I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but the Windows Installer team has been trying to deprecate Merge Modules almost ever since they created them.
If you don't have to distribute your merge modules to external customers, you should consider using WixLibs instead of Merge Modules. They are much easier to work with. ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cristian Libardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 7:31 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] ps:SnapIn Hi. I've been diving into the amazing world of wix and I just came to the point where I could use some help (newbie alert). We have a setup with two solutions. One that builds merge modules. The other that picks the previously generated msm:s and creates msi:s. My problem occurs when I use the <ps:SnapIn extension. It seems that certain registry values aren't bound as they should somewhere during the process. Using orca I can see that the Version key is "!(bind.assemblyVersion.MyAssembly.dll)" in both the intermediate msm and the final msi (that value is inserted in the registry when I install). I have tried Andy Burgess tips: http://ajbdeveloper.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-recently-tried-to-create-wix-msi.html I've also created a minimal wixproject with the same assembly and this works like a charm. And an excerpt from the wxs file: ... <Directory Id="Tools" Name="Tools" FileSource="$(var.AssemblyRootPath)\$(var.Configuration)\"> <Component Id="MyAssembly.dll" Guid="..."> <File Id="MyAssembly.dll" Name="MyAssembly.dll" Assembly=".net" KeyPath="yes"> <ps:SnapIn Id="MyAssembly.SnapIn" Description="Installer Cmdlets" Vendor="..." /> </File> </Component> </Directory> ... Any ideas on what might be the culprit? I noticed that the minimal project defines a <wix><product...> while the complete one defines a <wix><module...>. At what stage is the version information supposed to be bound? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
