Check that you are deploying all your dependencies. If your service depends on 3 assemblies and one of those depends on 2 other assemblies (for a total of 6 assemblies) and you forget to deploy just one of them, then the service will fail to start because it can't load a dependent assembly.
-- Edwin > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:17 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service > > Sounds like you might have a dependency on some other service running, > have you checked the eventlog. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vijeta Khatri [mailto:vijeta.kha...@microsoft.com] > Sent: 11 February 2009 17:14 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service > > The requirement is to start the windows service immediately after > install and also the service should start automatically after reboot. > > I also have the service control element defined as: > > <!-- Install the Service --> > <ServiceInstall Id="WindowsService" Type="ownProcess" Start="auto" > ErrorControl="normal" Interactive="no" Vital="yes" > Account="[SERVICEACCOUNT]" Password="[SERVICEPASSWORD]" /> > > <!-- Start the Service --> > <ServiceControl Id=" WindowsService " Name=" WindowsService " > Start="install" Stop="uninstall " Remove="uninstall" Wait="yes" /> > > On reboot the service start up type is automatic, but the service is > not > in started state. It doesn't give any error on reboot. If I manually > start the service after reboot, it starts without any errors. > > Thanks in advance for the help. > > Thanks, > Vijeta > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net] > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:28 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: WiX-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 55 > > Send WiX-users mailing list submissions to > wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wix-users-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WiX-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. How does one use a WebSite locator in order to set the file > path for content? (Thomas S. Trias) > 2. Re: Execute action during path installation (Tony Juricic) > 3. Re: Conditional dialog after CustomizeDlg (troy hostetter) > 4. Re: Windows service (Christopher Painter) > 5. FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up (azurejyl) > 6. Re: FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up (Matt Weber) > 7. ??:Re: FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up (azurejyl) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:26:58 -0600 > From: "Thomas S. Trias" <tomtr...@artizan.com> > Subject: [WiX-users] How does one use a WebSite locator in order to > set the file path for content? > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <49922962.6040...@artizan.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Perhaps I am missing something, but I cannot figure out how I would use > the WebSite element (outside of a Component, so it acts as a locator) > in > order to set the path for content. > > If I have the following: > > <iis:WebSite Id="EXISTINGWEBSITE" Description="Default Web Site" > SiteId="*" /> > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="PATH_OF_EXISTINGWEBSITE"> > <Directory Id="MyStuff" Name="MyStuff"> > <Component Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE" Id="MyStuff" KeyPath="yes"> > <CreateFolder /> > <iis:WebDir Id="MyStuff" Path="MyStuff" > WebSite="EXISTINGWEBSITE" /> > </Component> > ... a bunch of Component elements containing files ... > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > > the metabase changes happen in the correct place, but how do I get the > files to deploy to the proper directory? Do I have to write a custom > action to read the IISWebSite record in order to set the > PATH_OF_EXISTINGWEBSITE property? If I'm going to do that, I might as > well write a custom action that takes an arbitrary Windows Installer > query and returns the result as text... > > Thanks, > > -- > Thomas S. Trias > Senior Developer > Artizan Internet Services > http://www.artizan.com/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:50:38 -0500 > From: "Tony Juricic" <tjuri...@tradestation.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Execute action during path installation > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > > <450196a1aaae4b42a00a8b27a59278e709af1...@exchange.trad.tradestation.co > m > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > It is possible to put a file into a Component containing only that > file, > make it volatile and change the condition for installing the component > from 1 to 0. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.br...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:43 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Execute action during path installation > > Hey Grigory, > > I don't believe you are able to remove a file while patching. However, > you > can change the file that you want to delete to a 0byte file. This will > be > effectively the same. I don't have an example of how to run a custom > action > but believe you just add a new action to your patch. There is a lot > more > information to go with that. Please view Heaths blog. > > http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2005/09/12/464047.aspx > > Thanks, > > Brian Rogers > "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me > http://icumove.spaces.live.com > > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Grigory Konovalov < > grigory.konova...@confirmit.com> wrote: > > > Hello All! > > I need remove file and execute custom action during patch > installation. Is > > this possible? And if yes please give me small example. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:05:23 -0500 > From: troy hostetter <troy.hostet...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional dialog after CustomizeDlg > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: > <4c9b3bd50902101905u4f6c0470id8bb309604ce3...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Would someone have an example of how to "subscribe to the feature > selection > events on the feature tree and set a property when the appropriate > feature > has been selected and reset that property when the feature is > deselected." > or something similar? I am not familiar yet with subscribing to > feature > selection events. > > Regards, > - Troy > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:15 PM, troy wrote: > > > This is my first post to the user group. I am having a problem > getting a > > custom dialog to conditionally appear after the CustomizeDlg, which > is > based > > on the user selecting or not selecting a feature in the CustomizeDlg. > > > > Here are my conditional statement(s) for CustomizeDlg: > > > > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Back" > Event="NewDialog" > > Value="MaintenanceTypeDlg" Order="1">WixUI_InstallMode = > "Change"</Publish> > > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Back" > Event="NewDialog" > > Value="SetupTypeDlg" Order="2">WixUI_InstallMode = > "InstallCustom"</Publish> > > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Next" > Event="NewDialog" > > Value="ServiceUserCredentialsDlg" > > Order="1"><![CDATA[(&FE__SPC.WindowsService=3)]]></Publish> > > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Next" > Event="NewDialog" > > Value="VerifyReadyDlg" Order="2">1</Publish> > > > > Basically, I want the user to enter additional info if the Feature > > "FE__SPC.SiteProvisionService" is selected. What happens is it > always > goes > > to VerifyReadyDlg. > > > > Here's my Feature definition: > > > > <Feature Id="FE__SPC.WindowsService" Title="Provisioning > > Windows Service" Level="1" AllowAdvertise="no"> > > ... > > > > What I did was create a custom version of WiXUI_Mondo.wxs, and added > the > > new dialog, and then altered the Publish tags in order to determine > when the > > ServiceUserCredentialsDlg appears. > > > > I am using WiX v3.0 > > > > Thanks, > > - Troy > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:08:54 -0800 (PST) > From: Christopher Painter <chr...@deploymentengineering.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows service > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <126084.20489...@web36607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I'm not sure why you would require a ServiceControl element if the > requirement is for autostart on reboot, not started at the end of the > install. > > After the reboot, is the service properly created? Does it say that > it's set to automatic? Will it start manually? If it tries to > start > and fails, does your service provide any logging/diagnostics to aid in > troubleshooting the problem? > > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that > deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > --- On Tue, 2/10/09, Wilson, Phil <phil.wil...@wonderware.com> wrote: > > > From: Wilson, Phil <phil.wil...@wonderware.com> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows service > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 6:58 PM > > You're perhaps missing a ServiceControl element. > > > > Phil Wilson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vijeta Khatri [mailto:vijeta.kha...@microsoft.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:03 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Windows service > > > > Hi, > > > > I created an installer for a windows service using Wix and > > set the start up type to auto. > > > > <ServiceInstall Id="WindowsService" > > Name=" WindowsService " > > Type="ownProcess" Start="auto" > > ErrorControl="normal" Interactive="no" > > Vital="yes" Account="[SERVICEACCOUNT]" > > Password="[SERVICEPASSWORD]" /> > > > > But the windows service doenst start automatically on > > system reboot. Am I missing something here? > > > > Thanks, > > Vijeta > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > ------ > > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser > > with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing > > skills and code to > > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine > > the power of local > > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the > > Adobe AIR SDK and > > Ajax docs to start building applications > > today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > ------ > > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser > > with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing > > skills and code to > > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine > > the power of local > > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the > > Adobe AIR SDK and > > Ajax docs to start building applications > > today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:18:36 +0800 (CST) > From: azurejyl <azure...@163.com> > Subject: [WiX-users] FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: > > <22452007.133461234325916899.javamail.corem...@bj163app56.163.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gbk > > Hi, I encountered a problem with FileInUse dialog. During > uninstallation, if the application is running, sometimes the dialog > will > not show up and the uninstallation succeeds. The application will crash > if continue to use at finally. > > Does someone meet the similar problem and what can I do to solve this > problem? > > Thanks a lot! > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:52:35 -0600 > From: "Matt Weber" <matt.we...@emergingsoft.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > <ff9419d191fe8947bfb23d6de638aee0398...@beta.emergingsoft.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: azurejyl [mailto:azure...@163.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:19 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up > > > > Hi, I encountered a problem with FileInUse dialog. During > > uninstallation, if the application is running, sometimes the dialog > > will not show up and the uninstallation succeeds. The application > will > > crash if continue to use at finally. > > > > Does someone meet the similar problem and what can I do to solve this > > problem? > > I have had similar experiences with the FilesInUse dialog, although its > appearance (or lack thereof) has not been restricted to uninstalls. > I've > never gotten around to determining why this behavior happens, however, > so I don't have a definite answer for you. > > If you have a log handy of an uninstall that failed to show the > FilesInUse dialog, you might be able to find some clues by looking at > the InstallValidate action messages. This is where the checks are made > for files to be removed which also happen to be currently in use by a > running process. > > If you don't see anything there, then maybe check out messages from the > various file costing actions, where the files to be overwritten/removed > are determined and calculated. > > Matt Weber > Computer Engineer > EmergingSoft(tm) > 7900 Xerxes Avenue > Bloomington, MN 55431 > 952-842-7444, ext 21 > matt.we...@emergingsoft.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:28:08 +0800 (CST) > From: azurejyl <azure...@163.com> > Subject: [WiX-users] ??:Re: FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > > <20447631.157181234330088240.javamail.corem...@bj163app56.163.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gbk > > I looked into a log file for uninstalling, during InstallValid action, > a > line reads: RESTART MANAGER: Did detect that a critical application > holds file[s] in use, so a reboot will be necessary. > The log indicates that a running application is found, but the > FileInUse > dialog is not poped up to ask the user for closing the application. > Could it be something wrong with my FileInUse dialog with restart > manager? > > > > -- > > Jiang Yongli > tel:86-13857112624 > msn:azureseacos...@hotmail.com > > > ?2009-02-11?"Matt Weber" <matt.we...@emergingsoft.com> ??? > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: azurejyl [mailto:azure...@163.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:19 PM > >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> Subject: [WiX-users] FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up > >> > >> Hi, I encountered a problem with FileInUse dialog. During > >> uninstallation, if the application is running, sometimes the dialog > >> will not show up and the uninstallation succeeds. The application > will > >> crash if continue to use at finally. > >> > >> Does someone meet the similar problem and what can I do to solve > this > >> problem? > > > >I have had similar experiences with the FilesInUse dialog, although > its > >appearance (or lack thereof) has not been restricted to uninstalls. > I've > >never gotten around to determining why this behavior happens, however, > >so I don't have a definite answer for you. > > > >If you have a log handy of an uninstall that failed to show the > >FilesInUse dialog, you might be able to find some clues by looking at > >the InstallValidate action messages. This is where the checks are made > >for files to be removed which also happen to be currently in use by a > >running process. > > > >If you don't see anything there, then maybe check out messages from > the > >various file costing actions, where the files to be > overwritten/removed > >are determined and calculated. > > > >Matt Weber > >Computer Engineer > >EmergingSoft(tm) > >7900 Xerxes Avenue > >Bloomington, MN 55431 > >952-842-7444, ext 21 > >matt.we...@emergingsoft.com > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > ------- > >Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > >software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and > code to > >build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power > of local > >resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR > SDK and > >Ajax docs to start building applications > today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > >_______________________________________________ > >WiX-users mailing list > >WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > ------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and > code to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power > of > local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR > SDK > and > Ajax docs to start building applications > today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > End of WiX-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 55 > ***************************************** > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > ------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and > code to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power > of > local > resources and data with the reach of the web. 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