Also, it sounds like a bug should be opened on this issue. A better error message *at least* is in order. <smile/>
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Kaplan Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 18:51 To: Nawab Zada Asad Iqbal; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix/Heat Exception That error (unknown error) is frequently translated incorrectly by .NET when it comes from ADSI. The actual error is "An invalid directory pathname was passed". I'm not sure what caused it, but I'd try to see if there is somehow a problem with a value you are passing in that might not be correct. Best of luck! Joe K. ----- Original Message ----- From: Nawab Zada Asad Iqbal To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:52 PM Subject: [WiX-users] Wix/Heat Exception I am using heat.exe as follows for harvesting my website. I am facing the following exception. Does anyone have an idea of the problem? Can anyone refer me to any document about the use of heat for harvesting websites, etc. Also, if there was no heat what is the manual process to harvest a directory or website using WiX. Thanks Asad Iqbal -------- C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin>heat website niqdec -out "C:\alpha5.wxs" Microsoft (R) Windows Installer XML Toolset Harvester version 3.0.2211.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2006. All rights reserved. heat.exe : error HEAT0001 : Unknown error (0x80005000) Exception Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException Stack Trace: at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail) at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind() at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_Name() at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.IIsWebSiteHarvester.HarvestWebFilter(DirectoryEntry webFilterEntry) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.IIsWebSiteHarvester.HarvestWebSite(DirectoryEntry webSiteEntry) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.IIsWebSiteHarvester.HarvestWebSite(String name) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.IIsWebSiteHarvester.Harvest(String argument) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Harvester.Harvest(String argument) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Heat.Run(String[] args) Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
