Our application needs "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1" - Link#1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en
We deploy both EXE and MSI. In EXE which is a bootstrapper, we check registry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DevDiv\VC\Servicing\9.0\SP". Based on its value, we can install the package or not. For MSI, however, I don't know what to do. My question is, 1. Should I just check the registry and give warning message if VC9.0 isn't found? 2. From http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/install_vcredist.htm, I know I can include VC9.0 merge module. Should I include the merge module? #1 is simple, but it's not very good. #2 is good. But I realized that "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86.msm" just 589KB. However, "vcredist_x86.exe"(downloaded from Link#1) is 4119KB. Are they the same thing? If they are the same, why the file sizes are so different? Thanks in advance. /Brian __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
