Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-22 Thread Neil Sleightholm
: DexterSinister [mailto:dma...@nt4hire.com] Sent: 20 March 2013 21:23 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help Yes, Neil ... RegSvcs works fine for either version of the DLL, installs fine ... uninstalls fine ... Weird, eh? I'm going to take a look

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-22 Thread Christopher Painter
Message- From: DexterSinister [mailto:dma...@nt4hire.com] Sent: 20 March 2013 21:23 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help Yes, Neil ... RegSvcs works fine for either version of the DLL, installs fine ... uninstalls fine ... Weird, eh? I'm

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-22 Thread Katherine Moss
XML toolset.; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help My COM+ experience is 10 years old but here's something I'm wondering: I wonder if what ever classes that are in System.Enterprise.Services ( or whatever that namespace

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-22 Thread Christopher Painter
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help My COM+ experience is 10 years old but here's something I'm wondering: I wonder if what ever classes that are in System.Enterprise.Services

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-22 Thread DexterSinister
Neil Sleightholm wrote I'll see if I can make a simple repro first and try and come up with some ideas. dmm - can you raise a defect so this is not lost? Thanks Neil! I believe there are already a couple of bug reports / fix requests for this but I will double-check and enter one if my

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-21 Thread DexterSinister
Christopher Painter-2 wrote If that's the case, a DTF custom action wouldn't have that problem. Thanks for the tip ... I've never done anything with DTF, do you have any suggestions on how to get started ? Thanks again for your time and attention, -dmm -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-21 Thread Christopher Painter
http://blog.torresdal.net/2008/10/24/wix-and-dtf-using-a-custom-action-to-li st-available-web-sites-on-iis/ From: DexterSinister dma...@nt4hire.com Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:29 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-21 Thread DexterSinister
Christopher Painter-2 wrote http://blog.torresdal.net/2008/10/24/wix-and-dtf-using-a-custom-action-to-list-available-web-sites-on-iis/ Thanks! I'll check this out ... -dmm -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Mensching
and then using something like process explorer to see what version of .NET is loaded in the same process space as you msi? -Original Message- From: DexterSinister [mailto:dma...@nt4hire.com] Sent: 20 March 2013 21:23 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Sleightholm n...@x2systems.comwrote: Does the .NET 4.0 component install to COM+ ok if you do it manually? -Original Message- From: DexterSinister [mailto:dma...@nt4hire.com] Sent: 19 March 2013 20:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread Christopher Painter
... From: Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 3:56 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help I think Rob is right, the WiX code uses an assembly

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread Neil Sleightholm
for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help I think Rob is right, the WiX code uses an assembly System.EnterpriseServices (method RegistrationHelper) to install COM+ this doesn't seem to have a .NET version associated

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread Christopher Painter
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help These are COM objects written in .NET, IIRC you have to go through some hoops to install them and you can (and WiX does) use the System.EnterpriseServices to do it. Hmmm... I haven't done COM+ apps in 10 years but I guess I don't see the connection

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread Neil Sleightholm
+ installation issues. Neil From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: 20 March 2013 15:59 To: Neil Sleightholm; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help I had a really good response typed up but then IE10 crapped out on me like

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread Christopher Painter
...@iswix.com, General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help I am not sure I follow what has remoting API got to do with installing COM+ services? System.EnterpriseServices is still part of all versions of .NET

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread Neil Sleightholm
; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: RE: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help Neil, I'm just giving my opinion. ArrayList and HashTable is still in the .NET Framework but that doesn't mean you should use it instead of ListT and DictionaryT. COM+ is a remoting

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread DexterSinister
Yes, Neil ... RegSvcs works fine for either version of the DLL, installs fine ... uninstalls fine ... Weird, eh? I'm going to take a look at the ComPlus extension code to see if I can find any obvious reason why it's not working ... not familiar territory, but I may as well give it a shot ...

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread Neil Sleightholm
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help Yes, Neil ... RegSvcs works fine for either version of the DLL, installs fine ... uninstalls fine ... Weird, eh? I'm going to take a look at the ComPlus extension code to see if I can find any obvious reason why it's not working

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-20 Thread Christopher Painter
: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help I have had a look at the WiX code and my suspicion is that it loads which ever version of the .NET framework is in the msiexec process space, so if .NET 2.0 (or 3.5) was first then that is how it loads the COM+ assembly therefore if yours if .NET 4.0 is won't

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-19 Thread DexterSinister
Hi Rob - Your 'nothing' is probably more than my nothing on this topic, so thanks in advance for any assistance and insight you can provide. Here's the relevant log segment: ** ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit: Entering ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit in C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI29.tmp, version

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-19 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Does the .NET 4.0 component install to COM+ ok if you do it manually? -Original Message- From: DexterSinister [mailto:dma...@nt4hire.com] Sent: 19 March 2013 20:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help Hi Rob - Your 'nothing' is probably

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-19 Thread Rob Mensching
-users] COM+ registration help Hi Rob - Your 'nothing' is probably more than my nothing on this topic, so thanks in advance for any assistance and insight you can provide. Here's the relevant log segment: ** ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit: Entering ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit in C

[WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-18 Thread DexterSinister
Like the subject line says ... I'm using WiX v3.7.1224.0 to build an installation package for an app that has a COM+ service application ... I've tried to use the COM+ custom actions and have had nothing but failures, this installer app were working until the app was updated to use .NET v4 - I

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help

2013-03-18 Thread Rob Mensching
I know basically nothing about COM+ but a little detail about the exact error codes you are hitting might help others. On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:05 AM, DexterSinister dma...@nt4hire.com wrote: Like the subject line says ... I'm using WiX v3.7.1224.0 to build an installation package for an