Visual Studio 6.0 SP6 merge modules are downloadable from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=f9d19334-61ec-48cf- bb4e-3aec65edd50b&displaylang=en. Note the bugs listed at http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/bugs_msi.htm#wimsm (scroll down past the extremely well documented bugs in the withdrawn MSDE merge modules) and fix them with Orca.
That said, the VB 6.0 runtime is under Windows File Protection on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and I believe also on Windows Vista, so if you're only targetting those systems you can omit it. You should always use a merge module if one is available to ensure that you have the same definition of the components owning specific resources. If you don't, you can end up breaking the component rules - see Rob's blog post "Component Rules 101" for things that can happen if you do. You can just about get away with breaking the rules for your private components, if your upgrade removes the old version of your product, but you really can't for shared ones. -- Mike Dimmick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Leigh Sent: 14 March 2007 09:55 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM registration[Scanned] I'm guessing that Jacquet's app is written in VB6 and probably uses some DLLs that Microsoft provide. In which case, the files probably should go in system32, as they may already be installed... I'm in a similar situation - preparing to write my first WiX install, for a VB6 app. I'm guessing there's an msm out there somewhere to install the VB runtime files? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Hamflett Sent: 14 March 2007 09:40 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM registration[Scanned] Is the DLL shared just between your products or with other parts of the system? You're not really meant to put things in the system32 folder. Rob Jacquet Fabian wrote: > Hi, > > > > I'm a new user of wix. I'm trying to convert a setup made with "Package > and Deployment Wizard" of visual studio 6. > > > > This setup use some self register dll and some shared dll wich are in > the system32 directory. > > > > Currently, I'm using tallow to generate registry keys of self register dll. > > And I just copy shared dll in the system32 directory. > > > > But I'm not sure if it's the best way to install those components. Could > you help me? > > > > Thank you. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
