That did the trick. It also fixed my problems with Shortcuts installing from merge modules. I would not have thought it to be that easy. Thank you for your immediate response and your wonderful WiX toolkit! I enjoy working with it.
Keep up the good work, Cheers Volker Rob Mensching schrieb: > Can you try grabbing the mergemod.dll out of the latest drop of the WiX v3 > toolset (http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases)? There was a bug recently > found in mergemod.dll that the VC runtime merge modules seem to have > uncovered. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Volker > Enderlein > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 02:33 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] light.exe crash when using Shortcuts and Merge modules > in Wix > > Hi folks, > > I'm using WiX 2.0.5805.0 on Windows XP and facing a crash of light.exe > when using Merge Modules and Shortcuts together. If I omit the Shortcut > definition everything runs fine. > > The error message from light.exe is: > light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Beim Aufruf einer COM-Komponente wurde ein > HRESULT E_FAIL-Fehler zurückgegeben. > > Exception Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException > > Stack Trace: > bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.IMsmMerge2.Merge(String > feature, String directory) > bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.MergeModules(String > databasePath, Output output) > bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.Bind(Output output) > bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Run(String[] args) > > You'll find the simple test program to reproduce this behaviour attached. > > test.wxs > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi";> > <Product Name="alaska 5.2" Id="A6FD86D1-28AD-4387-B90A-EEB241E7F002" > Language="1033" Codepage="1252" Version="5.2.0" > Manufacturer="Institute of Mechatronics"> > > <Package Id="????????-????-????-????-????????????" Keywords="Installer" > Description="Test Installer" > Comments="alaska is a registered trademark of Institute of > Mechatronics." > Manufacturer="Institute of Mechatronics" > InstallerVersion="100" Languages="1033" Compressed="yes" > SummaryCodepage="1252" /> > > <Condition Message="You need to be an administrator to install this > product."> > Privileged > </Condition> > > <Media Id="1" Cabinet="Sample.cab" EmbedCab="yes" > DiskPrompt="CD-ROM #1" /> > <Property Id="DiskPrompt" Value="Test 1.0 Installation [1]" /> > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles"> > <Directory Id="IfmFolder" Name="Test"> > <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="alaska" LongName="Test 1.0"> > <Merge > Id="VC_User_MFC71_Loc.3B4432BE_1CFD_4D42_9C85_9C9C551C257A" > Language="1033" SourceFile="C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Merge > Modules\VC_User_MFC71_Loc_RTL_X86_---.msm" DiskId="1" /> > <Directory Id="Compositing" Name="Composit" > LongName="Compositing"> > <Component Id="Test_01" > Guid="47EB0E1F-FE57-4953-8E70-2EBCA174A98A"> > <File Id="TestEXE" Name="Test.exe" LongName="Test.exe" > DiskId="1" Source="Test.exe" Vital="yes"> > <Shortcut Id="startmenuTest" > Directory="ProgramMenuDir" Name="Test" LongName="Test 1.0" > WorkingDirectory="Compositing" Icon="Test.exe" IconIndex="0" /> > </File> > </Component> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="PMenu" LongName="Programs"> > <Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="alaska" LongName="Test 1.0" /> > </Directory> > </Directory> > > <Feature Id="Compositing" Title="Compositing Module" > Description="The Compositing Module" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLDIR" > Level="1000"> > <ComponentRef Id="Test_01" /> > <MergeRef > Id="VC_User_MFC71_Loc.3B4432BE_1CFD_4D42_9C85_9C9C551C257A" /> > </Feature> > <UIRef Id="WixUI_Mondo" /> > <UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText" /> > <Icon Id="Test.exe" SourceFile="Test.exe" /> > </Product> > </Wix> > > Hope someone could shed light on this issue (pun intended). > > Cheers Volker > > -- > Volker Enderlein > Tel: +49 (0)371 53119651 Institut für Mechatronik > Fax: +49 (0)371 53119699 Reichenhainer Strasse 88 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-09126 Chemnitz > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Volker Enderlein Tel: +49 (0)371 53119651 Institut für Mechatronik Fax: +49 (0)371 53119699 Reichenhainer Strasse 88 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-09126 Chemnitz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. 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