Have you used fuslogvw (the fusion log viewer) to try to see what's going on, or the sxstrace tool?
I'd recommend looking at the output of sxstrace and/or fuslogvw to see what's happening. I'm pretty sure it'll be enlightening. Kelly Christopher Painter <chr...@deploymentengineering.com> 06/07/2010 04:05 PM Please respond to "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> To wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net cc Subject [WiX-users] C++ Dependency Help I have a C++ dependency issue that I'm trying to figure out. A.DLL depends on: ( compiled by us using VS2008 ) MSCOREE.dll KERNEL32.dll MSVCM90.DLL 9.0.21022.8 MSVCR90.dll 9.0.21022.8 MSVCP90.dll 9.0.21022.8 B.DLL B.DLL depends on: ( compiled by third party using VS2005 ) WS2_32.dll KERNEL32.dll MSVCR80.dll 8.0.50727.4053 MSVCP80.dll 8.0.50727.4053 In my installer I'm currently using the microsoft merge modules to deploy the c/c++ 8/9 dll's to winsxs. Here's where it get's interesting: If I open B.DLL in depends it resolves all DLL's. If I open A.DLL in depends it resolves A's dependencies but for B it says that it can't find the MSVCR80 or MSVCP80. If I copy these two DLL's into the application directory it finds them ( even if it's the wrong version ). I have a hunch what's going on here but I'd really hope that someone who really understands it could lead me to enlightenment and best practices for this type of problem. Thanks, Chris Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ************************************************************************************** This communication is intended solely for the addressee and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Unless indicated to the contrary: it does not constitute professional advice or opinions upon which reliance may be made by the addressee or any other party, and it should be considered to be a work in progress. Unless otherwise noted in this email or its attachments, this communication does not form a Statement of Actuarial Opinion under American Academy of Actuaries guidelines. ************************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users