The Merge Modules are supposed to carry the actions they require. If the
Merge Module is not authored correctly, you can ensure the actions get in
the final MSI by doing something like:
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<RegisterClassInfo/>
<WriteRegistryValues/>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
Or whatever actions you need. Notice there are no attributes on those
actions. That ensures they get the default location (which is right
99.99999% of the time).
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Wang, Miaohsi <miaohsi.w...@invensys.com>wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> We have two features (Client and Server) in an WiX installer and both of
> them include a merge module, called CFI. Some of the CFI files are
> self-registering. During the install runtime, if we select both features to
> install, then these CFI files register properly. However, if we select only
> Client to install, the CFI files are still installed but not registered. So,
> I generated a log file in each of the two cases. At the bottom is a
> difference that I found when comparing the log files.
>
> As you can see, in the Client + Server case, there is a lot of registration
> going on in action RegisterClassInfo. In the case of Client-Only install,
> action RegisterClassInfo does not do much and switches quickly to action
> WriteRegistryValues. Moreover, take file pv.dll in CFI for instance, when
> the file is registered it seems associated with feature Server, as you can
> see below.
>
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:953]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=Server,Component={D2DDE281-9076-477C-A6A9-105FC4DDF425},FileName=C:\Program
> Files\Common Files\SIMSCI\SIMSCICFI40\VC090x32\bin\pv.dll,
>
> Is there a way to ensure that the merge module files are registered
> whenever they are installed?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Miaohsi
>
> Client + Server install logging:
> CreateShortcuts: Shortcut: kfmmh9ri.0|Invensys OPC UA Simulation Server 1.0
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:859]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.0 3: 2
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:890]: Executing op:
> ActionStart(Name=RegisterClassInfo,Description=Registering Class
> servers,Template=Class Id: [1])
> Action 13:23:12: RegisterClassInfo. Registering Class servers
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:906]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=SecurityClient,Component={805EA8EE-7E8B-4FE7-B60B-7AC6EBB20186},FileName=C:\SimSci\ROMeo60\Shared\Bin\Sec_DCOMProxy.dll,ClsId={C33BA386-5DC5-4F4B-B90C-A1A29C18A37E},,,Description=PSFactoryBuffer,Context=InprocServer32,,,,,,,,,)
> RegisterClassInfo: Class Id: {C33BA386-5DC5-4F4B-B90C-A1A29C18A37E}
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:906]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=ModelAppServer,Component={0E1B4F18-CB9F-4088-9585-E08863050303},FileName=C:\WINDOWS\system32\VFP6R.DLL,ClsId={008B6021-1F3D-11D1-B0C8-00A0C9055D74},ProgId=VisualFoxpro.Runtime.6,VIProgId=VisualFoxpro.Runtime,,Context=InprocServer32,,,,,,,,,)
> RegisterClassInfo: Class Id: {008B6021-1F3D-11D1-B0C8-00A0C9055D74}
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:921]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=Server,Component={3207D1B1-80E5-11D2-B95D-006097C4DE24},,ClsId={0002E005-0000-0000-C000-000000000046},,,Description=Component
> Categories Manager,Context=InprocServer32,,,,,,,,,)
> RegisterClassInfo: Class Id: {0002E005-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:921]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=Server,Component={FCD3F2B9-39D6-499E-90C0-0DDBCAF5FAAA},FileName=C:\Program
> Files\SsiFlex\SSIFlex.exe,ClsId={CB12807E-0EA9-4EE0-B82C-550874B354E1},ProgId=SSIFlex.SSIFlexSrv.1,VIProgId=SSIFlex.SSIFlexSrv,Description=SSIFlexSrv
> Class,Context=LocalServer32,,AppID={8F58E37C-F765-4E72-97C3-40D64F61F1BE},,,,,,,)
> RegisterClassInfo: Class Id: {CB12807E-0EA9-4EE0-B82C-550874B354E1}
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:937]: Executing op:
> RegAppIdInfoRegister(AppId={8F58E37C-F765-4E72-97C3-40D64F61F1BE},ClsId={CB12807E-0EA9-4EE0-B82C-550874B354E1},,LocalService=SSIFlex,ServiceParameters=-Service,,,)
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:953]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=Server,Component={2A2009B8-B158-4644-821C-4C3C0C89B97D},FileName=C:\Program
> Files\FlexCell\FlexCell.ocx,ClsId={FB821424-DF64-417D-9064-C2C789D53EC6},ProgId=FlexCell.Grid,,Description=FlexCell.Grid,Context=InprocServer32,,,,,,,,,)
> RegisterClassInfo: Class Id: {FB821424-DF64-417D-9064-C2C789D53EC6}
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:953]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=Server,Component={D2DDE281-9076-477C-A6A9-105FC4DDF425},FileName=C:\Program
> Files\Common
> Files\SIMSCI\SIMSCICFI40\VC090x32\bin\pv.dll,ClsId={258CCBBD-6CB2-11DE-8BF2-444553544200},ProgId=SimSci.PVServerVC90x86.90,VIProgId=SimSci.PVServerVC90x86,Description=SimSci
> PROvision Server v9.0 (VC 9.0, 32-bit),Context=InprocServer32,,,,,,,,,)
> RegisterClassInfo: Class Id: {258CCBBD-6CB2-11DE-8BF2-444553544200}
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:968]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=Server,Component={ADDCA5C6-9F10-4A9F-A714-393C11AF268B},FileName=C:\Program
> Files\Common
> Files\SIMSCI\SIMSCICFI40\VC090x32\bin\PVChar.ocx,ClsId={4D4A1DDD-6CB2-11DE-8BF2-444553544200},,,Description=SimSci
> Char Property Page v9.0 (VC 9.0, 32-bit),Context=InprocServer32,,,,,,,,,)
> RegisterClassInfo: Class Id: {4D4A1DDD-6CB2-11DE-8BF2-444553544200}
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:984]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=Server,Component={ADDCA5C6-9F10-4A9F-A714-393C11AF268B},FileName=C:\Program
> Files\Common
> Files\SIMSCI\SIMSCICFI40\VC090x32\bin\PVChar.ocx,ClsId={4D4A1DDC-6CB2-11DE-8BF2-444553544200},ProgId=SimSci.CharCtrlVC90x86.90,,Description=SimSci
> Char Control v9.0 (VC 9.0, 32-bit),Context=InprocServer32,,,,,,,,,)
> RegisterClassInfo: Class Id: {4D4A1DDC-6CB2-11DE-8BF2-444553544200}
> MSI (s) (E4:74) [13:23:12:984]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=Server,Component={D4C62D2E-5898-4D50-97AD-C10ADB5496CA},FileName=C:\Program
> Files\Common
> Files\SIMSCI\SIMSCICFI40\VC090x32\bin\PVFloat.ocx,ClsId={77C6C5B1-6CB2-11DE-8BF2-444553544200},,,Description=SimSci
> Float Property Page v9.0 (VC 9.0, 32-bit),Context=InprocServer32,,,,,,,,,)
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Client-Only install logging
> CreateShortcuts: Shortcut: kfmmh9ri.0|Invensys OPC UA Simulation Server 1.0
> MSI (s) (E4:88) [13:14:22:390]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.0 3: 2
> MSI (s) (E4:88) [13:14:22:390]: Executing op:
> ActionStart(Name=RegisterClassInfo,Description=Registering Class
> servers,Template=Class Id: [1])
> Action 13:14:22: RegisterClassInfo. Registering Class servers
> MSI (s) (E4:88) [13:14:22:406]: Executing op:
> RegClassInfoRegister(Feature=SecurityClient,Component={805EA8EE-7E8B-4FE7-B60B-7AC6EBB20186},FileName=C:\SimSci\ROMeo60\Shared\Bin\Sec_DCOMProxy.dll,ClsId={C33BA386-5DC5-4F4B-B90C-A1A29C18A37E},,,Description=PSFactoryBuffer,Context=InprocServer32,,,,,,,,,)
> RegisterClassInfo: Class Id: {C33BA386-5DC5-4F4B-B90C-A1A29C18A37E}
> MSI (s) (E4:88) [13:14:22:406]: Executing op:
> ActionStart(Name=WriteRegistryValues,Description=Writing system registry
> values,Template=Key: [1], Name: [2], Value: [3])
> Action 13:14:22: WriteRegistryValues. Writing system registry values
> MSI (s) (E4:88) [13:14:22:406]: Executing op:
> ProgressTotal(Total=987,Type=1,ByteEquivalent=13200)
> MSI (s) (E4:88) [13:14:22:421]: Executing op:
> RegOpenKey(,Key=CLSID\{C33BA386-5DC5-4F4B-B90C-A1A29C18A37E}\InProcServer32,,BinaryType=0)
> MSI (s) (E4:88) [13:14:22:421]: Executing op:
> RegAddValue(Name=ThreadingModel,Value=Both,)
>
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