If the CA is managed it requires .net If it's unmanaged it requires the VC runtime unless you compile it with /MT to embed the runtime in the dll. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2kzt1wy3(VS.80).aspx)
Installing VS.NET would install both of these... It could be some other dependency as well. -Brooke -----Original Message----- From: Tina Basinger [mailto:tinabasin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:53 PM To: Wix Group Subject: [WiX-users] Trouble running custom actions without VS installed Has anyone ever had trouble runnning custom actions when Visual Studio isn't installed on a machine? I have done everything I can think of to make these work, and I am still getting the following error in my install log. Any tips on things to check for as well as potential solutions would be greatly appreciated. I am running the Wix 3.0 RC2. Thanks! -Tina MSI (c) (F4:D8) [07:00:17:703]: Doing action: CheckRequirements Action 7:00:17: CheckRequirements. Action start 7:00:17: CheckRequirements. MSI (c) (F4:10) [07:00:17:823]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: D:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Temp\2\MSI173F.tmp, Entrypoint: CheckRequirements MSI (c) (F4:AC) [07:00:17:827]: Cloaking enabled. MSI (c) (F4:AC) [07:00:17:827]: Attempting to enable all disabled privileges before calling Install on Server MSI (c) (F4:AC) [07:00:17:827]: Connected to service for CA interface. Action ended 7:00:21: CheckRequirements. Return value 3. DEBUG: Error 2896: Executing action CheckRequirements failed. Internal Error 2896. CheckRequirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
