Just to let you all know that I just tried to download makemsi version 06.267 from all sorts of sites (including the official one) and they all said that the...
Hi, The file size should match that listed on the MAKEMSI page on my site. I have just downloaded the file and it is OK. IE has a number of download bugs...
Is there a way to output the list of files that are included into the installer. I know the HTML report that is generated contains a list of these files, but...
Hi, ... find ... I've been thinking about whether or not I should include a mechanism for this... You could create your own macro "MyFile" which did something...
Hi Dennis, I was wondering if you might be able to help or point me in the right direction. We use several nested Features in our MSI package. In fact here is...
Hi, ... Not that I know of, I have theories but nothing documented so probably shouldn't even try. The self registration is a separate step from file...
Hi Dennis, I was wondering if you might be able to provide any pointers on how an MSI installer can automatically select features that had been selected via a...
... OK, I must have misunderstood, what do you think the problem is and what needs to be done to resolve it. I thought your problem is or was lijkely to be...
Hi, ... You will need to store it somewhere and read it back, the "feature level" doesn't tell you what features are installed but sets the default state of...
Hi, Its failing trying to add the ".hta" (doco) file. You have obviously overriden at least one of the HTML generation options. This may not have been the best...
The dll is from VS2005 and is not included with our target platform windows server 2003 SP0. I think you're right the solution is probably to have a custom...
Sorry but I missed your question in my last post. I think the problem is that the msiexec does not install the prerequisite DLL msvcr80.dll before trying to...
blair_sutton wrote: The following post on "msvcr80.dll" suggests static linking as an option: http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=155015 ...
... Sadly, static linking is not possible with this particular dll. ... Can you point me in right direction on how to do this? ... That's because it only works...
... registered too. msvcr80.dll cannot be registered with regsvr32 (that's as far as I can tell). MS use a much more complex system for the new runtime DLLs...
... (unless ... Thank you Dennis for the Blog and doc link. Thank you Gl for the link. I'll probably go with including the relevant Merge Module provided in my...
Hello All, I am trying to use the following script to update a MSM. ;;------------------------------------- #include "OpenMsi.MMH" <$Msi 'test_final.msm'...
Hi, Sorry, I have updated MAKEMSI and am uploading it now so when it adds that record it doesn't cause a problem no matter what the state of the _Validation...
Dennis, Thank you for your promt response. This new MAKEMSI solves my issue. I do have followup question: When I run this script (with necessary modifications)...
Hi, ... This is normal behavior which as far as I know doesn't effect install. By DEFAULT makemsi tries to keep the number of existing but empty tables to only...
Hi, Sorry I was in a hurry when writing the previous response. ... Hopefully you picked up on the fact that you shouldn't be modifying this or almost any...
Dear Colleagues, First and foremost, my many thanks to all of you for contributing such information freely and for the maker(s) of MAKEMSI which I appreciate. ...
Hi, ... See this page to see where it comes on my list of approaches: http://makemsi-manual.dennisbareis.com/repackaging.htm ... Yep, also see MSIDIFF ... Yes...
Hi, Som3e more information: Not quite what you want but try setting "LIMITUI" to 1, also see doco for other possible change required, limits UI to "basic". ...
