WIX GUID question

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Wed Apr 2 22:48:24 EDT 2008


Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> Danny Mayer wrote:
>> Kevin Koch wrote:
>>> When I install from the .msi or .exe on a bare XP SP2 VM, msvc*80*.* 
>>> are not
>>> installed.  Where/how is CL1400 / CL_1400 supposed to be defined?
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>
>> You ship the redistributable vcredist_x86.exe which the client needs 
>> to install. Your installer can just run it.
>>
>> Danny
> That is how the NSIS installer would do it but not the MSI.  For the MSI 
> we use merge modules.

MSI is one of the most disgustingly slow installers that I've ever had 
to deal with particularly Microsoft's usage of it for its products.

Danny



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