Merge Modules

billm · Post by **billm** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:05 pm

I am having a problem building a setup using the SAPI 5.1 merge modules obtained from Microsoft. It always fails on the second merge module no matter what order I place them in the list. Also, after a failure, I must stop and restart the IDE to attempt another compile.

Post by **sinan** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:08 am

Could you let me know where I might obtain a copy of said MSMs?

billm · Post by **billm** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:37 am

Here is the link to the file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info ... k51msm.exe

and here is a link to the instructions for the various merge modules:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;320207

billm · Post by **billm** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:38 am

I am trying to include the following merge modules:

• Sp5.msm
• Sp5intl.msm
• Sp5ttint.msm
• Spcommon.msm
• Sp5ttintxp.msm

Post by **sinan** » Wed May 18, 2005 5:32 pm

I am looking into this and will get back to you.
In the meantime can you please verify that the merge module library is registered on your system?

1) Open a command prompt in your InstallAware folder
2) Type regsvr32 mergemod.dll
3) Try again

billm · Post by **billm** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:01 pm

The module is loaded but it still fails.

Post by **sinan** » Thu May 19, 2005 3:58 am

I added sp5 and it built fine. Then I added sp5intl and I got this error:

The language of this installation package is not supported by your system

It would seem the sp5intl is in some unsupported language. Perhaps you can ask Microsoft why this error would occur?

billm · Post by **billm** » Thu May 19, 2005 11:09 am

Well I don't get that error. Here is what I get from InstallAware:

Cleared output folder D:\\Internet Downloads\\Microsoft\\SAPI\\5.1\\Distribution\\InstallAware SAPI 51 installation\\SAPI 5.1\\Release\\Single\Built plug-in action Windows Installer
Built plug-in action (Un)Install MSI Setup
Built plug-in action Windows Installer
Created Windows Installer database
Merged Windows Installer database with module Sp5
Error during build: Unable to merge Windows Installer database with module Sp5Intl

I am able to merge all these MSM files using the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.

Post by **sinan** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:16 pm

Bill

Thanks for spotting this one - it was indeed a problem in the InstallAware merge logic, which failed when a peculiar combination of language properties were specified in merge modules. The issue has been fixed. To apply the fix:

1) Download the file http://www.installaware.com/mmergemod.dll
2) Place this file in your InstallAware folder, overwriting the old file
3) Attempt to rebuild your setup and verify it succeeds

I tested with the list below and the setup built fine.

Once again, thank you for spotting this problem.

Sinan

wdevine · Post by **wdevine** » Sun May 29, 2005 3:28 pm

I'm having a problem once I include a merge module. It's the merge module for ActiveReports 2.0. (ActiveReportsDistrib.msm)

I have installed the latest DLL from:

http://www.installaware.com/mmergemod.dll

Also, this is the only Merge Module I am including.

Here is the log message of the failure:

Copied file D:\\data\\WDEVINE\\MARSI\\DRGSolution\\DrgWindows\\bin\\Debug\\DRGData.dll
Copied file D:\\data\\WDEVINE\\MARSI\\DRGSolution\\DrgWindows\\bin\\Debug\\DRGBO.dll
Copied file D:\\data\\WDEVINE\\MARSI\\DRGSolution\\DrgWindows\\bin\\Debug\\DRGDataAccess.dll
Copied file D:\\data\\WDEVINE\\MARSI\\DRGSolution\\DrgWindows\\bin\\Debug\\DrgWindows.exe
Copied file D:\\data\\WDEVINE\\MARSI\\DRGSolution\\DrgWindows\\bin\\Debug\\DrgWindows.exe.config
Created Windows Installer database
Error during build: Unable to merge Windows Installer database with module ActiveReportsDistrib

Anyone else included this merge module successfully?

Thank you,

Bill D

Post by **sinan** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:37 am

Bill

Let us know where we can get this merge module, and we'll take a look at it.

Sinan

wdevine · Post by **wdevine** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:58 am

Hello Sinan,

You can download it from here:
http://www.devsolinc.com/ActiveReportsDistrib.msm

Let me know if you need anything else!

Thank you,

Bill D

Post by **sinan** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:11 am

Again, it was a language issue; again, it was a problem in the mmergemod.dll library. Thanks for spotting this one as well! You shouldn't have any more problems with merge modules from now.

Download location remains the same as before. Enjoy.

wdevine · Post by **wdevine** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:22 pm

I tried it out and it works perfect!

...and talk about quick turn around...less than 24 hrs!

Thank you!

Post by **sinan** » Mon May 30, 2005 1:16 pm

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