Moving to the latest runtime version means a couple days work rebuilding/redistributing our 3rd-party tools. That's about the only reason.
Given a particular .msm file, how does one "inspect" the file, to determine the version in particular? -----Original Message----- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 3:38 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to use a particular version of runtime merge modules? 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
