I've done more research. I wrote a per-user install that didn't require admin and tried to install it by using an MSBuild Exec task. I got a 1601 error message saying the installer service was unavailable.
I also ran sc query msiserver and it didn't say it was disabled. But clearly MSI is locked down in their build environment. ---------------------------------------- From: "John Cooper" <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:00 PM To: "chr...@iswix.com" <chr...@iswix.com>, "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Build WiX Projects via msbuild using TFSPreview Hosted Build Servers Could it be authority to execute/registration of vbscript? I believe some of those validation tests still have vbs in them, and if it can't run, it's going to fail every time. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:24 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Build WiX Projects via msbuild using TFSPreview Hosted Build Servers I've started playing with Microsoft's new hosted build service and I've come across some issues. The environment is locked down ( the builds don't run with administrative priv ) so you can't install software. While I understand WiX can xcopy deploy to a build envionment, I wanted to also leverage the MSBUILD ( .wixproj ) support because, well, that's kind of the whole design of TFS Team Build. So I grabbed the contents of the MSBuild Targets dirctory and the WiX directory and checked it into source control. Then I passed the following values into the build: /p:WiXTargetsPath=..\WiX\MSBuild\wix.targets;WixTasksPath=WiXTasks.dll;WixTo olPath=..\WiX\Application\bin;WixExtDir=..\WiX\Application\bin Everything almost worked except for ICE Validation. I was getting the usual suspect: light.exe: Error executing ICE action 'ICEM01'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". I'm running the X86 msbuild platform. Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be done with user-privs only to fix this problem? Turning off validation is a horrible work around. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
