RE: [NF] Windows Installer Question: Do MS, Installshield, Wise continously update MSI merge modules?

Author: Malcolm Greene

Posted: 2003-04-19 at 10:51:00

Hi wOOdy,

Thanks for info on Wise's Automatic Updater service.=20

Just yesterday I posted a comment (what I thought was a brillant =

discovery on my part<g>) about MS publishing a URL for the latest CAB =

file updates in .DEP files: "Interesting info on ActiveX files from =

Microsoft and ideas for simpler, more up-to-date setups?"

Damn ... you guys are always 10 steps ahead of me!

Regards,

Malcolm

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J=FCrgen Wondzinski

Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 3:27 AM

To: profox@leafe.com

Subject: RE: [NF] Windows Installer Question: Do MS, Installshield, Wise

continously update MSI merge modules?

the WISE isntaller has an Automatic Updater for all Modules. Thus, =

before

you build a new installer package, you just verify that you have the =

latest

modules on your box. WISE is constantly watching those versions of the

modules and therefor you will always have the newest ones.

BTW, for the classic setups, where you need to find that newest versions =

o

your own: When dealing with regular OCX files from MS, take a look at =

the

corresponding *.DEP file. It lists the download adress for that module, =

as

well as all dependecies.

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©2003 Malcolm Greene