code to determine, which excelversion is installed. Problem: I don´t know how to determine an installation of the compatibility pack (marked by +++)

if (ExtractFileExt(sFileNameVorlage) = '.xlsx') or
   (ExtractFileExt(sFileNameVorlage) = '.xlsm') or
   (ExtractFileExt(sFileNameVorlage) = '.xlsb') then
   begin

     //determine version of excel (lower or equal 2003 )
     if StrToInt(Copy(oVersionscheck.version,1,2)) <= 11 then
     begin

       // equal 2003
       if StrToInt(Copy(oVersionscheck.version,1,2)) = 11 then
         if not +++compatibility pack installed?+++ then 
         begin    
           ShowMessage('Warning: Excel can´t open this file.');
           oVersionscheck.Quit;
           oVersionscheck := unassigned;
           Exit;
         end;
       end;
       oVersionscheck.Quit;
end;

Perhaps someone knows a solution.

Resistor · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-01T15:03:30.840

I have found the following answer at http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Word/microsoft.public.word.vba.general/2008-10/msg00682.html

This is a VBA function, so you may need to translate it to your programming language of choice. (In more modern languages use Try/Catch clause instead of "On Error Resume Next")

Function Office2007CompatibilityInstalled()
'Checks whether in Office 2003 the compatibility pack for Office 2007/2010 is installed
    Dim WSHShell, RegKey, rKeyWord, Result
    Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    RegKey = "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\00002109020090400000000000F01FEC\"

    On Error Resume Next 'This is in an anticipation of what may happen in the next line
    'The next line will generate an error if the registry key does not exist.
    'This error will be ignored and execution will continue with the line following
    'it (because of "On Error Resume Next" statement). In this case the value of 
    'rKeyWord will remain uninitialised.
    rKeyWord = WSHShell.RegRead(RegKey & "ProductName")
    'In the line below we compare the value of rKeyWord to a fixed string which we
    'know to denote that Office2007 Compatibility Pack has been installed.
    'If the registry key did not exist then the value of rKeyWord will be uninitialised
    'and will be automatically converted to an empty string ("") for the purposes
    'of this comparison.
    If rKeyWord = "Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system" Then 
        Office2007CompatibilityInstalled = True
    End If
End Function

Office2003 compatibility pack installed?

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