Merge modules provide you with a standard method by which you can deliver shared Windows Installer components and setup logic
to your applications.
The Deployment Toolkit includes a merge module (.msm file) which you can merge into an application’s Windows installer package (.msi) file to make available all of the
Enterprise Server components. It also includes merge modules and executable (.exe) files to install Visual C++ libraries that
Enterprise Server requires to be able to run applications developed using the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime and Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.
The names of the supplied merge modules and the installer files are different for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems.
For 32-bit Windows systems the files are:
- enterpriseserver_30x86.msm - the
Enterprise Server merge module
- enterpriseserver_30x86.msi - the
Enterprise Server installer package
- Microsoft_VC110_CRT_x86.msm - the C/C++ runtime distributables for the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime
- vcredist_x86.exe - the C/C++ runtime distributables for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
For 64-bit Windows systems the files are:
- enterpriseserver_30x64.msm - the
Enterprise Server merge module
- enterpriseserver_30x64.msi - the
Enterprise Server installer package
-
Microsoft_VC110_CRT_x64.msm - the C/C++ runtime distributables the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime
- vcredist_x64.exe - the C/C++ runtime distributables for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
Note: If your application is being installed onto a system that does not already include the Visual C++ libraries that are required
to run applications developed using the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime and Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, your installer must
include one of
vcredist_x86.exe,
vcredist_x64.exe,
Microsoft_VC110_CRT_x86.msm or
Microsoft_VC110_CRT_x64.msm as appropriate.
For example:
- If your application's installer consists of a group of
.msi files, add the
Enterprise Server installer package file (either
enterpriseserver_30x86.msi or
enterpriseserver_30x64.msi) to the group.
See the
MSDN for more information about the Windows Installer and merge modules.