Merge Modules and Installer Packages

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 2017 or later.

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_80x86.msm - the Enterprise Server merge module
• enterpriseserver_80x86.msi - the Enterprise Server installer package
• Microsoft_VC141_CRT_x86.msm - the C/C++ run-time distributables for the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime
• vcredist_x86.exe - the C/C++ run-time distributables for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or later

For 64-bit Windows systems the files are:

• enterpriseserver_80x64.msm - the Enterprise Server merge module
• enterpriseserver_80x64.msi - the Enterprise Server installer package
• Microsoft_VC141_CRT_x64.msm - the C/C++ run-time distributables the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime
• vcredist_x64.exe - the C/C++ run-time distributables for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or later

For example:

• If your application's installer consists of a group of .msi files, add the Enterprise Server installer package file (either enterpriseserver_80x86.msi or enterpriseserver_80x64.msi) to the group.

See the MSDN for more information about the Windows Installer and merge modules.