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Superfreak3

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Posted 23 August 2010 - 18:38

Hi All,

Here's my latest scenario/predicament...

We have a 32 bit installation that now has to install some 64 bit parts. I don't have a problem there as the pieces are placed properly based on architecture.

Now, one of these 64 bit pieces is a third party PDF printer driver installer (.exe) that depends on the VC++ 2008 SP1 Runtime, which I'm installing via Merge Modules. However there is problem here in that the Merge Module resources are not available to be properly utilized by the Custom Action that fires the driver installer. This situation is similar to this.. VC++ Custom Action Dependency

I've tried everything to sidestep this issue: Use the vc-redist .exe from Microsoft (Can't fire from my install because two Windows Installer processes would be running at the same time.), Nested .msi from main install (I can't even get this to fire properly.), etc.

I'm wondering if I can somehow utilize a Commit Custom Action to run if VersionNT64. I'm seeing this as a potential problem as I need everything to be silent with no user interaction. I think when the pdf driver installer is fired on Windows 7, for example, elevation will be required.

This is a challenging one for me. I don't know that I'll be able to pull this one off so end users running 64 bit systems might just have to ensure they have it first.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks Much

Stefan Krueger

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Posted 06 September 2010 - 21:58

Why don't you use a prerequisite to install the VC runtime?