Most likely the VC100 Merge Module changed and no longer support doing what was done in VC90. We didn't purposely change the WiX toolset to block it.
If you run with the -notidy switch to light (I think that's the name) there should be a log file somewhere under %TEMP% that will show the mergemod.dll operations and point to the exact error. Can you share that? On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Gareth <gmor...@serif.com> wrote: > > Bob Arnson-6 wrote > > > >> then how can a 64-bit operating system interogate a bespoke file format > >> in > >> order to draw a thumbnail preview when it is installed as part of a > >> 32-bit > >> package? > > It can't. That requires a 64-bit package, as I said. The rules are that > > a 32-bit package can contain only 32-bit components but a 64-bit package > > can contain both 64-bit and 32-bit components. > > > > Yes it can. Perhaps you shouldn't, but I have included 64-bit VC90 merge > modules and a 64-bit dll in a 32-bit package for the sole purpose of the > operating system being able to interogate our bespoke file format and draw > thumbnails in Explorer when the 32-bit package is installed on a 64-bit OS. > > Do you believe then that the light.exe error is deliberate to prevent this > being possible for the VC100 merge modules or that the VC100 merge modules > have been written differently to the VC90 merge modules to similarly > prevent > people from merging them into the same MSI? > > Cheers, G > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/light-exe-error-when-merging-VC100-merge-modules-for-both-x86-and-x64-tp7539587p7578799.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
