"Merge operation FAILED" - Advanced Installer 10.5.1

[will.ellis]

Hi,

We have upgraded to Advanced Installer 10.5.1 and now we are having problems building some installers where we see the following error:
"Merge operation FAILED for module:"

One of the merge modules we are seeing fail is "VC_User_STL71.msm". A Microsoft merge module which pulls in "msvcp71.dll".

We downgraded to Advanced Installer 10.3 and the installers then build fine.

Is there any way to get a better idea of why this is failing? Or is this a known issue in 10.5.1?
I will try to produce a sample project which reproduces the problem.

All the best,
Will

[will.ellis]

I've attached a very simple installer project which has the Microsoft merge module in question. It fails to build.

[Daniel]

Hello Will,

I'm not sure why this happens. Please give us some time to investigate this and we'll get back to you as soon as we have a conclusive answer.

All the best,
Daniel

[Daniel]

Hello Will,

After further investigation this seems to be an Advanced Installer issue. A fix will be available in a future version of Advanced Installer, thank you for bringing this to our attention. We'll notify you when the fix will be available.

All the best,
Daniel

[Daniel]

Hello,

This was fixed in version 10.5.2 of Advanced Installer released on September 13, 2013.

All the best,
Daniel

[will.ellis]

Works great. Thanks.

[Daniel]

You're always welcome Will.

All the best,
Daniel

[Jis]

Hi..
I am also facing the same issue. but with a different msm. I could not find a solution anywhere. Could you please suggest a solution.
I am using Advanced Installer 13.2.2 and Windows machine.

This is the error I am facing:
Adding merge modules
Merge operation FAILED for module: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Merge Modules\Crystal11_NET_EmbeddedReporting.msm. Error: Could not configure this Property table record.

Thanks in advance,
Jis

[Daniel]

Hello,

We reproduce the error you encounter and the problem is when the properties from the merge module are inserted in MSI's Property table.
More specific, the merge module have a property PIDKEY without value, but Property table doesn't accept properties with empty values. This is an MSI limitation.

So, the solution to this is to add a value for this property when you add the merge module to your project.

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If there is anything else I can help you with, please let me know.

All the best,
Daniel

[Jis]

Thank you soo much Daniel. It worked.

Thanks,
Jisy Mundackal

[Daniel]

You're always welcome Jisy.

All the best,
Daniel

[Jis]

Thank you soo much Daniel. It worked.

Thanks,
Jis