Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?
Bob Arnson-6 wrote: Mergemod.dll is a black box so it's impossible to know exactly what's different. WiX v3 also uses the Vista SDK so any problems are going to affect it too. It's either a bug in mergemod.dll or bad merge modules. ** Thanks Bob ... I kinda figured that mergemod.dll was a bit like Pandora's Box grin And knowing these particular merge modules, I know they're *bad* to a certain degree ... my concern is/was that this stuff works [or at least doesn't outright crash light.exe] in v2.0.5213.0 and doesn't work in v2.0.5325.0 ... For now, I'm going back to v2.0.5213.0 ... since the merge module issue is more important to me than the other fixes that differentiate the two releases. Regards, -dmm -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error-while-trying-to-build-with-Crystal-Reports-XIr2---Any-ideas---tf3848848.html#a11413192 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?
DexterSinister wrote: For now, I'm going back to v2.0.5213.0 ... since the merge module issue is more important to me than the other fixes that differentiate the two releases. I mention it because we have no plans to revert back to the old version of the SDK -- in fact, we'll likely keep updating it so we pick up the latest features and security fixes. So you'll be stuck on an old version of WiX v2 until/unless you get fixed merge modules. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?
Here's an update, just in case anybody cares ... The problem cropped up with v2.0.5325.0 of WiX, in doing some testing to try and isolate the source of the error(s), I tested with v2.0.5213.0 ... and everything worked fine. I checked the change log and saw that with v2.0.5325.0, WiX was being built against the Vista SDK ... so, just for grins, I copied the older version of mergemod.dll in to the WiX folder and tried to do a build of my installation package. The build worked fine ... So I guess the question is: what's the difference between the mergemod DLLs, and can I live with v2.0.5213.0 ... at least until v3.0.x of WiX is stable enough for my needs. Any thoughts ... ? Thanks, -dmm -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error-while-trying-to-build-with-Crystal-Reports-XIr2---Any-ideas---tf3848848.html#a11399753 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?
DexterSinister wrote: So I guess the question is: what's the difference between the mergemod DLLs, and can I live with v2.0.5213.0 ... at least until v3.0.x of WiX is stable enough for my needs. Mergemod.dll is a black box so it's impossible to know exactly what's different. WiX v3 also uses the Vista SDK so any problems are going to affect it too. It's either a bug in mergemod.dll or bad merge modules. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 -Any ideas ?
OT, but I love that word...catastrophically. When functions in my code fail, I generally don't relate them to cataclysmic events. :-) ** I guess it depends on how close you are to your release date grin ** Can you post some snippets of the module so we can have a look, namely how the components are organized? ** The module is 85Mb ... but it's available at: http://support.businessobjects.com/downloads/merge_modules.asp The modules in question are the Crystal Reports XI r2 .NET and RDC, if you're curious ... -dmm -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error-while-trying-to-build-with-Crystal-Reports-XIr2---Any-ideas---tf3848848.html#a10916264 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 -Any ideas ?
OT, but I love that word...catastrophically. When functions in my code fail, I generally don't relate them to cataclysmic events. :-) Can you post some snippets of the module so we can have a look, namely how the components are organized? Regards, //aj On 5/31/07, Mike Dimmick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The documentation for ImsmMerge2::Merge wasn't exactly helpful (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369275.aspx): Return Value The Merge function returns the following values. E_FAIL The merge failed catastrophically. This indicates an operational error, and is not the normal error return for a failed merge. Check that the path to the MSI and the path to the MSM are fairly short? What does smoke say about the MSM? Can you open it with Orca? If you have an on-access virus scanner, try disabling it temporarily or asking it not to scan on writing the file? -- Mike Dimmick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DexterSinister Sent: 31 May 2007 21:59 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 -Any ideas ? I'm building an updated version of an installation package [only the Crystal Reports merge modules have changed at this point ...] and I'm getting the following error: light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component. Exception Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException Stack Trace: at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.IMsmMerge2.Merge(String feature, String directory) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.MergeModules(String databasePath, Output output) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.Bind(Output output) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Run(String[] args) Any thoughts on how to figure this out fix it ... ? Thanks in advance, -dmm -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error-while-trying-to-build-with-Crystal-Reports-XIr2- --Any-ideas---tf3848848.html#a10901909 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
