Frinavale  9,735
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I am currently working with a Merge Module and Installation project.
I would love to know how to specify where the module should be installed to.
By default it is being installed into "C:\Program Files\Default Company Name\" which is not what I want.
I'm not sure how to set this to what I want it to be.
I have noticed that there is an Author property (under the KeyOutputs property) on the Merge Module once it's included the Installation/Set Up project...this property's value is set to "Default Company Name" and it is not editable.
I think my path being set to "Default Company Name" has something to do with setting the Author property...howe ver I cannot find any information on how to go about fixing this....there is very limited amount of information out there about Merge Modules.
Any hints on how to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Frinny
Dec 11 '08
16 1669  Frinavale 9,735
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Great, I don't even see any author settings in any of the tables in the .msm files I thought might be used to set the settings.
Why is such a simple question like "How do I change the default path of where my application is installed?" turning out to be so complicated?
Plater 7,872
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See? Just click and type?
Frinavale 9,735
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:) I don't know why I didn't select the project, then hit the properties tab to view the properties...I instead right clicked and selected properties and it came up with something completely different.
Thanks to Plater I was Finally able to edit my Author settings (gurr I wish I knew yesterday so i have to research the heck out of merge modules all morning)
I'm trying it now to see if it makes a difference.
Thanks Plater
Frinavale 9,735
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Well it wasn't the Author settings after all.
There were a bunch of properties that I didn't see because I right clicked on the Install Project and selected "properties "and after filling out these properties everything was solved.
If you right click on the Install Project in the Solutions page it'll bring up a "Properties Page" dialog for the project....whic h does not include any useful property information. It includes properties for seeing as the output file name, package files, compression and other things used when compiling the application. It does not include any properties on the Installation Application at all.
It wasn't until I clicked on the properties tab that I saw useful properties for the projects.
>>blushes<<
At least I know a lot more about merge modules now.
Yesterday I didn't even know they existed.
Plater 7,872
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I thought you were talking about the merge module :-P
I just right-clicked properties on both the installer and the merge module project.
Neither showed me anything usefull. All my properties sit in the properties window.
Thats on vs2008 though
Frinavale 9,735
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Exactly. I never got any useful property information for the Merge Module nor the installer project because I was right clicking and selecting properties.
Plater 7,872
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Oh ok, your post made it sound like right-clicking on the project for properties was where you found all the ones you wanted.
I was confused.
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