The Windows Installer Error Message http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372835(VS.85).aspx says:
2756 The property '[2]' was used as a directory property in one or more tables, but no value was ever assigned. That suggest something is wrong in your MSI. A verbose log file will probalby tell you more. On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Mark Modrall <mmodr...@mzinga.com> wrote: > Hi everybody... > > I imagine I'll take some flak for this, but we still have > installers being cobbled together by Wix 2.0. > > Recently I was tasked with upgrading our product builds from VS 2005 to VS > 2010 (and moving our production environment from Windows Server 2003 to > 2008). I just got all the product build converted and running under VS 2010 > (with a side nightmare thanks to Sourcegear Vault). My Wix project cranked > out .msis without complaint. > > But when I went to install the msi on Windows 2008, it threw > an exception 2765. Not a lot of information on what the problem is. Not > sure if it's some kind of difference between W2003 and 2008, the version of > the msi installer on the os or what. It did say there was one specific > merge module at the time, a .net assembly that was going to be put in the > gac. > > I'd run Wix under VS 2005 figuring that the bundling of the > build product didn't need to be upgraded, but to start eliminating variables > I upgraded the Wix solution to VS 2010 and tried the msi outcome of that. > Same error. > > I went to install Wix 3 (baby steps), but that installer > still only offered VS 2005 integration. > > I haven't worked with Windows Server 2008 much and I haven't > seen this installer error before. Is this a Wix compatibility issue or an > OS issue? > > Thanks > Mark > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric > Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup > Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, > optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
