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[Galina]

Hi,

I use InstallShield 11.5.

My product requires Visual C++ 8.0 merge module for
msvcr80.dll 8.0.50608.0 Microsoft Visual C++ run-time libraries
msvcp80.dll 8.0.50608.0 Microsoft Visual C++ run-time libraries
msvcm80.dll 8.0.50608.0 Microsoft Visual C++ run-time libraries, etc...

Wher I can find such module?

Thanks a lot,
Galina

[saybo]

From what I've read, Microsoft is discouraging the old practice of giving the end-user all the libraries, whether they need them or not. They want developers to only give them out individually. If you look in your merge modules in Installshield, you should see them all separately (run an update if you don't).

You can also get the redistributable package (vcredist_x86.exe) which I believe includes them all, and run it as a pre-req. You can find it in your Visual Studio files, or on Microsoft's download site.

---saybo

[Galina]

I just know that InstallShield 12 has Visual C++ 8.0 merge modules.
Macrovision supports InstallShield 11.5. They should probably have these modules for InstallShield 11.5.
I need to create a merhe module for my program and include Visual C++ 8.0. I would prefer not to run executables from my merge module (like vcredist_x86.exe).

Thanks,
Galina

[Stefan Krueger]

I think they will be installed by Visual Studio 2005, and may also be available for download from Microsoft.

[Galina]

Thanks a lot,

I found them in c:\Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules on a computer which has Visual Studio 2005

[rajkulkarni]

Microsoft issued a new Visual Studio 2005 C++ redistributable in early April. Does this affect the merge modules? Would they be up to date?

[Stefan Krueger]

I'm not sure, you would have to compare the msm files. Previous security updates for VS 2005 did update the merge modules and did cause problems because of this. See my blog post of Sep 12, 2009: Microsoft's recent Security Updates for Visual Studio break Windows Installer Updates