Hi-
I have a custom action I execute on uninstall, and it fails popping a
dialog saying "A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run"
(from msiexec log)-
MSI (s) (F8:18) [15:35:49:202]: Creating MSIHANDLE (2) of type 790542 for
thread 1560
MSI (s) (F8:2C) [15:35:49:202]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI6.tmp, Entrypoint: CleanupPluginsDirEntry
MSI (s) (F8:F0) [15:35:49:202]: Generating random cookie.
MSI (s) (F8:F0) [15:35:49:265]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 1072
(0x430).
MSI (s) (F8:F4) [15:35:49:765]: Running as a service.
MSI (s) (F8:A8) [15:35:49:765]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom
action server.
MSI (s) (F8:2C) [15:35:49:858]: Closing MSIHANDLE (2) of type 790542 for
thread 1560
MSI (s) (F8:18) [15:35:49:874]: Note: 1: 1723 2: CleanupPluginsDir 3:
CleanupPluginsDirEntry 4: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI6.tmp Action start
15:35:49: CleanupPluginsDir.
MSI (s) (F8:18) [15:36:03:858]: Product: Aptana IDE -- Error 1723. There is
a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this
install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or
package vendor. Action CleanupPluginsDir, entry: CleanupPluginsDirEntry,
library: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI6.tmp MSI (c) (A0:94) [15:35:49:874]: Font
created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg
Action ended 15:36:03: CleanupPluginsDir. Return value 3.
Action ended 15:36:03: INSTALL. Return value 3.
As you can see, I'm trying to call the custom action from uninstall, and it
fails. I've tested this dll with a test app on the machine where it's
supposed to run, and it succeeds.
If I change the custom action to ignore the return code, the uninstall
succeeds, but the code doesn't do what it's supposed to (clean out the
plugins directory).
My entry in the binary table is -
<Binary Id="CleanupPluginsDirDll"
SourceFile="support\CleanupPluginsDir.dll"/>
And my custom action looks like -
<CustomAction Id="CleanupPluginsDir" DllEntry="CleanupPluginsDir"
BinaryKey="CleanupPluginsDirDll"/>
I've added the action to the install execute sequence like this -
<Custom Action="CleanupPluginsDir"
After="InstallValidate"><![CDATA[$GenericRegistrySettings=2]]></Custom>
(GenericRegistrySettings is a feature that's always installed)
I've tried this with and without a file entry for the dll-
<File Id="CleanupPluginsDirDllFile" Name="CLEANU_1.DLL" LongName="
CleanupPluginsDir.dll" Vital="yes" src="support\CleanupPluginsDir.dll"/>
I've tried creating a trivial entry function which returns zero, but that
also fails. I also tried using a persistant dll on the target machine, but
that didn't help either.
I'm kind of at a loss as to how to further debug this. Can anybody give me
some pointers? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks-
Carter
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