Re: [WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs

2007-10-24 Thread Adam Majer
Wilson, Phil wrote: > That's correct, Vista uses the same SxS model with Fusion to install the > C++ runtimes as GAC installation, so the runtimes aren't available until > after InstallFinalize. Solution: * Install merge module if (VersionNT < 600) OR Version9X . In other words, install the m

Re: [WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs

2007-10-24 Thread Wilson, Phil
Majer Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:55 AM Cc: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs Richard wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> How can I structure this such that the merge modul

Re: [WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs

2007-10-24 Thread Chad Petersen
--Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Majer Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:48 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs Bob Arnson wrote: > Adam Majer wrote: >> How c

Re: [WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs

2007-10-24 Thread Adam Majer
Richard wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> How can I structure this such that the merge module is installed >> completely prior to installing the component? > > In addition to what Bob Arnson said, check your install execute > sequence and

Re: [WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs

2007-10-24 Thread Adam Majer
Bob Arnson wrote: > Adam Majer wrote: >> How can I structure this such that the merge module is installed >> completely prior to installing the component? >> > > That's not how Windows Installer works: Merge modules lose their > identity when merged, so they're just a bunch of components in the

Re: [WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs

2007-10-24 Thread Richard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I structure this such that the merge module is installed > completely prior to installing the component? In addition to what Bob Arnson said, check your install execute sequence and look at the relative orderin

Re: [WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs

2007-10-24 Thread Bob Arnson
Adam Majer wrote: > How can I structure this such that the merge module is installed > completely prior to installing the component? > That's not how Windows Installer works: Merge modules lose their identity when merged, so they're just a bunch of components in the .msi. Then, each resource

[WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs

2007-10-23 Thread Adam Majer
Hi all, I want to install a service, but the service needs a runtime installed first to be able to run. More importantly, the C runtime. My current setup is, This results in the component installed prior to the runtime or at least the runtime being unavailable before the component is in