On 3/11/2011 9:27 AM, Kevin Burton wrote: > Along these same lines I tried building the CA project setting the target as > x64 just to see if this made a difference. I did get a different error > message but it still didn't work: > > MSI (s) (60:80) [08:07:23:231]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 5428 > (0x1534). > MSI (s) (60:C0) [08:07:23:278]: Running as a service. > MSI (s) (60:C0) [08:07:23:278]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom > action server. > Action start 8:07:23: CA_CheckCredentials. > SFXCA: Extracting custom action to temporary directory: > D:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI463.tmp-\ > SFXCA: Binding to CLR version v4.0.30319 > Calling custom action > BrainCustomActions!BuySeasons.BsiServices.Install.CustomActions.CheckCredentials > Error: could not load custom action class > BuySeasons.BsiServices.Install.CustomActions from assembly: BrainCustomActions > System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly > 'BrainCustomActions' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load > a program with an incorrect format. > File name: 'BrainCustomActions' > at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String > codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, > StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean > forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) > at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String > codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, > StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean > forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) > at > System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadAssemblyName(AssemblyName > assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean > forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) > at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, > Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean > forIntrospection) > at System.AppDomain.Load(String assemblyString) > at > Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.CustomActionProxy.GetCustomActionMethod(Session > session, String assemblyName, String className, String methodName) >
This error is because you are trying to load the x64 assembly into an x86 runtime environment. Note the line immediately before your custom action is called: "Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom action server." That's coming from MSI and is telling you that MSI's running in 32-bit mode already. Remember, the MSI itself is already targeting a specific architecture, as specified by the Platform attribute on your Package tag. Your MSI is a 32-bit MSI, so everything it loads needs to be 32-bit as well. Ideally you should be building two separate packages, one for each arch. By setting up your Solution build configurations properly this is pretty simple, and will build a 64-bit MSI with a 64-bit CA project, and 32-bit MSI with a 32-bit CA project. The key here is that WiX defines a Platform variable that matches the platform for the currently building configuration, so you would do things like: <Package ... Platform="$(var.Platform)" /> For more details on the MSI side of things, see: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2008/01/15/different-packages-are-required-for-different-processor-architectures.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
