Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-04-30 Thread Blair
. -Original Message- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:31 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode Thanks Palbinder

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-04-01 Thread little.forest
Thanks Bob, You're right. They don't support MSI. From: Bob Arnson b...@joyofsetup.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 5:22:35 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-31 Thread Pally Sandher
, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Dave Brotherstone [mailto:dav...@pobox.com] Sent: 31 March 2010 06:42 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted,then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-31 Thread little.forest
Thanks Dave. I'll try that. From: Dave Brotherstone dav...@pobox.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 10:42:16 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-31 Thread little.forest
, March 31, 2010 3:38:43 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode RegSpy2 may be able to help. See http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/tips.htm about 1/3 down the page. It'll output a .reg file which you run through tallow.exe

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 3/31/2010 2:31 PM, little.forest wrote: Actually we asked the vendor first, but they told us sorry, we don't support Wix... They don't have to support WiX, just MSI. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-30 Thread little.forest
: little.forest little.for...@ymail.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Mon, March 29, 2010 5:35:29 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode Thanks Chad. Actually I tried

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-30 Thread Dave Brotherstone
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:39 AM, little.forest little.for...@ymail.comwrote: Hi All, I totally understand 'using regsvr32 in Wix' is not recommended. But in this adxloader.dll case, we can't use tallow or heat to generate fragments from the dll. This is not the problem of tallow or heat,

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-29 Thread little.forest
] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode On 3/26/2010 2:12 PM, little.forest wrote: 2. Those two DLL files will cause 'Error 2836' directly. But the manifest file will cause the installer showing 'The system can not find the file specified.' first

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-29 Thread Chad Petersen
@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sat, March 27, 2010 12:06:31 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode On 3/26/2010 2:12 PM, little.forest wrote: 2. Those two DLL files will cause 'Error 2836' directly. But the manifest file will cause the installer

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-29 Thread little.forest
: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted,then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode Thanks Bob. That dll is provided by a 3rd party company. We don't know how it's implemented. But I guess something isn't quite right with the DLL. We'll try to talk to the dll provider to understand

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 3/26/2010 2:12 PM, little.forest wrote: 2. Those two DLL files will cause 'Error 2836' directly. But the manifest file will cause the installer showing 'The system can not find the file specified.' first then showing the 'Error 2836'. So this is slightly different from those two DLL

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-26 Thread little.forest
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode On 3/25/2010 7:53 PM, little.forest wrote: DEBUG: Error 2836: The control ChangeButton on the dialog MaintenanceTypeDlg can not take focus The installer has encountered an unexpected error

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-26 Thread Pally Sandher
toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted,then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode First of all, thank you so much for your reply, Bob. There are a couple of other things, not sure if related: 1. Only 3 files cause the problem. According to the developer, one dll file

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-26 Thread little.forest
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted,then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode First of all, thank you so much for your reply, Bob. There are a couple of other things, not sure if related: 1. Only 3 files cause

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-26 Thread little.forest
2010 18:12 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted,then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode First of all, thank you so much for your reply, Bob. There are a couple of other things, not sure if related: 1. Only 3

[WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-25 Thread little.forest
We have an old product which uses Wix 2.0(a very stable version). Our test engineer found a problem: if some dll file(s) is manually deleted, then in Repair mode, we'll get Error 2836. Here is the error message from log: MSI (c) (B4:80) [16:22:22:313]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (c)

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get Error 2836 in Repair mode

2010-03-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 3/25/2010 7:53 PM, little.forest wrote: DEBUG: Error 2836: The control ChangeButton on the dialog MaintenanceTypeDlg can not take focus The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2836. The