I realize this post is two years old, and don't know if you still monitor this forum or not. However, I wanted to confirm that this is still a problem with Crystal Reports XI R2 for VS 2005, and your solution works. I spent the better part of a day trying to find a solution to this before finally stumbling upon this post, which is the only place I have seen this solution.
Regards, Kevin Rob Mensching wrote: > > Alexei, is there are reason you specify the @Sequence attribute? Those > are > the default values for the actiosn, so you should be able to just do: > > <SelfRegModules/> > <SelfUnregModules/> > > And the WiX toolset would take care of the rest. Ideally, also, Crystal > Reports would fix their Merge Modules so that they don't need to be > registered any longer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexei > Boukirev > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:30 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Merge Modules in General, Specifically - Crystal > Reports XI > > Hello David, > > Add > > <SelfRegModules Sequence="5600" /> > <SelfUnregModules Sequence="2200" /> > > to your <InstallExecuteSequence> - Crystal Reports merge module > contains "evil" selfreg DLLs and WiX does not include SelfReg action > into sequence by default. SelfUnreg above is so that uninstall works > (hopefully) properly. The sequence numbers are what listed as > recommended in MSI help file. > > > Thursday, December 29, 2005, 2:34:27 PM, you wrote: > >> I know this has been touched on before ... I've been through the mailing > list >> archives and read everything I could find, but I'm still having trouble > with >> including these merge modules and having the application install and run >> properly. > >> I have included the license code as a property [which seems to work > correctly], >> and the files seem to get copied to the correct locations on the target > system, >> but when the application which requires the Crystal components is started > an >> error indicating that a file is missing / not registered &/or a class is > not >> registered pops up and the application doesn't start. > >> Crystal's [Business Objects'] website has references to a similar error, > and >> their solution is to install the entire Crystal Embedded server package > ... >> which certainly fixes the problem, but including that and forcing it to > install >> after my product would add 70+ MBytes to the distribution and doesn't >> seem >> like a great way to solve the problem. > >> I can post more details if folks think it would help ... but I was > wondering if >> anybody has had any similar experiences ... and if they had devised a > solution >> for them. > >> Thanks in advance for your time and attention, > >> -dmm > >> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >> David Marks >> * * * * * * * * * * >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > > >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files >> for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes >> searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! >> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&oplick >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > -- > Best regards, > Alexei > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=ick > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Merge-Modules-in-General%2C-Specifically---Crystal-Reports-XI-tf823125.html#a14036458 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
