To be explicit, the problem is as stated: the Directory table in the MSI file does not correctly link between directories and parent directories.
If the install works on some systems but not other, then look in the Directory table for values that might not resolve correctly on some machines. If it were a static issue in the MSI I think you'd see an invalid foreign key issue. 1. Some may be user properties (perhaps created by searches) that are not valid on some machines and don't return a value. 2. Some may be architecture specific, so for example having a 64-bit folder like ProgramFiles64Folder in the Directory table on a 32-bit OS may be an issue. Phil -----Original Message----- From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 12:16 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 2705.Invalid table: Directory; Could not be linked as tree. I have tried but no errors of this kind. > From: phil.wil...@mvps.org > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 11:41:57 -0700 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 2705.Invalid table: Directory; Could not be linked as tree. > > Try the Orca ICE tests - ICE03 doesn't explicitly report that the > directory is not linked as a tree, but you may see something like: > > ICE03 ERROR Not a valid foreign key; Table: Directory, Column: > Directory_Parent, Key(s):<whatever> > > Meaning that an entry does not have a parent in the Directory table. > > Phil > -----Original Message----- > From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 11:16 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Error 2705.Invalid table: Directory; Could not be > linked as tree. > > I have an msi installer that compile fine but when I try to install, > just when it search for disk space it report error 2705, in the log > there is something like this: > MSI (c) (78:00) [08:43:29:440]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ROOTDRIVE property. > Its value is 'C:\'. > MSI (c) (78:00) [08:43:29:440]: Note: 1: 2705 2: Directory Error > 2705.Invalid table: Directory; Could not be linked as tree. > > I don't know where I need to look to solve this problem, as if I try > to build the setup using the version of my software builded on the > build server it works, but if I try to buld my software locally and > then create the setup msi package I have this error when I try to install it. > The directory structure of the setup project is exactly the same, so > this kind of error don't help me too much.Any suggestion? Is there any > way to find out which is the problem? > I have tried to see the msi table structure with orca but nothing > special, I have tried to validate one working package and one faulty package and the > result were the same. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
