I am packaging the helper assembly with the custom action by passing it as the last parameter to MakeSfxCA.
The verbose log has the following around the error message. MSI (s) (EC:14) [08:38:00:565]: Doing action: InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4 Action 8:38:00: InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4. Action start 8:38:00: InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4. MSI (s) (EC:10) [08:38:00:569]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2C2A.tmp, Entrypoint: InitInstallDIR MSI (s) (EC:88) [08:38:00:570]: Generating random cookie. MSI (s) (EC:88) [08:38:00:576]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 6012 (0x177C). MSI (s) (EC:90) [08:38:00:605]: Running as a service. MSI (s) (EC:90) [08:38:00:606]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom action server. MSI (s) (EC:14) [08:38:00:610]: Note: 1: 1723 2: InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4 3: InitInstallDIR 4: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2C2A.tmp DEBUG: Error 2835: The control ErrorIcon was not found on dialog SetupError Internal Error 2835. ErrorIcon, SetupError Error 1723.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4, entry: InitInstallDIR, library: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2C2A.tmp MSI (s) (EC:14) [08:38:09:138]: Product: MyProduct -- Error 1723.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action InitInstallDIR.FE2FB413_1E39_4B13_AC8B_A3F8022742C4, entry: InitInstallDIR, library: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2C2A.tmp On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Jason Ginchereau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > If you look at the verbose log you can see what custom action it is trying > to run just before that error. And are there any other error messages nearby > in the log? > > Is the helper assembly getting packaged with the custom action by > MakeSfxCA? It should be automatically if there is an assembly reference. > That's probably not the issue anyway, since if it was only a managed > dependency problem then the unmanaged stub would start to run, and it would > print a different error message to the log. > > -Jason- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:11 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > > OK, so i've made some head way. I now have 2 custom action assemblies > with > 12 and 13 custom actions respectively, and a third "helper" assembly with > common code needed for both sets of custom actions. Once I got everything > compiling and rebuilt, I ran my install and got the following errror: > > Error 1723: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL > required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your > support personal or package vendor. > > Can anyone tell me how I can determine what DLL it is talking about Should > I be able to have a custom action helper assembly? How do I deploy it so > that it can be called from the custom actions? > > Thanks! > -Tina > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > Okay, i'll proceed with the first option to clean up some of our > existing > > custom actions, and see where that leaves me. > > Thanks! > > -Tina > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Jason Ginchereau < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > >> Wow, that's a lot of custom actions. Most setups (should) have just a > few > >> if any. The limit of 16 is currently by design, although the tool should > >> definitely handle the overflow more gracefully. I'll fix that. > >> > >> If you have more than 16 custom actions, your options are: > >> > >> 1. Design immediate CAs to iterate over rows in a table or behave > >> differently based on property data instead of the entrypoint name. Or > for > >> deferred CAs, schedule them with an immediate CA and pass parameters via > >> CustomActionData (a common pattern). > >> > >> 2. Split your custom actions across multiple assemblies, each having > less > >> than 16. > >> > >> 3. Edit the headers for the SfxCA stub to reserve more space, and > rebuild > >> it. Additional entrypoint slots will need to be defined in > EntryPoints.def > >> and EntryPoints.h. > >> > >> -Jason- > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:39 AM > >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > >> > >> OK, this seems to be failing on the following line of code, which is > line > >> 424 in MakeSfxCA.cs. > >> > >> entryPoints.Keys.CopyTo(slotSort, slotCount - entryPoints.Count); > >> It's failing because slotCount = 16 and entryPoints.Count = 38, so > >> slotCount-entryPoints.Count is negative. Apparenlty sfxCA.dll only has > 16 > >> entry points? What does one do if you have more custom actions than > that? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> -Tina > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Jason Ginchereau < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > There's no way to get a more detailed error printout without modifying > >> the > >> > code of the MakeSfxCA tool. > >> > > >> > The easiest way to diagnose the issue would be to capture the > >> command-line > >> > from your build log and then launch that same command-line in a > >> debugger: > >> > devenv /debugexe MakeSfxCA.exe <parameters> > >> > > >> > If you don't have it already, the source code for MakeSfxCA can be > found > >> in > >> > wix3-sources.zip, in the src\dtf\Tools\MakeSfxCA directory. > >> > > >> > Or, if you can send me enough info / files to reproduce the error, > I'll > >> > look into it. > >> > > >> > -Jason- > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:05 PM > >> > To: Wix Group > >> > Subject: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > >> > > >> > Any tips on figuring out MakeSfxCA errors? I'm getting the following > >> > output > >> > when calling MakeSfxCA.exe from the command line. > >> > > >> > ... > >> > CA_Name=Fully_Qualified_CA_Name > >> > Modifying SfxCA.dll stub > >> > Error: Non-negative number required. > >> > Parameter name: index > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > >> > challenge > >> > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > >> > prizes > >> > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > >> world > >> > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > WiX-users mailing list > >> > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > >> > challenge > >> > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > >> > prizes > >> > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > >> world > >> > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > WiX-users mailing list > >> > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > >> challenge > >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > >> prizes > >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > >> world > >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > >> challenge > >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > >> prizes > >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > >> world > >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
