[WiX-users] Creating a service using WIX

[Anidil]

I get the following error while running the .msi created by using the
following code to create a service using WIX.GService.exe is the service exe
file.I've copied installutillib.dll,GService.exe to the wix-binary
folder(folder where candle.exe and light.exe exists)and created a
service.xml file with the line given at the end

http://www.nabble.com/file/p11650454/error.jpg 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>
  <Product Id="182a4509-6086-4eed-b1e7-b155aa1e7ea5" Name="DotNetService"
           Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Persistent"
           UpgradeCode="49c8c75a-5210-4944-b2b8-69814e6a874d">
    <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" />

    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="WindowsServiceWixProject.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

    <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
      <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
        <Directory Id='DOTNETSERVICE' Name='DotNet'>
          <Component Id='TheService'
Guid='a464e2d9-a75e-4996-9f54-fd5155c3c35a'>
            <File Id='WindowsService' Name='GService.exe'
                  KeyPath='yes' DiskId='1' Source='GService.exe' />
            <File Id='ConfigFile' Name='Service.xml' DiskId='1'
                  Source='Service.xml' CompanionFile='WindowsService'/>
          </Component>
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>

    <Feature Id='TheOnlyFeature' Description='Feature contains the single
component' Level='1'>
      <ComponentRef Id='TheService'/>
    </Feature>

    <!-- Including the InstallUtilLib.dll. This file does all
    the works of installing the services. -->
    <Binary Id='InstallUtil' SourceFile='InstallUtilLib.dll' />

    <!--Write custom actions to install, uninstall, commit and rollback the
changes-->
    <CustomAction Id='InstallServiceSetProp' Property='InstallService'
Value='/installtype=notransaction /action=install /LogFile=
"[#WindowsService]" "[DOTNETSERVICE]Service.xml"'/>
    <CustomAction Id='InstallService' BinaryKey='InstallUtil'
                  DllEntry='ManagedInstall' Execute='deferred' />

    <CustomAction Id='UnInstallServiceSetProp' Property='UnInstallService'
Value='/installtype=notransaction /action=uninstall /LogFile=
"[#WindowsService]" "[DOTNETSERVICE]Service.xml"'/>
    <CustomAction Id='UnInstallService' BinaryKey='InstallUtil'
                  DllEntry='ManagedInstall' Execute='deferred' />

    <CustomAction Id='CommitServiceSetProp' Property='CommitService'
Value='/installtype=notransaction /action=commit /LogFile=
"[#WindowsService]" "[DOTNETSERVICE]Service.xml"'/>
    <CustomAction Id='CommitService' BinaryKey='InstallUtil'
                  DllEntry='ManagedInstall' Execute='commit' />

    <CustomAction Id='RollbackServiceSetProp' Property='RollbackService'
Value='/installtype=notransaction /action=rollback /LogFile=
"[#WindowsService]" "[DOTNETSERVICE]Service.xml"'/>
    <CustomAction Id='RollbackService' BinaryKey='InstallUtil'
                  DllEntry='ManagedInstall' Execute='rollback' />

    <!-- Now to sequence these Custom Actions in the execute sequence -->

    <InstallExecuteSequence>

      <Custom Action='UnInstallServiceSetProp'
After='MsiUnpublishAssemblies'>$TheService=2</Custom>
      <Custom Action='UnInstallService'
After='UnInstallServiceSetProp'>$TheService=2</Custom>

      <Custom Action='InstallServiceSetProp'
After='StartServices'>$TheService>2</Custom>
      <Custom Action='InstallService'
After='InstallServiceSetProp'>$TheService>2</Custom>

      <Custom Action='RollbackServiceSetProp'
After='InstallService'>$TheService>2</Custom>
      <Custom Action='RollbackService'
After='RollbackServiceSetProp'>$TheService>2</Custom>

      <Custom Action='CommitServiceSetProp'
After='RollbackService'>$TheService>2</Custom>
      <Custom Action='CommitService'
After='CommitServiceSetProp'>$TheService>2</Custom>

    </InstallExecuteSequence>
  </Product>
</Wix>


Service.xml contains following code
<?xml version="1.0"?>
  <configuration>
    <startup> 
        <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/>  
        </startup>
  </configuration>

would appreciate if any one can comment on this error
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