WIX GUID question

[Danny Mayer]

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
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asanka at gmail.com [mailto:asanka at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Asanka Herath
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:20 AM
> To: kpkoch at mit.edu; kfwdev at mit.edu
> Subject: Re: WIX GUID question
> 
> We don't include the runtime for that compiler the same way we include
> the runtime for earlier compilers.  If you scroll down towards the end
> of files.wxi, you'll see a section called  "<!-- Shared assembly
> runtime for VS 2005 -->", which is where the VS 2005 merge modules are
> incorporated into the installer.
> 
> The runtime libraries for VS 2005 are installed as shared assemblies
> using these redistributable merge modules.  You shouldn't need to
> include anything else.
> 
> - Asanka
> 
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Kevin Koch <kpkoch at mit.edu> wrote:
>> files.wxi does not have a <?ifdef CL1400?> section to install the MSVC
>>  redistributables.
>>
>>  To clone the redistributables from another section, where should the
> GUIDs come from?