I really does not matter what the install is doing. If you have compiled your main program as an AnyCPU and any DLL in the chain is 32-bit only, then the application will not run on a x64 system. This is because the AnyCPU code is jited into x64 on a 64 bit machine and a x64 application cannot load a 32-bit DLL.
You must compile at least the main program as x86. All of the managed (CLR) DLLs will then be loaded and jited as 32-bit and then the application can load the 32-bit only DLLs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Chastain -----Original Message----- From: dvo...@icrcompany.com [mailto:dvo...@icrcompany.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 20:11 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] installing an application as a pure x86 app on Vista 64. Why would the .NET binaries try to load any 32-bit dependent Dlls during installation? As far as I was aware the installer was just copying those Dlls to the proper locations. I'll try installing via command line. Hopefully that will actually produce some sort of error message. Dan > I've seen this when it's not an installer issue, it's because the .NET > binaries are AnyCpu and consequently run as native 64-bit and can't > load 32-bit dependent Dlls. When this happens during the install > custom actions fail etc. > > You didn't see any kind of error message when the install failed? > Anyway, installing with a command line to produce a log might help. > > Msiexec /I <path to msi> /l*v <path to a log file> > > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Vogel [mailto:dvo...@icrcompany.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:25 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] installing an application as a pure x86 app on > Vista 64. > > When I run the installer on a 32-bit machine everything works fine. > When I run the installer on a 64-bit it prematurely ends due to some > unspecified error. I need the application to be a purely x86 > application. The app is written in C# and WPF and so should run fine > as 64-bit. However, several dll dependencies are 32-bit. > > What sort of flags or settings do I need to use to get the installer > to work properly in a 64-bit environment, but install the application > as purely x86? Are there some sort of logs that are created when the > installer fails that will let me know why it is prematurely ending? > > Thanks, > -- > > *Dan Vogel* > Software Engineer > iCRco - The Innovative CR Company > P) 310-921-9559 > F) 310-542-7236 > dvo...@icrcompany.com <mailto:dvo...@icrcompany.com> > http://www.icrcompany.com iCRco logo This e-mail may contain > confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the > intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in > error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. > Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material > in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration > and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application > coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration > and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application > coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
