Hi, friends,

I have installed my program with a merge module: CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm.
Now the installation is completed. But how to know if the merge module is installed successfullly?

Where to check the merge module installed in the machine?


yours,
Ivan

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OLAP\SSIS\KPI

See the reply to your duplicate post.

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Phil Wilson

Hi, Philwilson,

The merge module is CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm, how to tell if it is installed?

By the way, if I uninstalled the main application by Windows Installer, if the merge module(CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm) will be uninstalled too?

yours,
Ivan

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OLAP\SSIS\KPI

Hi Ivanchain,

>The merge module is CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm, how to tell if it is installed?

Because the Crystal Report is a seperate component, you should see it in the Add/Remove Program after it is successfully installed on the target machine.

> By the way, if I uninstalled the main application by Windows Installer, if the merge module(CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm) will be uninstalled too?

If there's no other installed program that uses the Crystal Report, it will be removed when the main application is uninstalled; otherwise, it remains on the target machine until the last program that uses it is uninstalled.

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NO, nothing is showed in the Add/Remove Program after it is successfully installed on the target.

So I don't know if there WILL be something in the Add/Remove Program after the CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm.


yours,
Ivan

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OLAP\SSIS\KPI

The Crytal Reports merge module is absorbed into your MSI file when you build it, and after that it is just a collection of files and registry entries. As I said before you cannot check if it's installed because it does not get installed! It is a wrapper for files and registry entries, and these are the things you need to check for.

It is not a separate item that shows in Add/Remove Programs.

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Phil Wilson

PhilWilson, Thank youfor telling me that.

So what files and registry entries should I check to know if it's ok?
(CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm)

yours,
Ivan

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OLAP\SSIS\KPI

PhilWilson, Thank youfor telling me that.

So what files and registry entries should I check to know if it's ok?
(CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm)

yours,
Ivan

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OLAP\SSIS\KPI

If you get hold of the Windows SDK tool called Orca (install from Orca.msi) and install it, then use it to open the merge module. The File table will have files in it and the Registry table some registry entries, maybe registration in the Class table. That might help, but some of them may be conditional based on the OS version.

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Phil Wilson