Well it's a pretty long conversation about the pitfalls of merge modules and concurrent installs when it comes to component servicing during upgrade scenarios..... basically I tend to chain my prereqs rather then consume merge modules whenever possible.
checkout.... msxml.msi @ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3144B72B-B4F2-46DA-B4B6-C5D7485F2B42&displaylang=en Now in InstallShield this is easy, in WiX it's harder because the work Bob talks about in his blog ( http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/06/21/wix-burn-volume-1-layers/ ) isn't complete yet. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Thu, 7/10/08, Scott Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Scott Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: MSXML4 SP1 merge module error > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "General discussion for Windows Installer XML > toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 2:54 PM > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Christopher Painter < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I know this won't directly answer your question, > but any chance you could > > just switch to .NET? You could create a > ComVisible(true) class that deals > > with your XML/SOAP issues and exposes it to your > unmanaged code. > > > > The reason I mention this is MSFT retired the SOAP SDK > several years ago > > and a lot of the merge modules that Microsoft has put > out over the years > > aren't all that great. > > > > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering > Blog > > > > If that's what it takes we'll just do it in Java. > We already have a large > chunk of Java code in the project, and similar SOAP calls > are already > happening on the Java side. One bit of native code needed > to do this SOAP > call though, and it just didn't make sense to start up > the JVM for this. > Normally the calls are going in the other direction Java > ->native, but this > code can run independent of the Java front-end so it gets > complicated. > > Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
