Scott Palmer wrote: > I've only used merge modules to install shared components like the VC8 > runtime. I assume that merge modules would update all products in the > case of machine-wide shared components like that.
Patches target specific products so they can't be used to let Microsoft, for example, ship a patch to the VC runtime that updates all products that use them. The files themselves might get updated but the products won't so you can end up in an inconsistent state after a repair, for example. > I was under the impression that MSI was supposed to fill that role, > and then I found out after I was in too deep that MS or MS' > inconsistent use of MSI (and various other installer "rules") falls > short of the mark. The rules are fairly simple: Use MSI for everything that isn't an OS component. > Which suggests that WiX should probably fail if a checkbox control is > used without setting a CheckBoxValue attribute. Please file a feature request so we don't lose it. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
