no, i don't think so. i'm pretty sure I checked that initially, but I could be wrong.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Jason Ginchereau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > The entrypoint names are case-sensitive. Is it possible you had a case > mismatch before? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:02 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > > Just for kicks, I decided to change the name of my custom action, and the > dllEntry point name as well. Changing it fixed the problem. So, there is > something special about the name "InitInstallDIR" that causes this issue. > Is that a bug mabye? I searched the documentation and didn't see anything > special noted about that name. > > Thanks! > -Tina > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > OK, this isn't an issue with the merge module. I ended up pulling the > > custom action back into the install, and it fails there as well. I even > > went so far as to comment all the code out of the custom action (except > > return ActionResult.Success), and I get the same error: "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 personal or > > package vendor." I've checked the spelling of the custom action name and > > dllEntry > > > > Any ideas on what else I should check? I have 28 other custom actions > > divided across 2 custom action assemblies (yeah, yeah, i know too many), > and > > this is the only one with issues... > > -Tina > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > >> Any other ideas why the custom action might only fail when called from > a > >> merge module? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> -Tina > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Tina Basinger < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> > >>> All of the code I included is defined in the merge module. Thus, any > >>> modularization should occur across all 3 items (custom action > definition, > >>> custom action scheudling in InstallExecuteSequence, and binary > definition). > >>> > >>> Looking through Orca at the main install, it seems to be hooked up > >>> correctly. The Binary table has a reference to > >>> BINMAP.DLL.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4, and the CustomAction > table > >>> has an Action named InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4 > >>> defined with a source of > BINMAP.DLL.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4 > >>> (which matches the binary name). Then the InstallExecuteSequence table > >>> schedules an Action named > >>> InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4 (which matches the > >>> custom action name). > >>> > >>> -Tina > >>> > >>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Jason Ginchereau < > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> When you build a merge module, all IDs get modularized (a GUID is > >>>> appended) to avoid naming clashes. So if you have the Binary element > defined > >>>> in one module but reference it from another, the modularization won't > be > >>>> consistent. If you really want to do that, you'll have to manually > append > >>>> the GUID suffix in one place or another. Open the MSI or MSM in Orca > to see > >>>> what the modularized IDs look like. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:05 AM > >>>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >>>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > >>>> > >>>> So, this only is a problem for custom actions defined and scheduled by > >>>> my > >>>> merge module. I have the same custom action assembly with helper > >>>> assembly > >>>> that is referenced directly by the main install for several custom > >>>> actions, > >>>> and all of those actions work fine. > >>>> > >>>> My merge module has the custom action defined like this. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> <CustomAction Id="InitInstallDIR" BinaryKey="BINMAP.DLL" DllEntry=" > >>>> InitInstallDIR" /> > >>>> > >>>> <InstallExecuteSequence> > >>>> > >>>> <Custom Action="InitInstallDIR" After="CostFinalize">Not > >>>> Installed</Custom> > >>>> > >>>> </InstallExecuteSequence> > >>>> > >>>> <Binary Id="BINMAP.DLL" SourceFile=" > >>>> $(env.INETROOT)\distrib\$(env.BUILDTYPE)\Install\MyActions.CA.dll" /> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Any idea why it works from the main install, but not the merge module? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks! > >>>> -Tina > >>>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Jason Ginchereau > >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > Make sure you are inserting the correct DLL into the Binary table. > >>>> That DLL > >>>> > should be the output of MakeSfxCA, which is the native SfxCA.dll > stub > >>>> with > >>>> > managed assemblies appended as a cab. Verify it has the expected > >>>> entrypoint > >>>> > that MSI is looking for by running "dumpbin.exe /exports > YourCA.dll". > >>>> Among > >>>> > other noise you should see the entrypoint that matches what's in the > >>>> Target > >>>> > column of CustomAction table, or in WiX that's that DllEntry > attribute > >>>> of > >>>> > the CustomAction element. > >>>> > > >>>> > -----Original Message----- > >>>> > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:34 AM > >>>> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >>>> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > >>>> > > >>>> > I am packaging the helper assembly with the custom action by passing > >>>> it as > >>>> > the last parameter to MakeSfxCA. > >>>> > > >>>> > The verbose log has the following around the error message. > >>>> > MSI (s) (EC:14) [08:38:00:565]: Doing action: > >>>> > InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4 > >>>> > Action 8:38:00: InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4. > >>>> > Action start 8:38:00: > >>>> InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4. > >>>> > MSI (s) (EC:10) [08:38:00:569]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: > >>>> > C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2C2A.tmp, Entrypoint: InitInstallDIR > >>>> > MSI (s) (EC:88) [08:38:00:570]: Generating random cookie. > >>>> > MSI (s) (EC:88) [08:38:00:576]: Created Custom Action Server with > PID > >>>> 6012 > >>>> > (0x177C). > >>>> > MSI (s) (EC:90) [08:38:00:605]: Running as a service. > >>>> > MSI (s) (EC:90) [08:38:00:606]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated > >>>> custom > >>>> > action server. > >>>> > MSI (s) (EC:14) [08:38:00:610]: Note: 1: 1723 2: > >>>> > InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4 3: > InitInstallDIR > >>>> 4: > >>>> > C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2C2A.tmp > >>>> > DEBUG: Error 2835: The control ErrorIcon was not found on dialog > >>>> > SetupError > >>>> > Internal Error 2835. ErrorIcon, SetupError > >>>> > 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 > >>>> > InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4, entry: > >>>> InitInstallDIR, > >>>> > library: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2C2A.tmp > >>>> > MSI (s) (EC:14) [08:38:09:138]: Product: MyProduct -- 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 InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4, > >>>> entry: > >>>> > InitInstallDIR, library: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2C2A.tmp > >>>> > > >>>> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Jason Ginchereau > >>>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> > > If you look at the verbose log you can see what custom action it > is > >>>> > trying > >>>> > > to run just before that error. And are there any other error > >>>> messages > >>>> > nearby > >>>> > > in the log? > >>>> > > > >>>> > > Is the helper assembly getting packaged with the custom action by > >>>> > > MakeSfxCA? It should be automatically if there is an assembly > >>>> reference. > >>>> > > That's probably not the issue anyway, since if it was only a > managed > >>>> > > dependency problem then the unmanaged stub would start to run, and > >>>> it > >>>> > would > >>>> > > print a different error message to the log. > >>>> > > > >>>> > > -Jason- > >>>> > > > >>>> > > -----Original Message----- > >>>> > > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:11 AM > >>>> > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >>>> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > >>>> > > > >>>> > > OK, so i've made some head way. I now have 2 custom action > >>>> assemblies > >>>> > > with > >>>> > > 12 and 13 custom actions respectively, and a third "helper" > assembly > >>>> with > >>>> > > common code needed for both sets of custom actions. Once I got > >>>> > everything > >>>> > > compiling and rebuilt, I ran my install and got the following > >>>> errror: > >>>> > > > >>>> > > 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 personal or package vendor. > >>>> > > > >>>> > > Can anyone tell me how I can determine what DLL it is talking > about > >>>> > Should > >>>> > > I be able to have a custom action helper assembly? How do I > deploy > >>>> it so > >>>> > > that it can be called from the custom actions? > >>>> > > > >>>> > > Thanks! > >>>> > > -Tina > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Tina Basinger < > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > > >wrote: > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > Okay, i'll proceed with the first option to clean up some of > our > >>>> > > existing > >>>> > > > custom actions, and see where that leaves me. > >>>> > > > Thanks! > >>>> > > > -Tina > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Jason Ginchereau < > >>>> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > >> Wow, that's a lot of custom actions. Most setups (should) have > >>>> just a > >>>> > > few > >>>> > > >> if any. The limit of 16 is currently by design, although the > tool > >>>> > should > >>>> > > >> definitely handle the overflow more gracefully. I'll fix that. > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> If you have more than 16 custom actions, your options are: > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> 1. Design immediate CAs to iterate over rows in a table or > behave > >>>> > > >> differently based on property data instead of the entrypoint > >>>> name. Or > >>>> > > for > >>>> > > >> deferred CAs, schedule them with an immediate CA and pass > >>>> parameters > >>>> > via > >>>> > > >> CustomActionData (a common pattern). > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> 2. Split your custom actions across multiple assemblies, each > >>>> having > >>>> > > less > >>>> > > >> than 16. > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> 3. Edit the headers for the SfxCA stub to reserve more space, > and > >>>> > > rebuild > >>>> > > >> it. Additional entrypoint slots will need to be defined in > >>>> > > EntryPoints.def > >>>> > > >> and EntryPoints.h. > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> -Jason- > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> -----Original Message----- > >>>> > > >> From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > > >> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:39 AM > >>>> > > >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >>>> > > >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> OK, this seems to be failing on the following line of code, > which > >>>> is > >>>> > > line > >>>> > > >> 424 in MakeSfxCA.cs. > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> entryPoints.Keys.CopyTo(slotSort, slotCount - > entryPoints.Count); > >>>> > > >> It's failing because slotCount = 16 and entryPoints.Count = 38, > >>>> so > >>>> > > >> slotCount-entryPoints.Count is negative. Apparenlty sfxCA.dll > >>>> only > >>>> > has > >>>> > > 16 > >>>> > > >> entry points? What does one do if you have more custom actions > >>>> than > >>>> > > that? > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> Thanks! > >>>> > > >> -Tina > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Jason Ginchereau < > >>>> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > > >> >wrote: > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> > There's no way to get a more detailed error printout without > >>>> > modifying > >>>> > > >> the > >>>> > > >> > code of the MakeSfxCA tool. > >>>> > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > The easiest way to diagnose the issue would be to capture the > >>>> > > >> command-line > >>>> > > >> > from your build log and then launch that same command-line in > a > >>>> > > >> debugger: > >>>> > > >> > devenv /debugexe MakeSfxCA.exe <parameters> > >>>> > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > If you don't have it already, the source code for MakeSfxCA > can > >>>> be > >>>> > > found > >>>> > > >> in > >>>> > > >> > wix3-sources.zip, in the src\dtf\Tools\MakeSfxCA directory. > >>>> > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > Or, if you can send me enough info / files to reproduce the > >>>> error, > >>>> > > I'll > >>>> > > >> > look into it. > >>>> > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > -Jason- > >>>> > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >>>> > > >> > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > > >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:05 PM > >>>> > > >> > To: Wix Group > >>>> > > >> > Subject: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > >>>> > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > Any tips on figuring out MakeSfxCA errors? 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