At 06:00 PM 2/12/2005, Bill Stoddard wrote: > >Bill R correctly identified the reason I'd like to see >the service install occur before post-config. If the last >thing your installer does is install the service, the service >install will fail if there is a problem with httpd.conf. The >most likely problem is that some other service is using port 80 >(or port 443, or whatever port you want httpd to listen on).
That and other issues. I have a couple theories on this... * Solve the port 80 (443...) problem simply by testing those ports in real_features.dll, a stub which our .msi invokes to test other real-world issues, today. Add the choice of ports (default: 80) and run the user in a circle till they choose a valid port. * If this is possible; Pipe the service install output to a log file. Present the user the results of that log file upon exit. Hopefully, this provides some feedback of why it did not install. [This is not as trivial in .msi as it might sound.] There are a few other changes I'm working on to the installer which will create other failure cases, such as running the service as another user. We can't safely move around a p/w for that account without the possibility of it being snooped. So if run-as-user is selected, we won't be starting the installed service, but taking them to the service control panel after creating that service for them to enter the p/w. We also need to axe (force to shutdown) the ApacheMonitor.exe taskbar applet on uninstall/upgrade/etc. Working on that. Finally the ApacheMonitor needs an extra option to dredge out the Application Event MMC view, just like it can bring up the Services view, or it's own expanded view. Not to mention the green light/red light indicator is broken in the taskbar. My theory is, if any service set to start 'Automatic' is not started, the light should never be green. Oh, and finally, we really shouldn't invert the icon color next to the service name in the quick view when it has mouse focus. The service name can be inverted, but the inversion changes red<>green lol. All this and more as I have cycles, help is always welcome. Bill
