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About Merge Modules
• In the list box, select the name of the item to configure.
•If the Value drop-down list appears, select a value. It will be either a bitfield
value, a table, or text. If a text field appears its label indicates the type of data
you can enter:
# Text Value
Enter any text.
# Formatted Text Value
Enter any text in Windows Installer formatted text format.
# RTF Value
Enter any text in rich text format.
# Windows Installer Identifier Value
Enter text in the format of a Windows Installer identifier, which may contain
ASCII characters, digits, underscores, or periods, and must begin with either
a letter or an underscore.
For information on the format types listed above, see Text Format Types in the
Windows Installer SDK Help.
# Integer Value
Enter any integer. See Integer Format Types in the Windows Installer SDK
Help.
For general information on configurable item types, see Semantic Types in the Windows
Installer SDK Help or see Creating a Configurable Merge Module on page 338.
Note
During compile, if the installation contains a merge module that cannot be located on your
system, you are prompted to download the merge module. This can happen if the installation
was created on a different computer or if you have moved your merge modules directory.