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by Jebrew
Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Yet another 1627
Replies: 5
Views: 6137
 
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Yet another 1627

I'm getting a 1627 error when building my installer: DefaultBuild Building package (en): C:\Source\mltesttools\Trunk\install\mltt\AdvancedInstaller\x86.msi Applying file transforms... done. Creating MSI database... error. Exception - Reason: Error calling Msi API: 1627 Method: MsiViewExecute Table: ...
by Jebrew
Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:48 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Recovery options for services
Replies: 6
Views: 38101
 
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Recovery options for services

In the service control manager, you can set recovery options for the services (retry if the service fails to start properly, how long to wait before retrying, a program to launch on failure...). I'd like to see those options in the installer (as our service has a bug in the threading whereby it will...
by Jebrew
Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:45 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Stuck on extracting
Replies: 5
Views: 6026
 
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Stuck on extracting

Don't know if this issue has come up, though I would imagine it would. If the installer is being run on a system with not enough space to extract the installer on (we had 52Kb left), then then installer just hangs during the extraction. It's not hung in the sense that it's not responding, but rather...
by Jebrew
Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:51 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Can't uninstall older version
Replies: 1
Views: 3057
 
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Can't uninstall older version

I've had an issue just crop up whereby a 64-bit installation can not be uninstalled because the installer can not find the older .msi package. The dialog that pops up claims that it is on a network resource that is currently unavailable. When the dialog pops up it has the folder: "C:\Documents ...
by Jebrew
Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:36 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Error 2602
Replies: 1
Views: 3022
 
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Error 2602

I'm getting very frustrated with this error as it seems to crop up at the most random of times. At various points in my quest to have a single project build for multiple platforms I've had it working (save for the service) on all three platforms, though as of yet, having it work on all three from th...
by Jebrew
Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:37 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Builds confusion
Replies: 11
Views: 11498
 
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This seems to be becoming a blog of my trials with AI building for multiple platforms. Anyway, I fixed the program files problem using the same basic idea as you had before, gigi, for the other directories. I created a custom action in the "Begin" phase of the "InstallUISequence"...
by Jebrew
Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:58 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Builds confusion
Replies: 11
Views: 11498
 
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hrmm...another issue. On the 64bit machines the installer wants to place the files into C:\Program Files(x86)\... since the [APPDIR] is using [ProgramFilesFolder] for the install. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks,
Jebrew
by Jebrew
Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:51 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Builds confusion
Replies: 11
Views: 11498
 
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Looks like I forgot to package the CRT libs with the installer. I packaged them and now I'm getting error 2602. Any help would be appreciated. I'll see how it fares on the 64-bit platforms and post again.
Thanks,
Jebrew
by Jebrew
Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:37 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Builds confusion
Replies: 11
Views: 11498
 
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Oops, spoke too soon. Now I'm having trouble with the services. The executables for the services are installed in the platform specific meta-directories (i.e. "APPDIR_X86\Test Tools\bin\maagent.exe" for the ia-32 install, and "APPDIR_X64\Test Tools\bin\maagent.exe" for the x64 in...
by Jebrew
Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:09 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Builds confusion
Replies: 11
Views: 11498
 
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Awesome, thanks. Just a note for anyone trying to accomplish the same thing: The copies of the custom actions need to be in the "CostInitialize" under the "InstallExecuteSequence" and the "InstallUISequence", not the "CostFinalize"...otherwise if you choose th...
by Jebrew
Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:04 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Builds confusion
Replies: 11
Views: 11498
 
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So if the files in the "Files and Folders" page are in specific folders such as "Windows Volume\win-ia32\bin" and "Windows Volume\win-ia64\bin", how to I have that translate to "Application Folder\Test Tools\bin" during installation? Backward compatibility wit...
by Jebrew
Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:41 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Builds confusion
Replies: 11
Views: 11498
 
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Still confused

Okay, so, I'm still a bit confused as to how to have some files only install under a specific feature but not under another. On all of my builds there are files that have the same name and install location, but differ in the Source from which they pull. How do I split out the features to have them g...
by Jebrew
Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:32 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Builds confusion
Replies: 11
Views: 11498
 
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What about the processor type?

Sweet, so just one last thing and I'm good to go: How do you set the package type in the Install Parameters page to be build specific? Presently I've got it setup to build all my stuff from one .aip, but I still have to do one at a time and modify this property...or am I missing something again? Tha...
by Jebrew
Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:27 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Multiple Builds confusion
Replies: 11
Views: 11498
 
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Multiple Builds confusion

I'm trying to build for multiple platforms (x86, ia64, and x64) with mostly the same prerequisites (x86 has one extra custom prerequisite and all three systems use platform specific builds of a custom executable), mostly the same files (same directory structure, but different root, all the same file...
by Jebrew
Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:55 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Files missing on install
Replies: 7
Views: 7882
 
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As far as I can tell the only advantages to msi are that it's easier to push out standardized updates, creates a great market for third party installation makers and provides a possibility of diy installs that have the same look and feel of everyone else's install. Oh well, at least AI is better tha...

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