Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?

2007-07-03 Thread Bob Arnson
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.

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Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?

2007-07-03 Thread DexterSinister


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 

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 
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Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?

2007-07-02 Thread Bob Arnson
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.

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Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?

2007-07-02 Thread DexterSinister

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
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Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 -Any ideas ?

2007-06-01 Thread DexterSinister


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.

**

Agreed ... not overly helpful ...


**
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?

**

Paths are short ...

Opens fine with Orca ...

On-access scanning disabled [for testing] ... same error(s) ...

Here's what Smoke said:

ICE03: ICE03 - ICE to perform data validation and foreign key references
ICE03: Created 05/19/1998. Last Modified 10/03/2001.
C:\CrystalReports11_5_NET.msm : error SMOK0204 : ICE03: Table:
BOBJSourcePath Column: File_ Missing specifications in _Validation Table (or
Old Database)
C:\CrystalReports11_5_NET.msm : error SMOK0204 : ICE03: Table:
BOBJSourcePath Column: SourcePath Missing specifications in _Validation
Table (or Old Database)
C:\CrystalReports11_5_NET.msm : error SMOK0204 : ICE03: Table:
BOBJSourcePath Column: Date Missing specifications in _Validation Table (or
Old Database)
C:\CrystalReports11_5_NET.msm : error SMOK0204 : ICE03: Table:
BOBJSourcePath Column: Attributes Missing specifications in _Validation
Table (or Old Database)

ICE32: ICE32 - Confirms that keys and foreign keys are the same type/size
ICE32: Created 07/30/98. Last Modified 10/08/98.
ICE32: IniLocator table is not in database, but is listed in the _Validation
table as a foreign key of AppSearch.Signature_
ICE32: ODBCDataSource table is not in database, but is listed in the
_Validation table as a foreign key of Component.KeyPath
ICE32: ProgId table is not in database, but is listed in the _Validation
table as a foreign key of Extension.ProgId_
ICE32: MIME table is not in database, but is listed in the _Validation table
as a foreign key of Extension.MIME_
ICE32: Feature table is not in database, but is listed in the _Validation
table as a foreign key of Extension.Feature_
ICE32: Feature table is not in database, but is listed in the _Validation
table as a foreign key of FeatureComponents.Feature_
ICE32: Feature table is not in database, but is listed in the _Validation
table as a foreign key of MsiAssembly.Feature_
ICE32: Feature table is not in database, but is listed in the _Validation
table as a foreign key of PublishComponent.Feature_
ICE32: Differences found = 


I'm testing on a different machine today ... just in case it's some
weirdness in my primary system.

CR merge modules have been a pain in my ... um, side ... for a while now, so
I wasn't expecting
this change to be easy ... I'm just hoping there's a reasonably clear
solution.

Thanks for your help !

-dmm
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Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 -Any ideas ?

2007-06-01 Thread DexterSinister


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 


**

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


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Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 -Any ideas ?

2007-05-31 Thread Aaron Shurts
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
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Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 -Any ideas ?

2007-05-31 Thread Mike Dimmick
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

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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
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