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64 bit installations


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jam

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Posted 25 March 2002 - 17:35

Has anyone created a 64 bit installation using the basic MSI project?  I was just wondering how people are handling 32/64 bit installations for the same product.  Would it be easier to have one project for both installations or would it be better to keep seperate installations for 32 vs. 64 bit platforms.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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jekleni

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Posted 27 December 2002 - 11:59

Probably doesn't help to original poster, but someone else might use that:

Our applicaion ships in English only, and thus we mark 32- and 64-bit components using **language** schemes (say, Arabic(A) and Arabic(B)). Then we include Arabic(A) to Release flags for 32-bit and Arabic(B) for 64-bit, and that's it!

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jcorne4265

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Posted 31 January 2003 - 20:19

Setting the release flags work if the application you are installing are only 32bit. If there is one 64 bit application, Microsoft says "For applications that must consist of 32- and 64-bit code, the installer must be 64-bit code". Microsoft also mentions "Note that the 64-bit Windows Installer can seamlessly install 32-bit MSI-based applications on 64-bit Windows."

Also if you define one of your components to be 64bit, you must define your "Template Summary" to Intel64. The template summary does NOT support both Intel and Intel64 to be defined for the same project. Therefore, you must have two projects for your product.