You may also consider installing the policy redistributable merge module. Although WiX's documentation says you probably shouldn't need it, it does not say that you will *definitely* not need it. I haven't found much information on the policy merge module, but enough to know that it basically serves the purpose of redirection when a different (lower) version of the redistributable is asked for and you happen not to have exactly that one.
People in the list will probably know more on the subject, but I just wanted to pointed out. Regards 2011/5/18 Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com> > Make sure the machine you build your package on has that version of Visual > Studio installed & it will have the corresponding merge modules in the > Common Files area then just link them as usual. > Visual Studio installs the same version of merge modules as itself. It > doesn't keep a repository of previous versions or anything. > However you would probably be better off submitting the specific version of > the runtime merge modules to your source control & then linking them into > your package from there. If your binaries are built on one machine & your > package on another you may find they get out of sync due to Windows Updates > & your app then fails to launch after installation with a Side-by-Side error > (someone posted this exact same issue not too long ago). If updates to your > machines are controlled by your company using WSUS or something similar & > you can be 100% sure no one will approve any Visual Studio 2008 updates > which will change that version then you could live with the ones in Common > Files but personally I wouldn't risk it. > > Any reason why you need to stick to a specific version? Most up to date > version as of last month is 9.0.30729.5570 as far as I can see which > resolves some pretty major security exploits. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment Engineer > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > > http://www.iesve.com > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow > G20 0SP > Email Disclaimer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] > Sent: 18 May 2011 03:22 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] How to use a particular version of runtime > mergemodules? > > > All of our software - both 3rd-party and in-house - is built against a > particular version of the VS/VC runtimes - specifically "9.0.30729.4148". > > How does one utilize merge modules in Wix sources using a particular > manifest/version of the VS/VC runtimes? > > Thanks, > Eric. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! > Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its > next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran > developers boost performance applications - including clusters. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! > Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its > next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran > developers boost performance applications - including clusters. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
