InstallShield adding diffrerent prerequisite for x86 and x64

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I want to add different version of Crystal Reports as a setup prerequisite using InstallShield depending on platform. For x86 32bit version should be installed, for x64 - 64bit. What kind of condition should I add to do so? I've found that I can select particular OS as condition but there is no option to just select 32 or 64 bit. Thanks in advance.

UPD1: In InstallShield I can choose the following types of condition:

  1. Check if registry entry exists. I wanted to check for WoW6332Node but then I found that this node can be listed in 32bit OS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2582176 Also I found that I can check some registry entries https://superuser.com/questions/290906/check-if-32-or-64-bit-windows-os-via-registry/290929 but I'm not sure that they present in all windows versions.

  2. Check if certain file exists. I can check some file in Program Files (x86) folder to detect 64bit OS, but it's not a good idea in my opinion.

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I think you can use the VersionNT64 property for this. More details can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372497(v=vs.85).aspx

Edit: As it can be seen in the documentation, this property is only set on a 64-bit computer otherwise it is empty.

EDIT: 13.VIII.2014 After the prerequisite has been selected to be added to your installation package, a feature has been assigned. So, you can go in the "Features" view and select the created feature. I can see it has a Condition field, most likely there you can use the VersionNT64 property.