It seems to work on .net assemblies with "-c" but not on VC6 exes.
On 02/08/07, Alexei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would appear that you are right...Thanks a lot for the help. > > However, why does tallow work on the wordcount sample on > http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson5.php ? > That is flagged as an executable, or is that just a dll in diguise? > > > > Antony Walmsley wrote: > > > > Are you running tallow on dlls or an exe? I get the same errors as you > > on an exe file but you said in the original post that you were trying > > to register some dlls? Tallow should be run on the dlls not on the > > exe itself. > > > > On 02/08/07, Alexei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Yup - that WAS with the -s flag. > >> However I've just been handed an updated version of the app, and now > >> tallow > >> is throwing all sorts of exceptions - they're at the end of the post. > >> > >> Is there anything that needs to be done in the source code for tallow to > >> work? Any special preprocessor instructions for example? > >> The code isn't mine I'm afraid so I don't really know what's in there. > >> > >> As a last resort - can I gather the information needed by hand somehow? > >> I read something about using RegCap.exe in this discussion: > >> http://www.nabble.com/On-registering-DLLs-tf1178261.html#a3100093 > >> I've got that exe kicking about but the help for it isn't really all that > >> useful (for me anyway), anyone know how the hell to use it and what it's > >> for? > >> > >> and now the aforementioned errors/exceptions: > >> > >> tallow.exe : fatal error TLLW0001: unexpected argument on command line: > >> Lanmon E > >> xtractor.exe > >> > >> Stack Trace: > >> at > >> Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Tallow.TallowMain.ParseCommandLi > >> ne(String[] args) > >> at > >> Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Tallow.TallowMain..ctor(String[] > >> args) > >> at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Tallow.Main(String[] > >> args) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Antony Walmsley wrote: > >> > > >> > What parameters are you passing to tallow? I use "tallow -s" on my VC6 > >> > dlls and I get a list of registry values. > >> > > >> > On 02/08/07, Alexei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi guys, > >> >> I've been asked to write an installer for an application that requires > >> >> two > >> >> dlls to be registered. > >> >> I've tried running tallow on the executable but it doesn't generate > >> >> anything > >> >> useful: > >> >> > >> >> Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Tool version 2.0.5325.0 > >> >> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. > >> >> > >> >> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi";> > >> >> <Fragment> > >> >> <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR"> > >> >> <Component Id="component0" DiskId="1" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE"> > >> >> <File Id="file0" Name="Product.EXE" LongName="My Product > >> >> Title.exe" > >> >> Source="C:\WiX\wix2.0 work\Product Title\Product Title.exe" /> > >> >> </Component> > >> >> </DirectoryRef> > >> >> </Fragment> > >> >> </Wix> > >> >> > >> >> (Aside from the name of the product I haven't touched anything) > >> >> > >> >> I would presume this is because the whole thing is in Visual C++ (VS6) > >> >> and > >> >> so tallow is unable to retrieve the needed metadata for the dll > >> >> registration > >> >> information. Something along those lines anyhow. > >> >> > >> >> I'm pretty stuck as to where I could retrieve the needed data. I do > >> have > >> >> access to the source, and so I've looked in the .rgs files and such, > >> but > >> >> I'm > >> >> still confused as to how I tell what entries I need to make. > >> >> -- > >> >> View this message in context: > >> >> > >> http://www.nabble.com/registering-VC%2B%2B-dlls-tf4206329.html#a11965147 > >> >> Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > >> >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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