Hi Phil, there was a ongoing discussion about the topic and think somebody used another subject and therefore googlemail started a new "thread". There is some additional information.
Regarding the VCredist I think that could be an alternative option to the merge modules as stated in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235316.aspx . The ongoing discussion in the Follow-Up thread includes some statements about both ways (Merge modules and VCRedist.exe). Uninstall: When installing the VCredist I don't care about uninstall and leave it installed like I think all vendors do. Think there exists also a comment in appwiz.cpl in one of the columns not to uninstall it. It just stays permanent as these installers have no "shared counter" concept. Same do other vendors like e.g. Microsoft (Visual Studio as example) do it with parts of their applications as uninstall might become too complex... Regards, Tobias 2011/4/29 Francisco Gabriel Malbrán <fgmalb...@gmail.com>: > Thanks Phil & Tobias. > I've followed Phil advice and checked out the WinSxS folder. There the > installer modified as recommended in the WiX 3.5 documentation does create > files that seem related to VC++ redistributable. > I actually took an empty VM without the redistributable and installed the > app. The code that depended con the redistributable seemed to run well. > > Tobias, Why you say I need to consider using the .exe installer? So that it > would do a "clean install" of the redistributable? Also I believe there > could be some trouble handling uninstall since it would be hard to determine > whether the redistributable should be uninstalled too (and in that case, we > would need to make some magic to uninstall it right?) > > Thanks both for your time and advice. > > Francisco > > > 2011/4/28 Tobias S <tobias.s1...@gmail.com> > >> Maybe you should consider to use the VCRedist installer instead of the >> merge module. >> >> Actually that's not the recommended way as you e.g. have to run an >> installer in InstallUI sequence but it works (saw it also e.g. in >> OpenOffice installer). The recommended way for installing the VCRedist >> installer would be using it in a bootstrapper app. >> >> If you want to go the "unofficial" way with InstallUI maybe following >> snippets help and can be modified easily for other VCRedist.exes: >> >> 2008 SP1 x86 vcredist_x86.exe: >> <!-- Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 x86 Redistributable (9.0.30729) --> >> <Property Id="VC2008SP1REDIST_X86" Secure="yes"> >> <RegistrySearch Id="VC2008SP1REDIST_X86Value" Root="HKLM" >> >> Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9A25302D-30C0-39D9-BD6F-21E6EC160475}" >> Name="Publisher" Type="raw" Win64="no" /> >> </Property> >> <CustomAction Id="Install_2008SP1VCredist.x86" Impersonate="yes" >> Return="check" Execute="immediate" BinaryKey="vc2008SP1Redist_x86.exe" >> ExeCommand="/qb"/> >> <Binary Id="vc2008SP1Redist_x86.exe" >> SourceFile="$(sys.SOURCEFILEDIR)\vcredist_x86.exe"/> >> <InstallUISequence> >> <Custom Action="Install_2008SP1VCredist.x86" >> After="ProgressDlg">Not Installed And Not VC2008SP1REDIST_X86</Custom> >> </InstallUISequence> >> >> or for 2010 SP1 x86 vcredist_x86.exe as it cannot be installed anymore >> side by side as 2005 and 2008 VCRedists: >> <!-- Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable (10.0.40219) --> >> <!-- FindRelatedProducts is used to detect if a VCREdist 2010 x86 >> with the given version is already installed --> >> <Upgrade Id='{1F4F1D2A-D9DA-32CF-9909-48485DA06DD5}'> >> <UpgradeVersion >> OnlyDetect='yes' >> Property='VC2010SP1REDIST_X86' >> Minimum='10.0.40219' >> IncludeMinimum='yes'/> >> </Upgrade> >> <CustomAction Id="Install_2010SP1VCredist.x86" Impersonate="yes" >> Return="check" Execute="immediate" BinaryKey="vc2010SP1Redist_x86.exe" >> ExeCommand="/passive /norestart"/> >> <Binary Id="vc2010SP1Redist_x86.exe" >> SourceFile="$(sys.SOURCEFILEDIR)\vcredist_x86.exe"/> >> <InstallUISequence> >> <Custom Action="Install_2010SP1VCredist.x86" >> After="ProgressDlg">Not Installed And Not VC2010SP1REDIST_X86</Custom> >> </InstallUISequence> >> >> >> >> 2011/4/27 Wilson, Phil <phil.wil...@invensys.com>: >> > A merge module is merged into your MSI and becomes part of it, so you'll >> never find any evidence of VC runtime in Add/Remove Programs. If the VC++ >> files are already installed then yours won't be, perhaps subject to file >> version replacement rules, but if it's in the WinSxS folder you may see >> multiple version of the VC++ files. >> > >> > I'm not sure that there are any registry entries for the VC files. You >> could install with a verbose log and see what happens to the VC++ files, and >> look in Windows\WinSxS for new files. And is that feature really being >> installed? I also don't think the files will actually go into TARGETDIR >> from meerge modules, just in case you were looking there. >> > >> > Phil Wilson >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Francisco Gabriel Malbrán [mailto:fgmalb...@gmail.com] >> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:48 AM >> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> > Subject: [WiX-users] VC++ reditributable questions >> > >> > Hello. >> > >> > First: the context: WiX v3.5, Windows 7 Enterprise >> > >> > I'm intending to install the VC++ 9.0 redistributable from it's msm as >> > described in WiX's official documentation page [0] >> > Yet, even when my msi size augments in the same size as the msm and I can >> > see with Orca entrances related to the msm, I think it does not get >> > installed. >> > >> > What I've done in my code is: >> > <!-- VC++ redistributable dependence --> >> > <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR"> >> > <Merge Id="VCRedist" >> > SourceFile="$(var.DependencesDir)Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86.msm" DiskId="1" >> > Language="0"/> >> > </DirectoryRef> >> > >> > <Feature Id="VCRedist" Title="Visual C++ 9.0 Runtime" AllowAdvertise="no" >> > Display="hidden" Level="1"> >> > <MergeRef Id="VCRedist"/> >> > </Feature> >> > >> > The code compiles and throws some warnings as expected and detailed in >> the >> > documentation. It does however, throw some other errors[1] but I've >> searched >> > the web and found that these are also expected from using mergemod.dll[2] >> > >> > Whenever installing, however, I can't find any evidence that the VC++ >> > redistributable package has been installed. I don't find it in Add/Remove >> > programs. I don't find registry keys associated with it. Etc. >> > 1. Is this the correct way to check? >> > 2. What can I do if in fact, the package is not being installed? (I need >> > some hint on where to look now) >> > >> > Thanks in advance. >> > >> > [0] >> > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/install_vcredist.htm >> > >> > [1] >> > light.exe(0,0): warning LGHT1076: ICE82: This action >> > >> SystemFolder.21022.08.Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86.RTM.0138F525_6C8A_333F_A105_14AE030B9A54 >> > has duplicate sequence number 2 in the table InstallUISequence >> > 1>light.exe(0,0): warning LGHT1076: ICE82: This action >> > >> SystemFolder.21022.08.Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86.RTM.0138F525_6C8A_333F_A105_14AE030B9A54 >> > has duplicate sequence number 2 in the table AdminUISequence >> > 1>light.exe(0,0): warning LGHT1076: ICE82: This action >> > >> SystemFolder.21022.08.Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86.RTM.0138F525_6C8A_333F_A105_14AE030B9A54 >> > has duplicate sequence number 2 in the table AdvtExecuteSequence >> > >> > [2] >> > >> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/ICE82-Warnings-from-duplicate-sequence-number-created-from-lt-Directory-gt-elements-using-Merge-Modus-td687752.html >> > Particularly: >> > *Duplicate* *sequence* *numbers* are not a problem as long as you don't >> > need *the* >> > order of *the* CustomActions to be consistent. *These* type 51 >> > CustomActions' >> > order relative to each other shouldn't be important. >> > >> > Also, this is not a light.exe issue. *The* behavior you are seeing is >> from >> > mergemod.dll provided by *the* Windows *Installer* SDK. >> > >> > -- >> > Francisco >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software >> > The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network >> > management toolset available today. 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