Richard wrote: > The problem isn't anything to do with Vista, its because your service > has a dependency on something in the GAC and the files don't really > appear in the GAC until after the Commit phase of the install. > > Just mark your service as starting automaticly and you shouldn't have > any problem. Then Windows will start the service when its needed. > Why do you think that you must start your service before the install > finishes?
First a general comment - thanks for all the replies! Regarding the service now, I think the problem has a lot to do with the installation of stuff into the GAC (the recommended way of doing things after all). All that the service needs is the C runtime, nothing special here. But that is not available. Now, wix has <ServiceControl .... start="install"/> so, why have that? Coincidently, it works on *every* release of windows, but not Vista because of Vista's new way of handing assemblies. Therefore the bug is either in WiX, Windows Installer or Vista. By my understanding of how things work, GAC refresh/update/install/committing/whatever you want to call it, should just be an API call within Windows Installer so the installation sequence can be, .. install stuff (including to GAC) .. refresh GAC -- maybe this could be a custom step that doesn't run unless needed, like when starting services before installation is done. .. start services. Then if start services fails, you roll back by uninstalling the stuff from the GAC, (refreshing it again, if you have done it before) and rolling back the rest of the installation. Finally, the application here is installed as a service because it is not a user intractable application and it is the easiest way of doing things. But yes, there may be another way of running it... messy, but possible. But for general case, does windows have triggers that allow a service to be started automatically when someone tried to connect to UDP port 123 (example) or a named pipe? If yes, then I guess ServiceControl's start attribute can be removed? - Adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
