InstallUtil truely is evil and the WiX way of doing things should work just fine. I've installed dozens on .NET services this way.
The error message about no endpoints makes me wonder if your app.config is getting installed. I'd do some profiling of the app to see whats going on. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Sun, 11/22/09, james poole <poole.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: james poole <poole.ja...@gmail.com> > Subject: [WiX-users] Self Hosted WCF Service Install > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 1:20 PM > So I'm fairly new to WIX and I'm > running into a problem that seems pervasive > on the web. > > Basically, I have a .NET self-hosted WCF service inside of > a windows > service. If I follow Msft's guidelines and add a > installer class to the > Windows Service project, then run installutil.exe, > everything works great. > > If I follow the WIX guideline to use the > <ServiceInstall> way to install the > service, it fails to start up due to some sort of > configuration issues. > (Says zero endpoints were configured). > > What is going on when I run installutil.exe that doesn't > happen when I > install the service through WIX using > <ServiceInstall>? Has anyone come > across this before? > > Thanks, > James > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and > deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's > new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
