WIX GUID question

[Jeffrey Altman]

Kevin:

As was stated previously, the NSIS install would bundle vcredist_x86.exe
and execute it. 

The MSI (WIX) installer would use the merge modules.

Jeffrey Altman


Kevin Koch wrote:
> The IFDEF CL_1400 sections of kfw-fixed.nsi try to copy the DLLs from
> SYSTEMDIR instead of from c:\WINDOWS\WinSxS, where they actually are.
>
> I'm curious why NSIS can't run vcredist_x86?
>
> Kevin 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Altman [mailto:jaltman at secure-endpoints.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:20 PM
> To: mayer at ntp.isc.org
> Cc: Kevin Koch; kfwdev at mit.edu
> Subject: Re: WIX GUID question
>
> 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.
>
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