Re: [WiX-users] Migrating merge modules to Wix

David Ruddock wrote: > 1) I wonder if anyone can shed any light on the above issue (is it > simply an issue with VS2005 - for which there is no WiX workaround) I can't explain why that happens -- but the general fix is to have a "version moat" where you break backward compatibility and don't sup

Re: [WiX-users] Migrating merge modules to Wix

Hi Bob - thanks for that help. I reverted back to using the same Visual Studio MSM for the WiX installers for this shared COM component (hoping that it would help). Unfortunately it seems that this behaviour (un-installing the VS MSI breaking the COM registration of the shared COM component used b

Re: [WiX-users] Migrating merge modules to Wix

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One issue I haven't quite worked out is about migrating shared merge > modules to wix. I've been using the same component guids as the previous > VS2005 used (i.e. so that the componentIds match), but the shared COM > components are now registered differently (using the r

[WiX-users] Migrating merge modules to Wix

Hi wix-users, I've been looking into migrating as set of Visual Studio MSIs and MSMs to WiX (v2). On the whole things are are going swimmingly! One issue I haven't quite worked out is about migrating shared merge modules to wix. I've been using the same component guids as the previous VS2005 used