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10-06-2011, 12:50 AM
In the Microsoft Tablet SDK there are some redistributables that are in
..MSM (Microsoft Merge modules). How to I get those included in my SB
project for installation on a customer machine?

Thanks,
Tony
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10-06-2011, 12:51 AM
Tony,

> In the Microsoft Tablet SDK there are some redistributables that are in
> ..MSM (Microsoft Merge modules). How to I get those included in my SB
> project for installation on a customer machine?

"Merge Modules" are a feature provided by the Microsoft Windows Installer
MSI technology which enables the encapsulation of a component or set of
related components and their resources, and the subsequent "merging" of this
module with install packages which require the component or component-set.

You have to find a way to convert the .msm to a .msi and then you can call
it from your .exe setup.

Friedrich
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10-06-2011, 12:51 AM
BTW, MSMs are not "installable". Only the resulting .msi is.

Friedrich
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10-06-2011, 12:51 AM
Friedrich.

Ok, thanks.

Tony
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10-07-2011, 01:00 AM
Tony,

>
> Ok, thanks.

Do you have a download link to your .msm files or can you upload the files?
We have a MSM converter for SetupBuilder (not part of the official SB
distribution yet) so perhaps we can do something here.

Friedrich
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10-07-2011, 01:00 AM
> Do you have a download link to your .msm files or can you upload the files?
> We have a MSM converter for SetupBuilder (not part of the official SB
> distribution yet) so perhaps we can do something here.

Our guy that has Visual Studio got it done for me. If you want some for
testing I got them from the tablet SDK:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?DisplayLang=en&id=
20039

Tony
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10-07-2011, 01:01 AM
Hi Tony,

> Our guy that has Visual Studio got it done for me. If you want some for
> testing I got them from the tablet SDK:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?DisplayLang=en&id=
> 20039

Yes, no problem. The included merge modules are very simple (not even
configurable .MSMs) and our converter can compile them into .msi
redistributables.

We plan to make that feature available in a future build.

Friedrich