OK, I tried tallow. But it doesn't work.
First, I tried "tallow.exe -c my.dll", but I got System.BadImageFormatException.
Then I tried "tallow.exe -s my.dll", but I got
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException.
I also tried heat from 3.0 "heat.exe file my.dll -out my.wxs", but I only got
this:
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="mydir" FileSource="C:\mydir">
<Component Id="my.dll" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE">
<File Id="my.dll" Name="my.dll" KeyPath="yes"
Source="C:\mydir\my.dll" />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
</Fragment>
There is no any COM related info there.
Help please. I appreciate it.
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From: little.forest <little.for...@ymail.com>
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
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Sent: Fri, March 26, 2010 3:25:42 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get
"Error 2836" in Repair mode
Thanks Palbinder.
I'll try tallow.
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From: Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com>
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
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Sent: Fri, March 26, 2010 11:26:09 AM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get
"Error 2836" in Repair mode
Tallow.exe in WiX v2.0 should be able to harvest the registry entries
required for COM registration (assuming the DLL exports
DLLRegisterServer function). Tallow.exe is with the WiX v2.0 equivalent
of heat.exe in WiX v3.0. I don't have a WiX v2.0 install lying around
but running "tallow.exe /?" should give you the parameters needed to
harvest the COM registration info.
Sounds like the problem is the Self Reg of the COM DLL. If one of the 2
DLL's or the manifest file is deleted it may not be able to re-run the
Self Reg when you run your repair as it may not have replaced the files
at that point.
Yet another reason why Self-Reg is a very very very bad idea.
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From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com]
Sent: 26 March 2010 18:12
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted,then we'll
get "Error 2836" in Repair mode
First of all, thank you so much for your reply, Bob.
There are a couple of other things, not sure if related:
1. Only 3 files cause the problem. According to the developer, one dll
file is a COM component, the manifest is associated with the COM dll,
another dll is used by the COM dll. I also noticed the COM dll is
registered by using regsvr32.exe in a custom action. Not sure if this is
the problem. But I've a feeling that COM registration doesn't work that
way even I never register a COM in Wix.
2. Those two DLL files will cause 'Error 2836' directly. But the
manifest file will cause the installer showing 'The system can not find
the file specified.' first then showing the 'Error 2836'. So this is
slightly different from those two DLL files.
3. I did look at the dll files' property, they seem normal. By using
Orca, I also looked at the File table, these files entries look the same
as others.
>From #1, my guess is the COM registration could cause the problem, but
I'm not sure. Please point out if my guess is correct or not:
1. If my guess is correct, please post some links here about how to
register a COM component correctly in 2.0. Meanwhile, I'll dig in this
topic as well.
2. If my guess isn't correct, please point me out where I should look
into, or which file or flag or something I should check.
Thanks a lot.
________________________________
From: Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com>
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Thu, March 25, 2010 5:58:55 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then
we'll get "Error 2836" in Repair mode
On 3/25/2010 7:53 PM, little.forest wrote:
> DEBUG: Error 2836: The control ChangeButton on the dialog
> MaintenanceTypeDlg can not take focus The installer has encountered an
> unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem
> with this package. The error code is 2836. The arguments are:
> MaintenanceTypeDlg, ChangeButton,
>
That's not a fatal error; is there some other symptom you're seeing?
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