INF: How to Author MSDE 2000 Setup Packages with Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 1.1 (299795)

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1. Download Visual Studio Installer 1.1 (VSI) from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/tools/vsi11/default.aspx
2. Install Visual Studio Installer 1.1 onto your local computer.
3. Open Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 1.1.NOTE: You need the Microsoft Visual Studio product ID to download VSI 1.1. From the Help menu, click About. The product ID appears in the About dialog box.
   
   
4. Click to select New Project.
5. Click to select Visual Studio Installer 1.1 Projects.
6. Click to select Empty Installer.
7. Give the project a name and location, and then click OK.
8. Navigate to the Project menu, and then click Add Merge Module(s).
9. Add all of the merge modules from SQLMSDE\MSM.
10. Navigate to the Project menu, and then click Add Merge Module(s). Add all of the merge modules in SQLMSDE\MSM\1033.
11. Click Build Menu, and then click Build to build the package. You must use Orca.exe to change the ProductLanguage in the Property table from 0 to 1033. For some MSDE custom actions, you must set the ProductLanguage property to a specific language ID such as 1033 for the setup to work. For additional information about how to use Orac.exe, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    255905 HOWTO: Use Orca to Edit Windows Installer Files

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