Ah my apologies. I haven't looked at the Registry Table in a built MSI using InstEd or Orca in a while so I hadn't noticed the auto generated Id's in there for Class & Prog ID's.
To the best of my knowledge, WiX generates those ID's using some algorithm which is almost guaranteed to generate the same value every time for that file/folder/component etc. in theory you should be able to modify the ProgId's ID or Description elements or something similar so it generates unique ones however someone with more in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of candle.exe (Rob M, Bob A et al) should be able to advise in a greater capacity. For now I'd try changing the Id's & see if you can fool it into generating more unique Id's for the Registry Table. Good Luck. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Renegade Angel [mailto:renegade.an...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 September 2010 13:25 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Light error for COM dll with multiple prog id's for thesame class As it appears I'm already using heat with the -suid switch. The reg06989... seems to be an id that is generated by candle, I can only find it in setup.wixobj. Should I post process the obj file and change certain id's and enforce uniqueness to fix this ? Thanks, JB 2010/9/13 Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com> > Try using the -suid switch when you run heat to get more readable ID's > generated rather than 'reg06989E0C50B7888525E711A46A9A609B'. > The code you've pasted isn't the problem. The error message says > you've got duplicated Id's in the RegistryTable, it has nothing to do > with Class & Prog Id's. Make sure none of your RegistryKey or > RegistryValue Id's are duplicates & if they are, modify them. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment & IT Administrator > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > > http://www.iesve.com > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, > Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Renegade Angel [mailto:renegade.an...@gmail.com] > Sent: 13 September 2010 10:36 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Light error for COM dll with multiple prog id's > for thesame class > > Dear all, > > I've been dealing with this issue when using heat to generate the > registry information for COM-dll's. > (I'm running 3.0.5419.0 of the WiX toolset) > > For instance: > > Running heat on the file ChilKatUtil.dll results in: > > ... > <Class Id="{C497BA35-66A4-4818-8AF0-6928A3EEEB68}" > Context="InprocServer32" Description="Chilkat AppSettings" > ThreadingModel="apartment" Version="1.0" Insertable="yes" > Programmable="yes" > Control="yes"> > * <ProgId Id="Chilkat.AppSettings.1" Description="Chilkat > AppSettings">* > * <ProgId Id="Chilkat.AppSettings" Description="Chilkat > AppSettings" />* > * </ProgId>* > <ProgId Id="ChilkatUtil.AppSettings.1" > Description="Chilkat AppSettings"> > <ProgId Id="ChilkatUtil.AppSettings" > Description="Chilkat AppSettings" /> > </ProgId> > </Class> > ... > > This compiles fine, but when linking I get the error: "error LGHT0130 : > The primary key 'reg06989E0C50B7888525E711A46A9A609B' is duplicated in > table 'Registry'. Please remove one of the entries or rename a part > of the primary key to avoid the collision." > > When I remove section in bold it links fine, and the following entries > are written to the registry: > > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings] > @="Chilkat AppSettings" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings\CLSID] > @="{C497BA35-66A4-4818-8AF0-6928A3EEEB68}" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings\CurVer] > @="ChilkatUtil.AppSettings.1" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings.1] > @="Chilkat AppSettings" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings.1\CLSID] > @="{C497BA35-66A4-4818-8AF0-6928A3EEEB68}" > > However, what I need in the registry is the following (I need both > prog > id's): > > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\Chilkat.AppSettings] > @="Chilkat AppSettings" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\Chilkat.AppSettings\CLSID] > @="{C497BA35-66A4-4818-8AF0-6928A3EEEB68}" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\Chilkat.AppSettings\CurVer] > @="Chilkat.AppSettings.1" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\Chilkat.AppSettings.1] > @="Chilkat AppSettings" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\Chilkat.AppSettings.1\CLSID] > @="{C497BA35-66A4-4818-8AF0-6928A3EEEB68}" > [ > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings] > @="Chilkat AppSettings" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings\CLSID] > @="{C497BA35-66A4-4818-8AF0-6928A3EEEB68}" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings\CurVer] > @="ChilkatUtil.AppSettings.1" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings.1] > @="Chilkat AppSettings" > [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-746137067-2139871995-1417001333-500\Software\Clas > se > s\ChilkatUtil.AppSettings.1\CLSID] > @="{C497BA35-66A4-4818-8AF0-6928A3EEEB68}" > > The funny thing is, with version 3.0.5006.0 I get the correct result, > but it is a beta and I would much rather use an official release to > build our MSI. Something must have changed to light between the 2 > versions. > I have tried with 3.5 versions also, but it breaks on the same linker > error. > > I found this post from last year: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Possible > -b ug-with-duplicate-registry-keys-td3214414.html > That person had the same problem, but I cannot reach him for comments. > Also there seem to have been no replies on his question. > > Anyone has an idea ? > > Thanks in advance. > JB > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start > using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your > shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate > your shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
