I only had success using DIFxAPP when scheduling RemoveExistingProducts after InstallFinalize (I never tried just before InstallFinalize in that product). I was never able to get it to upgrade properly in a reliable fashion when scheduling removal early.
-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:52 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Problems with DIFxAPP and major upgrade Hi, I'm having problems doing a major upgrade. I'm using WiX 3.5 to install a driver using DIFxAPP and start it using ServiceControl: <Component Id="sctp.sys" Win64="$(var.Win64)" Guid="fa538c80-6b0b-4736-b479-a3dce8f8a6a8"> <File Id="sctp.sys" Name="sctp.sys" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes" Source="bin\$(env.BUILD_ALT_DIR)\sctp.sys" /> <RegistryKey Action='createAndRemoveOnUninstall' Id='eventlog' Root='HKLM' Key='System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\System\sctp'> <RegistryValue Id='EventMessageFile' Name='EventMessageFile' Type='expandable' Value='%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\sctp.sys'/> <RegistryValue Id='TypesSupported' Name='TypesSupported' Type='integer' Value='7'/> </RegistryKey> <difx:Driver Legacy="yes"/> <ServiceControl Id="sctp_service" Name="Sctp" Start="install" Stop="both" Remove="uninstall" Wait="no"/> </Component> Everything goes well during an installation, but I've seen issues both during uninstall and a major upgrade: if I try and uninstall SctpDrv before the DIFx driver package, it claims to have failed but it does complete the uninstallation; during a major upgrade it removes the previous version but fails to complete the upgrade, with DIFxAPP erroring out with: DIFXAPP: ERROR: Unable to revert to a previous driver store for service 'Sctp'. DIFXAPP: ERROR: Will attempt to uninstall the driver. DIFXAPP: ERROR: Error unable to open service 'Sctp' to delete it because of error 0x424 DIFXAPP: ERROR: Error occurred while deleting service to uninstall the driver store. DIFXAPP: ERROR: We were unable to install any other driver store entry to support the service Sctp and we also failed to delete the service. DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to uninstall the driver. Attempting to undo system changes ... (Error code 0x643: Fatal error during installation.) It leaves the driver package entry present, but with SctpDrv uninstalled. the only strange thing I've noticed is that the driver and netshell helper is listed twice in the list of components: MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Feature: Complete; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: ws2sctp.h; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: echo_client.c; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: echo_server.c; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: echo_server2.c; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: spinstall.exe; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: echo_client.exe; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: echo_server.exe; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: sctpmon.dll; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: sctp.inf; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: sctp.cat; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: sctp.sys; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: sctpsp.lib; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: libsctpsp.a; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: README.txt; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: CHANGES.txt; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: SctpDrv.chm; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: sctpsp32.dll; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: __sctpmon.dll65; Installed: Null; Request: Absent; Action: Absent MSI (s) (44:C0) [17:09:02:640]: Component: __sctp.sys65; Installed: Null; Request: Absent; Action: Absent Am I misunderstanding how to use DIFxAPP, or is there another problem with my WiX sources? The Upgrade section I'm using is: <Upgrade Id="$(var.UpgradeCode)"> <UpgradeVersion Minimum="$(var.VersionMajor).$(var.VersionMinor).$(var.VersionRev)" IncludeMinimum="no" OnlyDetect="yes" Language="$(var.Language)" Property="NEWPRODUCTFOUND"/> <UpgradeVersion Minimum="1.1.0" IncludeMinimum="yes" Maximum="$(var.VersionMajor).$(var.VersionMinor).$(var.VersionRev)" IncludeMaximum="no" Language="$(var.Language)" Property="UPGRADEFOUND"/> </Upgrade> with RemoveExistingProducts scheduled after InstallInitialize. The msi log is available at http://www.bluestop.org/SctpDrv/tmp/msi_log_20100115.txt - the source file containing the components is at http://www.bluestop.org/viewvc/repos/sctpDrv/wix/module-common.wxs?revision= 44&view=markup . -- Bruce Cran ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
