Hi Mike, If this dll is .NET, you need to find out how to manually register this dll. Does it require running InstallUtil.exe? Is this dll is WindowsService or MMC managed snap-in? Does it use some home grown custom registration method? It is hard to come up with any advice without knowing what exactly we are trying to register.
Alex -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike.tihonchik Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 6:43 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] command window error while running tallow -s Hi Alex, thank you for your reply. I am sorry, I am new to the whole process. Yes, I think you are right, its not supported by COM, because I believe this was .NET dll.... So my guess, tallow -s will not do the trick for me than. I also ran the tallow -c on it. That ran without errors, and I piped it to the file to get the fragment of the xml code. However, when I added it to the .wxs file and created .msi project (which succeeded without errors) and ran that .msi my dll was still not registered... So now I am at loss again... Mike Alexander Shevchuk wrote: > > Mike, > > My point was that it looks like DataTrackPrinter.dll does not support COM > registration and therefore does not export and implement DllRegisterServer > function (as well as DllUnregisterServer). To prove that, you need to try > to register this dll manually. Try this command in the command window: > > regsvr32 DataTrackPrinter.dll > > if that succeed, it means that the problem is with tallow. You will also > need to unregister this dll by using the following command: > > regsvr32 /u DataTrackPrinter.dll > > If running the first regsvr32 command fails with the message box saying > "The module ... was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not > found." You have a non-COM dll and you cannot register it. > > Regards, > > Alex > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > mike.tihonchik > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:03 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] command window error while running tallow -s > > > Well, no... What I am trying to do is get this .dll registered during the > installation. Can I do that with my .dll? > Thanks, MIKE > > > Alexander Shevchuk wrote: >> >> Sounds like your dll either does not support registration or it is using >> DllInstall >> (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb759846(VS.85).aspx) >> function for registration. >> >> Have you tried registering it using regsvr32? >> >> Alex >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> mike.tihonchik >> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:45 PM >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [WiX-users] command window error while running tallow -s >> >> >> I am trying to run tallow -s DataTrakPrinter.dll > printer.xml command in >> my >> command window, and I am getting the following error??? :-/ Any >> suggestions >> of what to do to fix it???? I am new to WiX.... Thanks in advance, Mike >> >> C:\develop\clientactivex\DataTrakPrinter\DataTrakPrinter\bin\Debug>tallow >> -s >> Dat >> aTrakPrinter.dll > printer.xml >> Failed to SelfReg: DataTrakPrinter.dll >> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown >> by >> the t >> arget of an invocation. ---> System.EntryPointNotFoundException: Unable >> to >> find >> an entry point named 'DllRegisterServer' in DLL 'DataTrakPrinter.dll'. >> at DllRegisterServer() >> --- End of inner exception stack trace --- >> at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, >> Object[] >> argum >> ents, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, >> RuntimeTypeHandle >> typeOwner) >> at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] >> argume >> nts, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle >> typeOwn >> er) >> at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags >> invoke >> Attr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean >> skipVisib >> ilityChecks) >> at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags >> invoke >> Attr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) >> at >> Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Tallow.TallowMain.DynamicPInvoke >> (String dll, String entryPoint, Type returnType, Type[] parameterTypes, >> Object[] >> parameterValues) >> at >> Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Tallow.TallowMain..ctor(String[] >> args) >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/command-window-error-while-running-tallow--s-tp16616082p16616082.html >> Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference >> Don't miss this year's exciting event. 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