dB, I think it's great that you have done so much work but why build up a completely independent framework and unit test infrastructure from the WiX toolset? Wouldn't it be more productive to have all of this stuff work together?
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:29 AM, dB. <dbl...@dblock.org> wrote: > Slightly related to this, if you're writing custom actions in numbers, > check out http://msiext.codeplex.com. We got a whole C++ framework for > CAs, lots of utility code and unit test infrastructure. We love > contributions. > > dB. @ dblock.org > Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Albert At School [mailto:alb...@de-notenbalk.nl] > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 4:36 AM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C++ Custom Action Dll not running on Windows > Server 2008 R2 > > Hi, > > I think it is good practice to use statically linked DLLs for CA DLLs; it > is > not just the MSVCRT that can cause problems. If you use third party, or own > external, components the problem arises as well :) > So therefor we build the CA DLL with everything statically in it with the > least external references like that. > > > Regards, > > Albert van Peppen > Senior System Engineer > Insad Grafisch b.v. > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: dB. [mailto:dbl...@dblock.org] > Verzonden: zondag 25 april 2010 1:51 > Aan: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] C++ Custom Action Dll not running on Windows > Server 2008 R2 > > Your custom action DLL is dynamically linked and requires the Visual Studio > runtime (if you install it, it works). You need to change how the DLL links > to MSVCRT if you want to redistribute your installer without the Microsoft > Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package. Alternately you may bootstrap > that in your installer and make it a pre-requisite. > > dB. @ dblock.org > Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Domonkos [mailto:s...@pfgltd.com] > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 4:10 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C++ Custom Action Dll not running on Windows > Server > 2008 R2 > > Thanks for the tip on the Dependency Walker tool. Running depends.exe. > > My verbose log states in the relevant lines. > ... > MSI (c) (78:44) [13:18:52:817]: Doing action: PIDKEYValidation > Action 13:18:52: PIDKEYValidation. > Action start 13:18:52: PIDKEYValidation. > MSI (c) (78:D4) [13:18:52:823]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: > C:\Users\sam\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9C65.tmp, Entrypoint: PIDKEYValidation > MSI (c) (78:C0) [13:18:52:826]: Cloaking enabled. > MSI (c) (78:C0) [13:18:52:827]: Attempting to enable all disabled > privileges before calling Install on Server > MSI (c) (78:C0) [13:18:52:828]: Connected to service for CA interface. > MSI (c) (78:44) [13:18:52:900]: Note: 1: 1723 2: PIDKEYValidation 3: > PIDKEYValidation 4: C:\Users\sam\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9C65.tmp > 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 PIDKEYValidation, entry: > PIDKEYValidation, library: C:\Users\sam\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9C65.tmp > MSI (c) (78:44) [13:18:55:866]: Product: WITS 3.04 -- 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 PIDKEYValidation, entry: > PIDKEYValidation, library: C:\Users\sam\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9C65.tmp > > Action ended 13:18:55: PIDKEYValidation. Return value 3. > DEBUG: Error 2896: Executing action PIDKEYValidation failed. > The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this > package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code > is 2896. The arguments are: PIDKEYValidation, , > Action ended 13:18:55: WelcomeDlg. Return value 3. > MSI (c) (78:C0) [13:18:55:884]: Doing action: FatalError > Action 13:18:55: FatalError. > ... > I basically am using this demo with an addition of some conditionals to > determine which features are installed by the PIDKEY > http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=Simple_Custom_Action_Dll > > After installing > > > Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) > > < > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7 > -A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en> > on the Virtual Machine with Windows Server 2008 R2 my Dll ran fine. > > --Sam > > On 4/8/2010 4:10 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > > On 4/8/2010 1:14 PM, Sam Domonkos wrote: > > > >> I know this is not specifically WiX 3.5, but I have a custom action that > >> will run on XP 32bit, Windows7 32 and 64bit, but will not run on Windows > >> Server 2008 R2. > >> > > Use Dependency Walker to see if the DLL has dependencies you're not > > accounting for. Otherwise, generic advice: use a verbose log to see how > > far your code gets. (You didn't say how it fails so it's difficult to be > > more precise.) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. 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