Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules
During install: ProcessComponents action lists 1: {F393E0C2-E3B5-4CD1-BD6A-8547DDEC1AE3} 2: {BA9B764A-0DE0-11D5-A548-0090278A1BB8} 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc70u.dll 1: {F393E0C2-E3B5-4CD1-BD6A-8547DDEC1AE3} 2: {BA9B7647-0DE0-11D5-A548-0090278A1BB8} 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc70.dll 1: {F393E0C2-E3B5-4CD1-BD6A-8547DDEC1AE3} 2: {3AC4AA25-A28A-4F09-826A-30CA0A620F35} 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc71u.dll 1: {F393E0C2-E3B5-4CD1-BD6A-8547DDEC1AE3} 2: {F607CA48-C332-4029-AF8A-39BDF6912CD4} 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc71.dll InstallFiles action lists InstallFiles: File: mfc70.dll, Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\, Size: 974848 InstallFiles: File: mfc70u.dll, Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\, Size: 964608 During repair: InstallValidate action lists Info 1603. The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc71u.dll is being held in use by the following process: Name: explorer, Id: 1312, Window Title: '(not determined yet)'. Close that application and retry. ProcessComponents action lists 1: {F393E0C2-E3B5-4CD1-BD6A-8547DDEC1AE3} 2: {BA9B764A-0DE0-11D5-A548-0090278A1BB8} 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc70u.dll 1: {F393E0C2-E3B5-4CD1-BD6A-8547DDEC1AE3} 2: {BA9B7647-0DE0-11D5-A548-0090278A1BB8} 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc70.dll 1: {F393E0C2-E3B5-4CD1-BD6A-8547DDEC1AE3} 2: {3AC4AA25-A28A-4F09-826A-30CA0A620F35} 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc71u.dll 1: {F393E0C2-E3B5-4CD1-BD6A-8547DDEC1AE3} 2: {F607CA48-C332-4029-AF8A-39BDF6912CD4} 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc71.dll InstallFiles action lists InstallFiles: File: mfc70.dll, Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\, Size: 974848 InstallFiles: File: mfc70u.dll, Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\, Size: 964608 InstallFiles: File: mfc71.dll, Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\, Size: 1060864 InstallFiles: File: mfc71u.dll, Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\, Size: 1053184 Info 1603. The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc71u.dll is being held in use. Close that application and retry. MSI (s) (F4:B4) [15:28:07:752]: Product: DataCaptor Interface Server. The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\mfc71u.dll is being held in use by the following process Name: explorer , Id 1312. Now that looks like during install, mfc71u.dll isn't installed (already present) but an install is attempted during repair under C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder. Thx, Dacian - Original Message From: "Wilson, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:35:18 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules Keeping Wix users on the list… It’s not clear to my why the 7.1 Dlls would be in use by Explorer unless you are installing them into a folder where Explorer is using them from, so you’ll have to explain exactly where they are installed to. I don’t know what your default is because the 71 modules can be directed most places. You don’t have to use Orca to make them go into your app folder. The module retargetable folder can be set to your app folder. The VS 2005 merge modules are completely different, and have a different install paradigm. They are installed into the systems SxS folder and if you include (say) the VC80 merge module the corresponding policy merge module is also included. The VS runtime executable does things differently, but the end result is the same – a manifest that redirects clients to the current installed version. Phil Wilson From: fiordean dacian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 6:26 AM To: Wilson, Phil Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules Do you mean installing my app under System folder? Nope. As for the merge modules, they are installed into their default folder. If I have to install the 71 dlls into my app's folder, I need to modify them by hand using Orca, right? Actually MFC71 wasn't a typo, actually I need VC2003 stuff. I just mentioned VC2005 runtime since I saw on that blog a discussion about I don't know what policy_*.msm thing which btw isn't included with the VC2005 runtime. So forget that... Me either I don't know why this is happenning when repair. I was expecting those msm's not to install each time, but rather when not present. It looks like they are getting installed no matter. So that's why I was wondering if it's possible to condition their installation in Wix. Thanks, Dacian - Original Message From: "Wilson, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:40:53 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules Are you installing into the System folder? The 71 Dlls can be side by side, so you can install them into your application folder. Visual Studio 2005 support Dlls are SxS in the WinSxS folder - they’re installed differently. Was MFC71 a typo? That’s the Visual Stu
Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules
Keeping Wix users on the list... It's not clear to my why the 7.1 Dlls would be in use by Explorer unless you are installing them into a folder where Explorer is using them from, so you'll have to explain exactly where they are installed to. I don't know what your default is because the 71 modules can be directed most places. You don't have to use Orca to make them go into your app folder. The module retargetable folder can be set to your app folder. The VS 2005 merge modules are completely different, and have a different install paradigm. They are installed into the systems SxS folder and if you include (say) the VC80 merge module the corresponding policy merge module is also included. The VS runtime executable does things differently, but the end result is the same - a manifest that redirects clients to the current installed version. Phil Wilson From: fiordean dacian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 6:26 AM To: Wilson, Phil Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules Do you mean installing my app under System folder? Nope. As for the merge modules, they are installed into their default folder. If I have to install the 71 dlls into my app's folder, I need to modify them by hand using Orca, right? Actually MFC71 wasn't a typo, actually I need VC2003 stuff. I just mentioned VC2005 runtime since I saw on that blog a discussion about I don't know what policy_*.msm thing which btw isn't included with the VC2005 runtime. So forget that... Me either I don't know why this is happenning when repair. I was expecting those msm's not to install each time, but rather when not present. It looks like they are getting installed no matter. So that's why I was wondering if it's possible to condition their installation in Wix. Thanks, Dacian - Original Message From: "Wilson, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:40:53 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules Are you installing into the System folder? The 71 Dlls can be side by side, so you can install them into your application folder. Visual Studio 2005 support Dlls are SxS in the WinSxS folder - they're installed differently. Was MFC71 a typo? That's the Visual Studio 2003 MFC support, but elsewhere you're referring to 2005. I'm not sure what you're getting at with that "in case of a repair" - this is just at install time, right? Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fiordean dacian Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:07 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules Hi, I'm installing MFC71, CRT and STL merge modules together with my product. The problem I'm having is Windows Installer asks me to reboot at the end of the installation in case of a repair since some of those modules are held in use by Windows Explorer. At the installation, I don't have this problem. I assume is due to the way those merge modules are made. Is there a way to avoid this? I'm reading through blogs around Internet about policy_* merge modules (I don't really understand why do I need all those): http://msdn.technetweb3.orcsweb.com/astebner/archive/2007/02/13/building -an-msi-using-wix-v3-0-that-includes-the-vc-8-0-runtime-merge-modules.as px I downloaded VC 2005 SP1 redistributable package from Microsoft but it doesn't install anything of that type (ie policy_* merge module files). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4 A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en Any thoughts? Thanks, Dacian Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51732/*http:/overview.mail.yahoo.com/> Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51443/*http:/www.yahoo.com/r/hs> - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules
Are you installing into the System folder? The 71 Dlls can be side by side, so you can install them into your application folder. Visual Studio 2005 support Dlls are SxS in the WinSxS folder - they're installed differently. Was MFC71 a typo? That's the Visual Studio 2003 MFC support, but elsewhere you're referring to 2005. I'm not sure what you're getting at with that "in case of a repair" - this is just at install time, right? Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fiordean dacian Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:07 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules Hi, I'm installing MFC71, CRT and STL merge modules together with my product. The problem I'm having is Windows Installer asks me to reboot at the end of the installation in case of a repair since some of those modules are held in use by Windows Explorer. At the installation, I don't have this problem. I assume is due to the way those merge modules are made. Is there a way to avoid this? I'm reading through blogs around Internet about policy_* merge modules (I don't really understand why do I need all those): http://msdn.technetweb3.orcsweb.com/astebner/archive/2007/02/13/building -an-msi-using-wix-v3-0-that-includes-the-vc-8-0-runtime-merge-modules.as px I downloaded VC 2005 SP1 redistributable package from Microsoft but it doesn't install anything of that type (ie policy_* merge module files). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4 A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en Any thoughts? Thanks, Dacian Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51732/*http:/overview.mail.yahoo.com/> - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Conditional installation of merge modules
Hi, I'm installing MFC71, CRT and STL merge modules together with my product. The problem I'm having is Windows Installer asks me to reboot at the end of the installation in case of a repair since some of those modules are held in use by Windows Explorer. At the installation, I don't have this problem. I assume is due to the way those merge modules are made. Is there a way to avoid this? I'm reading through blogs around Internet about policy_* merge modules (I don't really understand why do I need all those): http://msdn.technetweb3.orcsweb.com/astebner/archive/2007/02/13/building-an-msi-using-wix-v3-0-that-includes-the-vc-8-0-runtime-merge-modules.aspx I downloaded VC 2005 SP1 redistributable package from Microsoft but it doesn't install anything of that type (ie policy_* merge module files). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en Any thoughts? Thanks, Dacian Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users