Once again, ServiceInstall gets the job done without the help of an InstallUtil custom action. :-) Good job sticking it through. You will have a more reliable install now.
I can't tell you how many developers on stack overflow have argued with me that I'm wrong and that InstallUtil is the correct way to do it.... sigh ---------------------------------------- From: "Andrew Jones" <andrew.jo...@alquist.co.uk> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 5:05 AM To: "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails when installing service containing a Mixed Mode dll Ok I've worked out a solution.... In Visual Studio the app.config file appears to get renamed to YourAppFilename.exe.config when the project is compiled. It's necessary to redistribute the YourAppFilename.exe.config file when it contains unusual settings like useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true". My installer was not copying the YourAppFilename.exe.config file consequentially the ServiceInstall was failing as it was not using the useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy configuration setting. Of course it's not necessary to redistribute the YourAppFilename.exe.config file if your app is happy with the default settings. Regards Andrew ---------------------------------------- From: "Andrew Jones" <andrew.jo...@alquist.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:27 PM To: "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails when installing service containing a Mixed Mode dll I have a .NET 4 Windows Service that references a Mixed Mode .NET2.0/3.5 dll. In my Windows Service application I've had to alter app.config to add a useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true" to allow use of the legacy dll. <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true"> I can install and start this service manually from a command prompt using the .NET 4.0 "InstallUtil filename.exe". However the Wix ServiceInstall element fails to install the service resulting in an Event Log entry saying " Service cannot be started. System.IO.FileLoadException: Mixed mode assembly is built against version 'v2.0.50727' of the runtime and cannot be loaded in the 4.0 runtime without additional configuration information." If I remove the reference to the .NET 2.0/3.5 Mixed mode dll from my service everything installs with WIX just fine. Any idea how I can get the Wix ServiceInstall to work? Regards, Andrew Jones, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
