What are merge modules?

[ZK]

Hi

As you may have guessed, I am a beginner to MSI packaging. I am currently having a problem packaging Visio 2000 and another FTP client program, both of which use VBA.

On packaging each of the applications, both asked if I wanted to use certain merge modules, which appeared to be related to VBA files.

I selected no, and they continued on being packaged.

Now I have a problem. If the Visio MSI is installed WITHOUT the FTP program being installed, it works fine. But the moment I execute the FTP MSI, Visio refuses to open, and asks for the VBA CD.

So this is why I think I should've selected Yes to the initial packaging process, when it asked me if I wanted to use the merge modules.

Can anyone confirm if my assumption is correct? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Is this why merge modules are used? What are the advantages of using, for example, VBA merge modules?

Thanks a lot
ZK

 

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Seeing as how your message is dated March 6, I hope you are still not having the same issue. However, if you are still having the same issue this might be a possible way to fix the problem:

I scripted Vision 2000 for our company and found a similar issue. The Visio CD contained a VBA.msi file which I had to include in my installation. Basically, I built a Wise InstallManager 1.5 wrapper executable that launched both the Visio2K.msi and the VBA.msi. I found that I needed the VBA.msi file otherwise Visio would hang when it was launched. Aside from the standard Office 2000 requirement for Visio users, nothing else but the VBA.msi was required.