Instead of the "-c" switch, you'll need the "-s" switch:
"tallow -nologo -s LicensingClientShim.dll" Hth, Franz > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wix-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Duncan Bayne > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 05. September 2007 13:33 > An: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Betreff: [WiX-users] tallow.exe failing to generate fragment for > unmanagedshim DLL > > Hi All, > > First of all, I'm loving WiX, having come to it from an InstallShield > background. It's everything I always wished IS was ... > > However, I'm having a problem getting tallow.exe to generate the > fragment to use to register a COM object. The catch is that the COM > object is actually an unmanaged shim for a managed DLL, which is > consumed by Excel. > > When I run "tallow -nologo -c LicensingClientShim.dll" I get the > following exception: > > =================================================== > Failed to load Assembly: LicensingClientShim.dll > System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly > 'file:///c:\temp\tallow\LicensingClientShim.dll' or one of its > dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest. > File name: 'file:///c:\temp\tallow\LicensingClientShim.dll' > at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String > codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, > StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean > forIntrospection) > at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName > assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, > Boolean forIntrospection) > at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoadFrom(String assemblyFile, > Evidence securityEvidence, Byte[] hashValue, AssemblyHashAlgorithm > hashAlgorithm, Boolean forIntrospection, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) > at System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(String assemblyFile) > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Tallow.TallowMain..ctor(Strin > g[] > args) > > Assembly manager loaded from: > C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorwks.dll > Running under executable c:\temp\tallow\tallow.exe > --- A detailed error log follows. > > === Pre-bind state information === > LOG: User = OFFBYZERO\duncan > LOG: Where-ref bind. Location = c:\temp\tallow\LicensingClientShim.dll > LOG: Appbase = file:///c:/temp/tallow/ > LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL > Calling assembly : (Unknown). > === > LOG: This bind starts in LoadFrom load context. > WRN: Native image will not be probed in LoadFrom context. Native image > will only be probed in default load context, like with > Assembly.Load(). > LOG: Using application configuration file: > c:\temp\tallow\tallow.exe.Config > LOG: Using machine configuration file from > C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\config\machine.config. > LOG: Attempting download of new URL > file:///c:/temp/tallow/LicensingClientShim.dll. > ERR: Failed to complete setup of assembly (hr = 0x80131018). Probing > terminated. > =================================================== > > If I register the DLL manually, from the same directory (which also > contains all the WiX executables), it succeeds: > > =================================================== > DllRegisterServer in LicensingClientShim.dll succeeded. > =================================================== > > I suspect I'm missing something simple here ... anyone have any > suggestions? > > Yours, > Duncan Bayne > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
