Definitely. I've seen this issue come up more than a few times There seems to be a common perception that binaries generated with different versions of Visual Studio C++ can all use the same version of the runtime support, but starting with VS.NET they're all unique.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 5:11 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] External DLL Custom Action The first thing you might want to check is it linked statically or dynamically to the VC80 runtime libraries. Changing to Visual Studio 2005 most likely introduced a dependency for you because of the C runtime changes. If you don't want to link statically to the CRT, you could also use a bootstrapper to install the VC80 redistributable package prior to running your install. Dana On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Natxo Mateos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've coded a simple dll (where I do a registry search) to be used as a > Custom Action. If I compile it with Visual Studio 2002, all works > propertly, and during the installation, the dll is called. But if I try > to use the VS 2005 compiler, the installer fails, displaying a message > where alerts that some external dll couldn't be called. > > -- > > Regards, > > *Natxo Mateos* > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *Asuni CAD* - _www.asuni.es <http://www.asuni.es>_ - 93 319 6868 - 91 > 541 6439 > *Especialistas en el desarrollo de aplicaciones a medida sobre AutoCAD* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
