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 ke

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 th

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

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 bu

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 retur

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 h

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 PROTECTE

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