hello Rob, Thanks you very much for your feedback.
Now that the IIS metadata are "messed up", any idea how can I clean the metada so I can install / uninstall again ? Thanks in advance for your help Best regards, Christophe Rob Mensching wrote: > This sounds like the Properties for your ip:port:header is not found during > uninstall. There are lots of discussions on the mailing list about how the > Windows Installer does not persist Property values so you can use something > like a registry key and a RegistrySearch to read it during uninstall. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christophe > Laumond > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 08:35 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Failed to read IIsWebSite table > > Hello, > > I'm a newbie in Wix. > > I have an existing web application for which I try to create an msi file > using Wix. > the first msi I have produced was based on the sample found at : > http://davesquared.blogspot.com/2007/08/example-of-deploying-web-apps-using-wix.html > and it worked like a charm ! > The msi file has been correctly built and I have installed the > application through "double-click". > The web application was deployed on IIS without any error. > > Then I uninstall using the msi file, did a small change in the wix > source file, built again, install using double-click : > I got the error "Failed to read IIsWebSite table" :( > > As if the install / uninstall process broke something... > > I tried aspnet_regiis -u \ aspnet_regiis -i for .NET framework 2.0; > removing II6 compatibility features, and installing them again; > but it didn't changed anything. > > Following the post on the forum > IIS extension failed on Vista SP1. > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=b5927a150805300828h43b2581bqa92119d57c4a2620%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=wix-users > > I used the console running in administrator mode, and it worked again. > I have been able to install / change / uninstall several times. > > The I tried the following snippet from > http://www.strangelights.com/blog/archive/2004/10/08/179.aspx : > <iis:WebSite Id="DefaultWebSite" Description="[WEBSITENAME]"> > <iis:WebAddress Id="WebsiteIdentity" Port="[WEBSITEPORT]" > Header="[WEBSITEHEADER]" IP="[WEBSITEIP]" /> > </iis:WebSite> > > Once again, I got the error message "Failed to read IIsWebSite table" :( > > I revert back to the previous WebSite tag : > <iis:WebSite Id='DefaultWebSite' Description='Default Web Site'> > <iis:WebAddress Id='AllUnassigned' Port='80' /> > </iis:WebSite> > > But it has definitely stopped to work :( > > I would be gratefull if you can help me for solving this issue. > > Thanks in advance for your feedback > > Best regards, > Christophe > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
