mergemodule

WiX and shared, versioned components

This has to be a common need yet I find hardly ANY references to it on the web... I've got a product that has three sets of components, one installed on the server, one on the web head, and one on the developer's machine. All three sets could be installed on one machine and should peacefully coexist. As I had it yesterday, each compon...

Deploy merge modules to clients

I need to deploy some Crystal Reports XI .dlls (craxdrt.dll, crviewer.dll) to client computers. Craxdrt.dll has many dependencies. I found out that the easiest way to go about this is to use the supplied merge modules. Having always relied on ClikOnce deployment I am at a total loss how to do this. If it matters: the .exe is written in ...

How to create a pre .Net installer .msi file from .msm merge modules?

I have some .msm merge modules (for Crystal Reports if you must know) that I want to convert to one single .msi installer package. I can do this with a Visual Studio setup project, but then I cannot avoid a requirement for .Net being included in the package. Is there a workaround in Visual Studio (2008/2010)? Are there any free third ...

Is there a way to detect a setup version from a product ?

so, here is the situation here. I have 2 asp.net websites + some winform applications that are installed with a setup. They are all represented as merge modules into the setup project. Currently when we want to update the global version of the application we must update all versions into asp.net websites and stuff. I know it is possibl...