Thanks Phil you were very helpful. Its appreciated
I had already done as you suggested below and installed the dll's directl
in the system folder and all my preliminary tests are working
Cheers
Bil
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1) I believe there's a bug in those merge modules related to retargetabl
folders. If you scroll down here, this may be what you're seeing
http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/bugs_msi.ht
2) Service installation by running code is a royal pain. What you're seein
is exactly what happens when code needs to run during the install, whethe
it's Service installation or COM registration. It can't find it'
dependencies and it fails (but the dependencies aren't supposed to be in th
system folder!). MSI setups don't really need this at all - th
ServiceInstall and ServiceControl tables in the MSI file can do Servic
installs without running code, but VS setups don't use them, they us
Installer classes and you get these issues
It looks like you'll have to ignore the KB and install the raw DLLs into th
system folder to make this work. I think that should work because the file
are copied there before your custom action is called
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Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer
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"Bill Murray" <bi********@noe mail.com> wrote in messag
news:5F******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com..
Yes I have a DLL that has a custom action and its this dll that has
dependency on the Msvcr71.dll and Msvcp71.dll's. The knowledge base articl
you mention was helpful but the merge module provided with VS.NET 2003 d
not seem to work (VC_USER_CRT71_ RTL__X86_---.msm an
VC_USER_STL71_R TL__X86_---.msm) The only thing that I can determine is that the two dll's are NOT gettin
installed into the System Folder. I base this on the knowledge base articl
recommendations and the fact that by excluding the merge modules an
directly Adding the two dll's directly into the System Folder DOES WORK I would much rather use the merge modules and install the dll's in th
Application Folder (as per recommendations in the knowledge base article
but I cannot seem to make this work and continue to get the missing dl
error message Any other suggestions are welcome
Bil ----- Phil Wilson wrote: ----
You're not supposed to retarget the merge modules
http://support.microsoft.com/default...kb;en-us;32692 Do you have any installer classes or custom actions? That sounds lik
i might be the problem
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Phil Wilso
[MVP Windows Installer
Definitive Guide to Windows Installe
http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=28 "Bill Murray" <bi********@noe mail.com> wrote in messag news:32******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com.. I am using VS.NET 2003 and trying to deploy a service program(c++
to Windows 2000 Server system. I have also written a small DL
(USSsetup.dll that is used to start/stop the service using a custom action. Thi
dll i apparently dependent on the MSVCP71.DLL and MSVCR71.DLL's as per th
Detected Dependencies folder visible in the deployment project All this good except I am UNABLE to Retarget the output of the ms
merg modules(VC_USER _CRT71_RTL__X86 _---.msm an
VC_USER_STL71_R TL__X86_---.msm) that contain the MSVCP71.DLL and MSVCR71.DLL's, to the System Folder
Th [+]MergeModuleProp erties does not allow for changes which may be th
resul of the merge module design(not sure) In any event, the problem I encounter during the installatio
process i the following error message during the installation... "There is
proble with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this instal
to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package
vendor." The reason I believe that I need to Retarget the output of these
two merge modules to the System Folder is, that when using VS.NET 2002 and two
similar merger modules, retargeting the output solved the problem. Now with
VS.NET 2003 I cannot seem to find any solution. Any help is appreciated,
Bill Murray
