I had a really good response typed up but then IE10 crapped out on me like
it always does. It really doesn't like my webmail site.
The short version is that namespace is .NET Enterprsie Services is 12 years
old and I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. Microsoft has rewritten
the remoting API's about 4 times since then.
Regards,
Chris
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From: "Neil Sleightholm" <n...@x2systems.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 10:47 AM
To: "chr...@iswix.com" <chr...@iswix.com>, "General discussion for Windows
Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help
These are COM objects written in .NET, IIRC you have to go through some
hoops to install them and you can (and WiX does) use the
System.EnterpriseServices to do it.
>Hmmm... I haven't done COM+ apps in 10 years but I guess I don't see the
>connection to .NET. My custom actions (InstallScript back then) always
>used the COMAdmin objects which were unmanaged.
>
>For .NET remoting I think of things like remoting, webservices, wcf et
>al...
>
>----------------------------------------
> From: "Neil Sleightholm" <n...@x2systems.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 3:56 AM
>To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset."
><wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help
>
>I think Rob is right, the WiX code uses an assembly
>System.EnterpriseServices (method RegistrationHelper) to install COM+
this
>doesn't seem to have a .NET version associated with it but on a couple of
>machines I have checked they don't always have the .NET 4.0 reference
>under the InprocServer32 key (not done COM/COM+ for a while so I'd need
to
>research this more to be completely sure how it works).
>
>Might be worth checking whether your machine has a 4.0.0.0 entry under
>this key:
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{89A86E7B-C229-4008-9BAA-2F5C8411D7E0}\InprocServe
>r
>
>
>32
>
>Neil
>
>>It is entirely possible the COM+ CustomAction has not been updated to
>>handle NETFX 4.0. I don't even know if that statement makes sense but
the
>>custom action was written so long ago, there may be something about
NETFX
>>4.0 that isn't handled correctly. Someone could look at the code...
>>
>>
>>On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Neil Sleightholm
>><n...@x2systems.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Does the .NET 4.0 component install to COM+ ok if you do it manually?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: DexterSinister [mailto:dma...@nt4hire.com]
>>> Sent: 19 March 2013 20:34
>>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM+ registration help
>>>
>>> Hi Rob -
>>>
>>> Your 'nothing' is probably more than my nothing on this topic, so
>thanks
>>> in advance for any assistance and insight you can provide.
>>>
>>> Here's the relevant log segment:
>>>
>>> **********
>>> ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit: Entering ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit in
>>> C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI29.tmp, version 3.7.1224.0 MSI (s) (E0!50)
>>> [11:17:57:286]: Closing MSIHANDLE (859) of type 790531 for thread 3920
>>>MSI
>>> (s) (E0!50) [11:17:57:286]: Creating MSIHANDLE (860) of type 790531
for
>>> thread 3920 MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:17:57:286]: Closing MSIHANDLE (860) of
>>>type
>>> 790531 for thread 3920 MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:17:57:426]: Creating
>>>MSIHANDLE
>>> (861) of type 790531 for thread 3920 MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:17:57:426]:
>>> Closing MSIHANDLE (861) of type 790531 for thread 3920 MSI (s) (E0!50)
>>> [11:17:57:426]: Creating MSIHANDLE (862) of type 790531 for thread
3920
>>> ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit: Registering assembly, key: myApp MSI (s)
>>> (E0!50) [11:17:57:426]: Closing MSIHANDLE (862) of type 790531 for
>>>thread
>>> 3920 MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:18:01:708]: Creating MSIHANDLE (863) of type
>>> 790531 for thread 3920
>>> ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit: ExceptionInfo: Code='0',
>>> Source='System.EnterpriseServices', Description='Failed to load
>assembly
>>> 'c:\program files (x86)\MyCompany\queue\13.0\vmsqueue.dll'.',
>>>HelpFile='',
>>> HelpContext='0'
>>> MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:18:01:708]: Closing MSIHANDLE (863) of type 790531
>>>for
>>> thread 3920 MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:18:01:708]: Creating MSIHANDLE (864)
of
>>> type 790531 for thread 3920
>>> ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit: Error 0x80020009: Failed to invoke
>>> RegistrationHelper.InstallAssembly() method MSI (s) (E0!50)
>>> [11:18:01:708]: Closing MSIHANDLE (864) of type 790531 for thread 3920
>>>MSI
>>> (s) (E0!50) [11:18:01:708]: Creating MSIHANDLE (865) of type 790531
for
>>> thread 3920
>>> ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit: Error 0x80020009: Failed to register
.NET
>>> assembly MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:18:01:708]: Closing MSIHANDLE (865) of
>type
>>> 790531 for thread 3920 MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:18:01:708]: Creating
>>>MSIHANDLE
>>> (866) of type 790531 for thread 3920
>>> ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit: Error 0x80020009: Failed to register
>>> assembly,
>>> key: myApp
>>> MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:18:01:708]: Closing MSIHANDLE (866) of type 790531
>>>for
>>> thread 3920 MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:18:01:708]: Creating MSIHANDLE (867)
of
>>> type 790531 for thread 3920
>>> ComPlusInstallExecuteCommit: Error 0x80020009: Failed to register
>>> assemblies MSI (s) (E0!50) [11:18:01:708]: Closing MSIHANDLE (867) of
>>>type
>>> 790531 for thread 3920 MSI (s) (E0:20) [11:18:01:708]: Closing
>MSIHANDLE
>>> (858) of type 790536 for thread 3360
>>> **********
>>>
>>> Doesn't seem very helpful ... but that's what I've got ...
>>>
>>> If the assembly is re-based to target Framework v2 [2.0.50727, to be
>>> precise] ... then it installs just fine ...
>>>
>>> There is some uninstallation weirdness [but only on 1 system, not on a
>>> clean test box] - when uninstalling, the app remains in the Component
>>> Services control panel applet ... the installed files and folders [and
>>>ARP
>>> entry] get removed properly ... weird, huh?
>>>
>>> We're trying to move all of our code to Framework v4 ... so this is
>kind
>>> of a pain ... and as I've said already, any assistance / insights are
>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -dmm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>r
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