Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT

2009-01-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Jeremy Lew wrote: > The service in question is a .NET service which consists of a bunch of > (local) .NET assemblies, two of which are C++/CLI mixed-mode assemblies > (hence the CRT dependency). How could ServiceControl attempt to start a > service if none of the managed assemblies have been commi

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT

2009-01-08 Thread Jeremy Lew
Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:46 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT Jeremy Lew wrote: > Another question: > I assume that if I were to deploy t

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT

2009-01-07 Thread Bob Arnson
Jeremy Lew wrote: > Another question: > I assume that if I were to deploy the CRT locally instead of in WinSxS, > that would also solve the problem? > I don't think so -- MSI hands off assemblies (native and managed) to Fusion, which does a funky two-phase commit. I think that still applies e

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT

2009-01-07 Thread Jeremy Lew
toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT Thanks Bob. Is this a Windows Installer restriction, or a Wix thing? My plan is to make the service enter a "boot" mode in which it will start run but not load the assembly with the CRT dependency until it has been signale

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT

2009-01-07 Thread Jeremy Lew
t for real. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:36 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT Jeremy Lew wrote: > My installer is installing a .NET

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT

2008-12-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Jeremy Lew wrote: > My installer is installing a .NET service using ServiceInstall. The > ServiceInstall is failing to start the service, I'm pretty sure because > of a dependency on the C runtime library. If your service is installed into the GAC, you'll also run into this problem. Assemblies

[WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT

2008-12-30 Thread Jeremy Lew
My installer is installing a .NET service using ServiceInstall. The ServiceInstall is failing to start the service, I'm pretty sure because of a dependency on the C runtime library. The installer is installing the CRT and policy merge modules, and the MergeRef for these is before the reference to