Hi all,
Is it possible to install a managed assembly together with an external
manifest into the GAC? First I thought the following WiX code would do this:
<Component Id="test_dll" Guid="<valid GUID>">
<File Id="test.dll" Name="test.dll" Assembly=".net"
AssemblyManifest="test.dll.manifest"
Source="..\bin\test.dll" KeyPath="yes" Vital="yes"/>
<File Id="test.dll.manifest" Name="test.dll.manifest"
Source="..\bin\test.dll.manifest" Vital="yes"/>
</Component>
Actually it compiles just fine but during the installation a message box
pops up that states:
"Error writing to file test.dll.manifest. Verify that you have access to
that directory.
The log file shows the following error:
MSI (s) (28:DC) [11:27:17:828]: Executing op:
AssemblyCopy(SourceName=9vfdzd5e.man|test.dll.manifest,SourceCabKey=test.dll.manifest.2F002201_1263_45D8_BCF6_177A798CDEB2,DestName=test.dll.manifest,Attributes=512,FileSize=372,PerTick=32768,,VerifyMedia=1,,,,,ComponentId={88679446-A145-493A-BCEA-BFE645E6F5A0},IsManifest=1,,,AssemblyMode=0,)
MSI (s) (28:DC) [11:27:17:828]: Source for file
'test.dll.manifest.2F002201_1263_45D8_BCF6_177A798CDEB2' is compressed
MSI (s) (28:B0) [11:27:17:828]: Assembly Error:The module '%1' was expected
to contain an assembly manifest.
MSI (s) (28:B0) [11:27:17:828]: Note: 1: 1935 2: 3: 0x80131018 4: IStream
5: Commit 6:
MSI (s) (28:DC) [11:27:17:828]: Note: 1: 1304 2: test.dll.manifest
MSI (s) (28:DC) [11:27:17:828]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error
MSI (s) (28:DC) [11:27:17:828]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT
`Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1304
MSI (c) (CC:C4) [11:27:17:843]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font:
Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg
My manifest (test.dll.manifest) for the managed test.dll looks like this:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>
<assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' manifestVersion='1.0'>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='test.Native' version='1.0.0.0'
processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='<public key token>'/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>
The reason for the external manifest is that the dll is delivered by an
external vendor. The assembly is already signed and therefore I can't embed
the manifest into the assembly.
What am I doing wrong? Isn't it possible to store external manifests in the
Global assembly Cache?
Thanks!
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