Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

stopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 4:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package If Mergemod is such a irreplaceable black box, why does the MS

Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

er, 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 Fri, 4/24/09, Rob Mensching wrote: > From: Rob Mensching > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi packag

Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

Database.Merge is to merge two MSI files together not to "do the merge process for a Merge Module". There is a collection of other interfaces for doing that not sure that DTF exposes it but you can see the WiX toolset does it. Frank Neumann wrote: > Christopher, > > you perfectly described

Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

WiX toolset uses COM interop to talk to mergemod.dll. Richard wrote: > In article > <139942f2536b7c4fbde6b44132f80c84286210a...@na-exmsg-c111.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>, > Jason Ginchereau writes: > > >> The real logic for merging merge modules is in mergemod.dll, which DTF >> does n ot

Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

In article <139942f2536b7c4fbde6b44132f80c84286210a...@na-exmsg-c111.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>, Jason Ginchereau writes: > The real logic for merging merge modules is in mergemod.dll, which DTF > does n ot attempt to use or expose. So I would not recommend using DTF for > this purpos e,

Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

Christopher, you perfectly described the situation: Using WiX is not an option because the MSIs/MSMs I have to deal with, are provided by a third party. In addition the merge action should be automated because it has to be done again when new releases are available. InstallShield would do the

Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

ple code for doing that in C#. -Jason- -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:07 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge modul

Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

DTF is meant for creating build automation / installer authoring tools also. My guess is he has an MSI that wasn't built using WiX and he'd like to use DTF to merge a module (perhaps built using WiX, perhaps not ) into the database. DTF's Database class has a merge method to handle this. Yo

Re: [WiX-users] Using DTF to merge a merge module into an msi package

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