Merge modules only provide components to a parent installer. If the overall installer doesn't work, you need to analyze the final output to work out why.
I suggest getting hold of WiX v3 and using the smoke utility to run Windows Installer validation on the resulting installer, and indeed on the merge modules themselves. Alternatively you can use Orca from the Platform SDK. An optimization of WiX outputs is that they only include the tables that were actually referenced and which Windows Installer actually requires. It's possible that InstallShield was relying on some table being present that wasn't. Please let us know the build number of WiX v2 that you used to build the merge modules. There might have been an issue that was corrected in a later build. Windows Installer 3.x mainly addressed patch sequencing IIRC, which should not affect a first install or major upgrade at all. -- Mike Dimmick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andre Nelson Sent: 05 June 2007 17:18 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix MergeModules not installing under Win Installer 3.x Hey, I have an Installshield 12 project that is using Wix (v2) Merge Modules. When I install the Windows Installer 3.x engine, my Wix Merge Modules do not install. When I remove the Windows Installer 3.x engine, my Wix Merge Modules install completely fine. Is there something I'm missing? I thought installers/merge modules just needed a minimum installer engine level. Is there something with the 3.x engine that has broken backwards compat? (Note: This only affects the merge modules, the non-Wix project still installs fine either way.) - Andre Nelson Frontier Science: QA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
