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[BSS]

I am creating a MSI project and adding merge modules to it. But these merge modules have other modules as its dependencies. For example M1 is dependent on M2. M2 sits in some root directory and M1 in targetDir. Is it possilbe to make M2 to install in the same dir as M1.

Thanks

[Stefan Krueger]

When you create the module you can specify the destination folder. You could also make the module retargettable. Or you can set the merge module's destination path (like INSTALLDIR.module-guid) to the desired path.

[chrpai]

When you add a module to InstallShield, InstallShield prompts you to associate the retargetable folder to a folder know by the InstallShield product. But you are correct, this has no effect on the remaining modules that are brought in as dependencies of the one you just added. I only know of two ways to handle this:

1) Don't have dependant modules. Have all modules directly referenced by the ISMergeModule table.

2) Do a "postbuild hack" where instead of associating the diretory tables in InstallShield you do an update on the Directory table post build and say set the Parent Directory to INSTALLDIR where DefaultDir = ".:Module Retarget......." You will also need to have an MSI SetProperty CA ( Type 51 ) sequenced after InstallInitialize to set TARGETDIR = INSTALLDIR so that any registry table entries and/or CustomActionData entries will point to the "correct" directory table entry.

Also beware, there is a bug in Visual Studio 2005 merge modules that I inquired about in another thread that no one ever replied to.

[grisdeya]

Setup installs an application that uses a reference to Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2,5 Library in a modulate .bas (sax BASIC). I add to setup MDAC25.msm (is it correct??) and anyway could not be added. ...

Somebody knows the reason? pleasee..

[Stefan Krueger]

grisdeya: there's no need to use large colored font. Instead of posting your quetion in multiple, unrelated threads, I suggest you start a new topic for your question.

As far as I know MDAC is unrelated to Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects.