By the way, the C drive isn't on a RAID after all... I just thought it was because that's what the volume label said. *grimace*
-- Eric Fesh Customer Support Engineer/Software Test Engineer Verari Systems Software, Inc. 110 12th Street North, Suite D103 Birmingham, AL 35203 Phone +1-205-397-3141 ext. 3149 Fax +1-205-397-3142 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.verarisoft.com/ The information contained in this communication may be confidential and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this communication is not the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you are not a named recipient or received this communication by mistake, please notify the sender and delete the communication and all copies of it. Eric Fesh wrote: > All: > > I'm having an odd issue with XmlFile on a machine running Windows2003 > Enterprise... The machine has an Intel Woodcrest/Greencreek chipset and is > running a RAID as C:\ (although the machine also has a D:\ which this also > happens on). I mention these because I have no rational explanation for what > it's doing... > > My install proceeds as normal until the ExecXmlFile custom action gets fired > off. At that point, a dialog box pops up with the following error: > > Failed to open XML file > C:\Program Files\Verari Systems\VCC\OSMon\config\vcc.conf, system error: > -214704786 > > I've seen the system error before, and I believe it means that the file > doesn't > exist. However, I used Explorer to browse to the file location and the file > is > indeed there and has the proper contents. Also, Orca shows that ExecXmlFile > is > sequenced at the tail end of the InstallExecuteSequence, so I don't believe > that > it's trying to open a file that hasn't been written to disk yet. > > The most bizarre bit is that it's only one specific type of machine that I'm > having a problem with (a server that we manufacture)... I have had no issues > with regular PC-type machines, or with a different type of server machine > running the exact same OS... It's quite puzzling to me. Is there anything > interesting or unique about the way that ExecXmlFile opens the XML file that > might fail on exotic hardware? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
