No, not trying to say that... I was thinking that you might be able to resolve the issue with a type 35 custom action. Couldn't figure out how to do this though, but did find another solution :)
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:25 AM, John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) <john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > On a similar, but related note... Sascha, are you saying that you can have > multiple target directories for a merge module? I thought you could only > have the one merge reference path... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:16 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Another merge module problem > > In that case I would guess you need to configure the merge module to > place the 64-bit components in a location specified by whoever is > consuming the module - I'm not sure how you'd do that in WiX > unfortunately... > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:18 PM, John Aldridge <j...@jjdash.demon.co.uk> > wrote: >> I've just tried that, and it doesn't work. The error message goes away, >> and the 32 bit component is correctly installed to CommonFilesFolder, >> but the 64 bit component from the merge module is dropped into D:\ (the >> drive with the most free space), rather than being put into >> ProgramFiles64Folder. >> >> Thank you for the suggestion, though. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> John >> >> On 14/12/2009 22:51, Sascha Beaumont wrote: >>> I came across an almost identical problem last week :) I'm guessing >>> it's because your merge module is defined as a subcomponent of a >>> 64-bit folder >>> >>>> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >>>> <Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder"> >>>> <Merge Id="wmm" Language="0" DiskId="1" >>>> SourceFile="$(var.WixMergeModule1.TargetPath)" /> >>>> </Directory> >>>> </Directory> >>> >>> Try this instead: >>> >>> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >>> <Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder" /> >>> <Merge Id="wmm" Language="0" DiskId="1" >>> SourceFile="$(var.WixMergeModule1.TargetPath)" /> >>> </Directory> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Sascha >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:16 AM, John Aldridge<j...@jjdash.demon.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>>> I want to have an (x64) merge module which installs some 64 bit files to >>>> MergeRedirectFolder, and some 32 bit files to the 32 bit >>>> CommonFilesFolder. My (simplified) merge module wxs is... >>>> >>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >>>>> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> >>>>> <Module Id="WixMergeModule1" Language="0" Version="1.0.0.0"> >>>>> <Package Id="e2ff78a9-bb72-4a5f-a259-16a004f2bfdf" >>>>> Manufacturer="WixMergeModule1" InstallerVersion="200" /> >>>>> >>>>> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >>>>> >>>>> <Directory Id="MergeRedirectFolder"> >>>>> <Component Id="isicor11.dll.64" >>>>> Guid="{7BA1C1B7-0E5D-4c0a-BE4E-B3F8F42C3FF8}" Win64="yes"> >>>>> <File Id="isicor11.dll.64" >>>>> Source="e:\trunk\software\bin\Release.x64\isicor11.dll"/> >>>>> </Component> >>>>> </Directory> >>>>> >>>>> <Directory Id="CommonFilesFolder"> >>>>> <Component Id="isicor11.dll.32" >>>>> Guid="{FFA0AA9D-7DB0-41fd-BE32-A2EF3482AA5D}" Win64="no"> >>>>> <File Id="isicor11.dll.32" >>>>> Source="e:\trunk\software\bin\Release.Win32\isicor11.dll"/> >>>>> </Component> >>>>> </Directory> >>>>> >>>>> </Directory> >>>>> </Module> >>>>> </Wix> >>>> >>>> and the installer which uses it is >>>> >>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >>>>> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> >>>>> <Product Id="51db34a7-d1e0-4926-9c95-593427344f21" >>>>> Name="WixProject1" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" >>>>> Manufacturer="WixProject1" >>>>> UpgradeCode="9ef11165-1ce4-4abe-9894-0c264f1a2387"> >>>>> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> >>>>> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> >>>>> >>>>> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >>>>> <Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder"> >>>>> <Merge Id="wmm" Language="0" DiskId="1" >>>>> SourceFile="$(var.WixMergeModule1.TargetPath)" /> >>>>> </Directory> >>>>> </Directory> >>>>> >>>>> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="WixProject1" Level="1"> >>>>> <MergeRef Id="wmm" /> >>>>> </Feature> >>>>> </Product> >>>>> </Wix> >>>> >>>> unfortunately this results in the error message >>>> >>>> light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0204: ICE80: This 32BitComponent >>>> isicor11.dll.32.E2FF78A9_BB72_4A5F_A259_16A004F2BFDF uses 64BitDirectory >>>> CommonFilesFolder.E2FF78A9_BB72_4A5F_A259_16A004F2BFDF >>>> >>>> Why does light think CommonFilesFolder is a 64 bit directory? >>>> >>>> How can I achieve what I want to do? 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